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South Bend Tribune SOUTH BEND — Notre Dame and St. Joseph County health officials say they aren’t happy with a downtown South Bend bar’s lack of COVID-19 safety measures discovered late Wednesday night, and the county could move to shut it down if it happens again. County Health Officer Dr. Robert Einterz said he caught wind of a “100 Days Before Graduation” promotion that Finnie’s Next Door, a popular student bar at 233 S. Main St., was running from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Wanting to signal the importance of safety at the bar, Einterz said he showed up himself, rather...

During its four-month slog through heated meetings, St. Joseph County’s COVID-19 mask fines ordinance stirred up controversy as businesses, already reeling from the pandemic, feared the sting if their workers and customers didn’t comply. The opposition led county public health officials to remove language from the ordinance allowing fines against customers, as well as eliminating the potential for fines against businesses because of non-complying customers. And the ordinance took effect Dec. 4. Six weeks later, the county health department hasn’t issued a single fine under the ...

The Indiana Department of Health has canceled a COVID-19 vaccination “pop-up” clinic it had planned for Saturday and Sunday at Ivy Tech Community College South Bend. Dr. Mark Fox, St. Joseph County’s deputy health officer, said Friday morning that the state agency called him at 9 p.m. Wednesday with the news, but its spokeswoman, Megan Wade-Taxter, told The Tribune late Thursday afternoon that registration was not available because “details and dates are still being finalized.” The Tribune contacted her because it was receiving a growing number of calls from people sa...

Slightly over a week into vaccinating the general population for COVID-19, St. Joseph County health officials and providers Tuesday were about a third of the way toward their goal of

Slightly over a week into vaccinating the general population for COVID-19, St. Joseph County health officials and providers Tuesday were about a third of the way toward their goal of