COVID-19 infections are soaring again at U.S. nursing homes because of the omicron wave, and deaths are climbing too, leading to new restrictions on family visits and a renewed push to get more residents and staff members vaccinated and boosted.
ELKHART — The Indiana Department of Health has depleted its inventory of rapid antigen COVID-19 tests and does not expect any additional deliveries for the foreseeable future due to a national shortage, according to a statement from the IDOH. Therefore, Elkhart County’s state-funded free COV…
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health is making several changes to testing operations due to high demand and a national shortage of rapid test kits.
GOSHEN — The number of patients who died of COVID-19 at Goshen Hospital in December was 25, the highest number of patients to die in any month of the pandemic so far, according to information provided by Goshen Hospital officials.
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health announced Sunday that it has detected the omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus.
GOSHEN — When Indiana updated it COVID metrics map Wednesday, the northern part of the state was close to solid red, indicating a high infection rate of COVID.
GOSHEN — Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, a new variant, omicron, has developed.
GOSHEN — Goshen Hospital is now seeing the highest number of COVID-19 admissions it’s had this year, causing interference with scheduling for surgeries, screenings and procedures.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Two Republican lawmakers want to require employers to pay at least $1 million in punitive damages if they mandate vaccinations and an employee believes they became ill or suffered an injury as a result.
To ease the concerns county residents might have about taking a COVID-19 vaccination and to dispel myths, the Elkhart County Health Department has created a countywide Q&A project, “Conversations That Matter.”
ELKHART — The Indiana Department of Health’s Mobile Strike Team will provide free COVID-19 tests and vaccines in Elkhart today, Tuesday and Wednesday from noon to 8 p.m. at Healthy Beginnings – WIC parking lot, 1400 Hudson St.
GOSHEN — The Goshen and Middlebury school districts this week announced decisions to implement district-wide masking requirements for all students and staff in response to a recent executive order issued by Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb.
GOSHEN — COVID cases continue to rise locally as the delta variant spreads.
GOSHEN — Elkhart County is nearing COVID-19 advisory level orange as cases and hospitalizations increase, so the Elkhart County health officer is asking schools and the public to mask up to limit the rapid spread of the Delta variant.
GOSHEN — Students walked in for their first day at Bethany Christian Schools with masks — a quick change in the original school plan.
GOSHEN — For the past 48 1/2 years, Delores and Fred Greenawalt have been inseparable.
GOSHEN — The Indiana governor’s office doesn’t plan to implement big changes amid a surge in COVID-19 cases statewide.
INDIANAPOLIS — Despite the introduction of effective vaccines and new knowledge about the COVID-19 virus, reported daily cases and positivity rates remain about the same as one year ago due to low vaccination rates.
GOSHEN — Elkhart County is back in yellow.
LIGONIER — A walk-in COVID-19 vaccine clinic will take place at the Ligonier Rec Center, 520 W. Union St., today (July 12) from 2 to 5 p.m. Anyone ages 12 and older can be vaccinated. Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccines will be available.
Elkhart, LaGrange, Noble, Kosciusko, St. Joseph and Marshall counties are all in the blue on the state's COVID-19 metric map.
GOSHEN — Effective Monday, COVID-19 vaccines will be administered at Goshen Physicians Family Medicine & Urgent Care, 2824 Elkhart Road.
GOSHEN — Joined by Elkhart County leaders in government, health and industry, Elkhart County Health Officer Dr. Bethany Wait kicked off a vaccination campaign Monday in front of the Elkhart County Courthouse.
INDIANAPOLIS — State health officials will host a virtual media briefing at 2:30 p.m. today to provide updates on COVID-19 and vaccination efforts. Speaking will be State Health Commissioner Dr. Kris Box and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Lindsay Weaver.
GOSHEN — Elkhart County’s COVID numbers have been rising since the beginning of March, and have steadily climbed since Gov. Eric Holcomb announced in late March the state would lift restrictions to an advisory level on April 6.
