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In an email to government and health officials Wednesday night, Mishawaka Mayor Dave Wood sharply criticized St. Joseph County’s health officer for renewing the county’s mask order, suggesting the move blindsided local leaders who expected the order to be downgraded to an advisory. Wood has not publicly spoken about Dr. Robert Einterz’s decision Monday to renew the order through May and has declined Tribune requests for comment. But the email, sent after 11 p.m. Wednesday, was the latest salvo by Republican elected officials who say Einterz ignored a consensus among city and co...

The Tribune recently wrote an editorial applauding the demise of Indiana Senate Bill 48 (Our Opinion, March 7), which would limit the amount of time a mandate by a local

SOUTH BEND — A judge has ruled against the St. Joseph County Health Department’s mask order, but the ruling has no effect on current requirements for residents to wear masks in public. The ruling brings to an end a lawsuit filed by self-described handyman John Goetz, claiming the health department’s mask order was illegal, as Indiana law does not give county health departments the power to order anyone to wear a mask. The mask requirement stays in effect, though, because the St. Joseph County Council passed its own ordinance in November. The county’s “mask mandateâ€...

The St. Joseph County Health Department had to scramble to come up with enough doses to keep its COVID-19 vaccination clinic open this week, after one weekly allotment from the state never arrived Feb. 12 while another was delayed until at least Monday because of weather. Donations from other providers will allow the department’s vaccination clinic at St. Hedwig Memorial Center to stay open today. But it was still unclear Thursday whether more doses would arrive in time to run the clinic again Monday. County officials said the state never sent the local health department a shipment of 2,...

People move belongings across Michigan Street on May 20, 2020, from a privately owned lot to one owned by the city. South Bend Mayor James Mueller soon ordered the city lot cleared and two months later appointed a group to come up with solutions for homeless issues. The group plans to present its recommendations Monday to the common council. Tribune Photo/MICHAEL CATERINA