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The St. John Town Council was told this week during a meeting that businesses could include restaurants with outdoor dining, a banquet hall and possibly a boutique hotel, The (Northwest Indiana) Times reported Saturday.

Wabash River Equites LCC recently started preliminary site work around 26 acres in Peru for the 174-unit development that will include traditional apartments, patio apartments, duplexes and a senior housing development.

Lawmakers debated whether to make local school board races partisan. A House committee easily advanced a billion-dollar tax cut. And, the governor delivered his State of the State address.

Monroe County confirmed 302 on Friday, down from 379 on Thursday. This week, the county reported record single day numbers on Wednesday and Thursday.

Indiana has set several new records for daily cases since the COVID-19 variant omicron hit the state. Those new cases are straining the state’s ability to test Hoosiers, meaning more positive cases are falling through the cracks.

Monroe County’s Health Administrator Penny Caudill said with the rise in local cases and testing, people should expect delays in getting results.

The position will monitor virus cases in MCCSC and Richland-Bean Blossom schools and assist with pandemic procedures such as quarantine and isolation.

The bill would have required schools to create parent-led curriculum review committees. It would have also placed restrictions around how teachers talk about issues like race, religion and politics, among other things.

Right now, there are 12 days during the year when local governments aren’t allowed to restrict fireworks at all during the evening – New Year’s Eve and 11 days around July 4.

We talk to a judicial expert about vaccine mandates for employees and court challenges to mandates. Indiana is setting records for COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. And a booming RV business has helped make the housing market in Elkhart one of the hottest in the nation.