Stories from Wednesday, October 7, 2020

John H. Lacer, 77, of Bloomfield, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, at the Villages of Oak Ridge in Washington. Born Oct. 21, 1942, in Greene County, he was the son of Todd Harold and Mable Maurine (Cooper) Lacer. He attended Bloomfield High School. ...

The Greene County Health Department is looking to create partnerships, now, with the hospital, clinics, primary healthcare providers, EMS and others who can help distribute and administer COVID vaccines when it becomes available to the masses. If you are interested in working with the health department to provide mass vaccination for COVID-19, please email health@co.greene.in.us with the type of efforts or capacity of service you are willing to share and point of contact (POC) information. ...

On Oct. 1. Lt. Gov Suzanne Crouch announced 479 organizations will receive $10 million in funding through the Arts, Cultural, and Destination Marketing Organization grant program. Intended to support organizations negatively impacted by covid, the grants were made possible by a partnership between the Indiana Arts Commission and Indiana Destination Development Program...

On Saturday, October 10, the Greene County Humane Society in Linton will be hosting their annual Bark or Treat festival from 3-10 p.m. This annual event is host to a variety of notable events such as a pet costume contest, the not-so-scary haunted trail and much more including some new additions for this year’s festival...