Efforts to expand commuter rail in Northwest Indiana took a major step forward Wednesday. Officials broke ground on the West Lake Corridor project. The eight-mile branch off of the existing South Shore Line would link Dyer and Munster to Chicago.
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Three positive COVID-19 staff and student cases have been reported at the Culver Community School Corporation and those affected individuals are quarantining at home, according to Culver Community School Superintendent Karen Shuman. Eighteen students and staff are isolating at home due to exposure.
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Bremen Public School Superintendent Dr. Jim White updated community members on Wednesday about COVID-19 cases at the school.
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National Guard units will be deployed to a few long-term care facilities in Indiana to assist health care providers to slow the spread of COVID-19.
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Indiana State Health Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box presented her concerns over the increase of COVID-19 cases in the past month.
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The COVID-19 death toll continues to increase in Starke and Marshall counties. Another two Starke County residents are confirmed to have died, according to Wednesday’s update from the Indiana Department of Health. That brings the county’s total number of COVID-19 deaths up to 10. Marshall County had one more death, for a total of 29.
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Marshall County Health Officer Dr. Byron Holm is assuming the interim duties of the Marshall County Health Administrator as Ashley Garcia is no longer with the Health Department.
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The annual holiday parade and Christmas tree lighting in the City of Plymouth on Saturday, November 28 has been canceled due to the ongoing concerns surrounding the community spread of COVID-19.
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Marshall County voters continue to cast ballots early in this year’s November General Election.
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A candidate was selected in a Republican Party Caucus Monday night to fill the unexpired term of Bourbon Town Councilman PJ Hanley.
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Crews working on the downtown project in Bremen continue to aim for a November 21 completion date.
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The Culver Town Council members reviewed amendments made to the golf cart ordinance prior to a vote on second reading Tuesday night.
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The 2020 Fall grant awards were recently announced by the Marshall County Community Foundation.
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The Marshall County Commissioners extended the Public Health Disaster Declaration for another week.
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The Indiana Department of Health announced Tuesday that 51 additional people in the state have died from COVID-19. One of those deaths was reported in Pulaski County.
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The Bremen Town Council members began discussions earlier this month on separating the superintendent duties between the water and street departments. They decided Monday night to move forward with that process.
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The Argos Town Council members took action on additional readings of an ordinance that sets rates for fire department calls.
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Domestic Violence Awareness Month has taken on a new level of urgency in 2020. As the pandemic has kept people at home, domestic violence-related fatalities are up 86 percent compared to this time last year, according to statistics from the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
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