Hoosiers Deserve Transparency In Reporting Of COVID Data
For Hoosiers in every corner of the state, the response to COVID-19 has been confusing, frustrating, and for many financially costly.
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State Health Department Limits COVID-19 Rapid Test Use Due To National Shortage
Effective Tuesday, Jan. 4, COVID-19 rapid tests at state and local health department testing sites in Indiana will only be available to individuals ages 18 and younger, and symptomatic individuals ages 50 and older.
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Health Officials Say Don’t Depend On Natural Immunity For COVID-19
Health officials across the state are urging people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 even if they’ve had a prior infection, as state officials warn that reinfections are on the rise in Indiana and expected to increase with the spread of the omicron variant.
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Business Leaders Urge Vaccinations Amid Strain On Hospitals
Amid another deadly surge of COVID-19, business and hospital leaders around the state held a virtual press conference appealing to unvaccinated Hoosiers.
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Pandemic Dominates Kosciusko County News Again In 2021
For many, 2021 was supposed to be the year the country began to climb out of the pandemic.
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Holcomb Extends Public Health Emergency
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Eric Holcomb extended Indiana’s public health emergency through an executive order. The executive order remains in effect through Feb. 1.
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Testing Clinic In Warsaw Remains Open Through Thursday
Thinking about getting tested for COVID-19 before Christmas?
Read MoreCOVID Anti-Mandate Testimony Includes Misinformation, Doctors Say
As Indiana’s hospitals beg for assistance from the Indiana National Guard to address surging COVID-19 caseloads, the argument about whether employers, including hospitals, can mandate COVID-19 vaccines continues to develop in the Statehouse.
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Omicron Variant Detected In Indiana
The Indiana Department of Health announced Sunday, Dec. 19, that it has detected the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus in an unvaccinated Indiana resident.
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Majority Of Northern Indiana Remains “Red” On COVID-19 Map
Kosciusko, Fulton, Wabash, Whitley and Elkhart all continue to remain in the “red” category on the Indiana Department of Health’s COVID-19 two-metric map.
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Warsaw Schools Will Return To Optional Mask Policy Jan. 10
All Warsaw Community Schools will return to mask optional in the second semester.
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Remington Says COVID-19 Deaths Are Escalating, Urges Vaccines
Kosciusko County’s Health Officer, Dr. William Remington, issued a stark warning Friday, Dec. 10, as COVID-19 cases spread locally and nationally.
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Northern Indiana Sees Red On New COVID Map
Kosciusko County and much of northern Indiana have moved to red in the state health department’s tracking system for COVID-19.
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Goshen Hospital Reports ICU Is Full
Health officials are warning of the strain an influx of COVID-19 patients is having at Goshen Hospital.
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County OKs $1.9 Million In Covid Relief Money For Emergency Radios
Federal COVID relief money will be used to cover nearly all of the costs associated with new emergency radios throughout Kosciusko County.
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Kosciusko Reports Four New COVID-19 Deaths
Since Nov. 24, Kosciusko County has reported four new COVID-19 deaths. This brings the county to 166 deaths and 14,118 positive cases, which is up from 13,763 reported on Nov. 24.
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