ELKHART — Tuesday morning at the Tolson Community and Youth Center, both local and state health officials held a press conference urging more and more community members to get vaccinated.
GOSHEN — For Cynthia Friesen Coyle of Faith Mennonite Church, a new memorial planned is meant to both remember and to reflect.
GOSHEN — While Gov. Eric Holcomb’s statewide mask mandate expired Tuesday, Elkhart County will be keeping its mask mandate in place until at least the middle of May.
ELKHART — Elkhart County Health Officer Dr. Bethany Wait reported Wednesday that another variant was found in Elkhart County this weekend by the Indiana Department of Health Laboratory.
GOSHEN — Health care workers at Goshen Health were presented with the city’s top honors Monday for their service to the community during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Every Hoosier over the age of 16 will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine starting on March 31, just nine days after allowing Hoosiers 40 and older to register. The 2.2 newly eligible Hoosiers will be the biggest population bloc approved since the state started distributing the vaccine in December.
INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Eric J. Holcomb and State Health Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box will host a virtual media briefing to provide updates on COVID-19 and its impact on Indiana at 2:30 this afternoon.
Gov. Eric Holcomb announced that the statewide mask mandate would be downgraded to an advisory on April 6 along with all COVID-19 capacity restrictions.
Gov. Eric Holcomb announces an end to the statewide mask mandate and capacity restriction on April 6 from Indianapolis on March 23, the one-year anniversary of Indiana’s stay-at-home order.
INDIANAPOLIS — Hoosiers ages 40 and older will be eligible to receive a free COVID-19 vaccine starting Monday, the Indiana Department of Health announced today. This expansion of eligibility to include those ages 40 to 44 will make the vaccine available to more than 400,000 additional Hoosiers.
With more than half of all state residents eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, getting Hoosiers to take the vaccine becomes the next obstacle for pandemic recovery.
ELKHART — The Elkhart County Health Department was notified by the Indiana Department of Health Laboratory that the B.1.1.7 COVID-19 variant was collected in Elkhart County this weekend.
In the year since Bette Mathias had gone to church much had changed — masks, hand sanitizer and social distancing replaced the hugging she remembered but, after so much time away, it was welcomed.
GOSHEN — Elkhart County’s health officer believes one variant of the COVID-19 virus is present in the county, but no testing has confirmed that.
GOSHEN — Exhaustion. Brain fog. Shortness of breath. Rapid heart rate.
Educators and Hoosiers with select comorbidities will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine in the coming weeks, a slight departure from the state’s age-based approach.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb urges other Hoosiers in the 50-59 age range to “step up” and vaccinate themselves against COVID-19 on Wednesday.
INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Eric J. Holcomb and State Health Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box will host a virtual media briefing to provide updates on COVID-19 and its impact on Indiana at 2:30 this afternoon.
GOSHEN — Local businesses will no longer face the possibility of fines if COVID-19 health orders are violated in the county. At the same time, the county government has also launched a program to help residents who have been struggling financially as a result of the pandemic.
GOSHEN — Elkhart County Health Officer Bethany Wait urged caution Friday following reports that the county’s steady decline in positive COVID-19 cases in recent weeks appears to have stalled somewhat over the past week.
Nearly one year after the first COVID-19 case was identified in Indiana, more than one-third of the state’s population qualifies for the COVID-19 vaccine.
INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Eric J. Holcomb and State Health Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box will host a virtual media briefing to provide updates on COVID-19 and its impact on Indiana at 2:30 this afternoon. You can watch the livestream here.
GOSHEN — Meijer has been granted the green light to begin vaccinations throughout its stores in Indiana this week.
NAPPANEE [mdash] Katie Ann Mullet, 97, of Nappanee, died at 2:40 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, at Miller's Merry Manor in Wakarusa. Katie was born Nov. 18, 1924, in LaGrange County, to Dan and Lydia (Stutzman) Yoder. On Jan. 4, 1945, Katie married Henry "Hank" Mullet in Topeka. He preceded h…
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