News and sports in the Whitewater Valley
A blog about what is going on in the Whitewater Valley
By John Estridge COVID-19 has affected and continues to affect many different aspects of living in the world during 2020. One of those ways is the way schools in Indiana are funded. While the majority of property taxes paid in the state go to schools, the real money comes through state funds based on Average …
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By John Estridge Franklin County reported to the Indiana State Department of Health the 15th death to COVID-19-related causes. Positive COVID-19-related positive tests increased by three to 246. Union County’s positive COVID-19-related test results remained the same at 41. There have been zero COVID-19-related deaths in Union County.
By John Estridge Franklin County Health Nurse Angie Ruther told commissioners and others the recent uptick in the COVID-19 positive tests in Franklin County comes from a nursing home, a spring dance held this summer and a church. She was answering a question via Zoom during a Franklin County Commissioners meeting Tuesday morning, August 11. …
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By John Estridge Union County College Corner Joint School District (UCCCJSD) Superintendent Aron Borowiak said there have been positive COVID-19 tests among athletes, and some students will have to start the school year under quarantine and/or isolation. School board member Jessica Jones said it is her understanding the positive test results have come from athletes …
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By John Estridge This was a good day for Franklin and Union counties in the daily COVID-19 report issued by the Indiana State Department of Health. No new COVID-19 deaths were reported in Franklin and Union counties. Franklin County’s number of COVID-19 positive test results increased by just one to 243. Union County’s number of …
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By John Estridge Union County’s number of positive COVID-19 results went up by four to 41, according to the Indiana State Department of Health daily update on Sunday, August 9. There have not been any COVID-19-related deaths in Union County. Franklin County’s number of positive COVID-19 test results increased by one to 242. There are …
By John Estridge Franklin County’s COVID-19-related deaths increased by one to 14, according to the Indiana State Department of Health daily report on Saturday, August 8. Franklin County Health Department did not release any new information concerning the latest COVID-19-related death. The number of positive COVID-19 tests increased by one to 241 while Union County’s …
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By John Estridge Positive COVID-19 test results increased by four in Franklin County (238) and two in Union County (37) from Thursday, Aug. 6, to the Friday, Aug. 7 report by the Indiana State Health Department. However, the Franklin County COVID-19 Task Force reported the number of positive test results in Franklin County is actually …
By John Estridge Indiana State Department of Health recently released its daily update on the number of COVID-19 positive test results and deaths in the counties and in Indiana as a whole. Franklin County’s positive test results went up by three to 234 while Union County’s went up by two to 35. No new deaths …
By John Estridge The Indiana State Department of Health released its daily update for the state and Franklin County for Wednesday, Aug. 5. FC deaths believed associated with the COVID-19 went up by two over Tuesday, Aug. 4, with the total now at 13. And the number of positive test results increased to 231 up …