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Low COVID Vaccination Rates, Hot Housing Market | Indiana Newsdesk

A memorial for Terre Haute police detective Greg Ferency.
A memorial for Terre Haute police detective Greg Ferency.

Right now on  Indiana Newsdesk:

In some parts of the state the COVID vaccination rate is hovering around 15-percent… and local health officials are struggling to make headway. Ahead the uphill climb to get people vaccinated as the highly infectious Delta variant takes hold.

Indiana’s housing market is on fire – it’s a dream for sellers and a nightmare for buyers. Buyers are paying above market and writing personal pleas to homeowners. Coming up, why it could be a while before the market settles down.

And police officers from across the country gathered in Terre Haute this week to remember a veteran police officer killed in the line of duty.

Those stories and 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