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INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana is moving backward on its reopening plan, as Gov. Eric Holcomb announced Wednesday that the state needs to clamp down on sharply rising COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state.

WHITLEY COUNTY — After months of weathering the coronavirus pandemic with a relatively small positivity rate, Whitley County has seen — at times — exponential growth in COVID-19 cases in November.

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana is not shutting down.

FORT WAYNE — With colder weather moving people inside and the holidays coming up, Allen County Health Commissioner Dr. Matthew Sutter said COVID-19 rates could get worse. “This virus is actively spreading,” he said.

INDIANAPOLIS — “People should feel like the trend is moving in the wrong direction.”

CHURUBUSCO — The Town of Churubusco recently partnered with Smith-Green Community Schools, Churubusco Child Care Center and United Methodist Nursery School to help provide them with supplies and equipment to help lessen the spread of COVID-19.

INDIANAPOLIS — The state recorded the greatest number of cases ever for a Monday as the state logged more than 1,500 at the start of the week.

CHURUBUSCO — Some normalcy will come back to Churubusco this fall, as Churubusco’s Town Council approved the event during its Sept. 16 regular meeting.

WHITLEY COUNTY — Some normalcy will come back to Whitley County this fall, as Churubusco’s Town Council and Columbia City’s Board of Works approved the Halloween festivities — some of the first “normal” events to take place in 2020 since the coronavirus pandemic took hold of the U.S. in March.

INDIANAPOLIS — With new cases and testing numbers running at all-time highs, Indiana is making another effort to boost its testing levels even higher.

INDIANAPOLIS — When a student is potentially exposed to someone who is positive for COVID-19, the best practice is to put their entire household on quarantine.

INDIANAPOLIS — While the story of COVID-19 in July across Indiana was a second surge of rising numbers, August was a picture of those numbers leveling off.

INDIANAPOLIS — Four northeast Indiana communities received up to $250,000 apiece as part of a COVID-19 relief program administered by the state.

Vice Admiral Jerome M. Adams, U.S. surgeon general, visited Allen County on Aug. 14 in an effort to educate the public on local and national efforts to end the COVID-19 pandemic.

INDIANAPOLIS — Keeping kids safe at school — and securing money to do so — are all on State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jennifer McCormick’s plate.

COLUMBIA CITY — U.S. Sen. Todd Young paid a visit to Ultra Electronics, USSI in Whitley County on Monday, one of multiple stops in Northeast Indiana.

FORT WAYNE — Allen County health officials don’t expect the COVID crisis to get much better before it gets worse.

KENDALLVILLE — More than 100 residents and staff in nursing homes in five northeast Indiana counties contracted COVID-19, leading to at least 15 deaths in the region.

INDIANAPOLIS — As several COVID-19 metrics in Indiana have been increasing throughout July, one important measure continues to see improvement — the death rate.

INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Eric Holcomb doesn’t have the authority to unilaterally impose criminal penalties for people who don’t abide an upcoming statewide mask mandate, Indiana’s attorney general said in an advisory opinion issued Wednesday night.

Indiana’s unemployment rate dropped to 11.2% for June, just above the national rate of 11.1%, Indiana Department of Workforce Development reported July 17.

The Indiana Department of Workforce Development said it is putting “holds” on, and investigating, many Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) claims that have been recently filed before clearing them for payment.

Indiana will be among a few states to offer the COVID-19 Test Home Collection Kit, which will have results confirmed in less than 72 hours, according to the Cincinnati-based company.