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Enforcing Crowd Sizes, College Towns With No Football | Indiana Newsdesk

Right now on  Indiana Newsdesk:

COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to increase in Indiana and the state’s top health official says she worried because Hoosiers continue to ignore rules for social distancing and wearing masks.

The state tasked local health departments with enforcing rules about crowd sizes… but they say they don’t have the resources.

And the Big Ten announced this week it was canceling fall sports because of the coronavirus. College towns like Bloomington will take a big economic hit.

Those stories plus the latest news headlines from across the state right now on  Indiana Newsdesk!

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Anchor "Indiana Newsdesk," "Ask The Mayor" - WTIU/WFIU News. Formerly host of "The Weekly Special." Hebron, Ind. native, IU Alumnus. Follow him on Twitter @Joe_Hren