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Brett W. Todd is the managing editor of Clinton County Today. Clinton County Today is a community-focused website to provide individuals of Clinton County Indiana and surrounding areas with information impacting their lives. Clinton County Today is a service of Progressive Partners of Indiana, LLC where Brett W. Todd is its managing member.

Frankfort Middle School Moves To E-Learning Due To Increase in COVID-19 Related Absences

FRANKFORT, Ind. – For the second consecutive day, Community Schools of Frankfort Superintendent Joel McKinney has made the decision to direct one of the CSF facilities to go with e-learning instruction.

Today, parents/guardians received notification that due to an increase in COVID-19 related absences, Frankfort Middle School will move to e-learning on Friday of this week, November 6, and continuing the week of November 9 through 13. Middle School students will return to in-person school on Monday, November 16.

Frankfort High School students started e-learning today with a scheduled return to in-person school learning on Monday, November 16.

Elementary students will continue to report to school according to the notification sent out.

Update (11/5/20): 17th Death of a Clinton County Resident Related to COVID-19, 47 New Clinton County Residents Tested Positive For COVID-19 As Reported By The ISDH

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) announced today, Thursday, November 5, 2020, Clinton County had 1 new death related to COVID-19, and 47 new residents test positive for COVID-19, 1,175 residents in total have tested positive for COVID-19. There are 17 deaths related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 10,830 unique tests have been administrated to residents of Clinton County as reported by the ISDH.

The death is reported to have taken place on Tuesday, November 3.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of unique individuals for Clinton County is 16.2% as of October 29, 2020. The State of Indiana as a whole is 17.1%.

Additionally, the ISDH announced that 4,462 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and private laboratories. That brings to 191,746 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

A total of 4,269 Hoosiers have died to date. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.

To date, 1,761,947 unique tests have been administrated on Hoosiers and reported to ISDH, up from 1,748,496 on Wednesday.

The Regenstrief Institute released updated hospitalization data as of November 4, 2020, at 11:59 p.m. for Clinton County. Data are unique individuals and cumulative.

Total Hospitalizations: 83
Emergency Visits: 184
ICU Admits: 21
Hospital Deaths: 8

Statewide Recovery: 128,674 (72%)
Statewide Deceased: 4,224 (2%)
Statewide Active: 44,217 (25%)

Free COVID-19 Test Center in Clinton County
Children age 3 and older can be tested as well as anyone who needs a test can get tested.

Please note: The Testing Center will be closed the following days in November.

Election Day, Tuesday, November 3rd
Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11th
Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26th

Location:
Clinton County Fairgrounds in the Edward Jones Building
1701 S Jackson St.
Frankfort, IN
8am – 6pm (Monday – Friday)

The Clinton County Health Department currently has two (2) testing sites operating at the fairgrounds; Optum and the ISDH Community Test Site both inside the Edward Jones Building at the Clinton County Fairgrounds located at 1701 S Jackson St, Frankfort, IN.

Optum runs from 8 am to 6 pm Monday through Friday (not open on holidays) and the ISDH Community Test Site runs from 12 noon to 6 pm Monday through Friday.

The Optum testing site breaks for lunch from 12 noon to 12:30 pm each day with an afternoon break from 3 pm to 3:30m. There are NO appts scheduled for Optum during 12-12:30 or 3-3:30 pm for this site and no walk-ins taken during those break times.

To schedule a test, use one of the following:
web: https://lhi.care/covidtesting
phone: (888) 634-1116

The COVID-19 testing clinic has tested an additional 4,000+ Clinton County residents since May 13th.

Frankfort Begins Citywide Leaf Collection

FRANKFORT, Ind. – As the leaves begin to fall, the call for leaf collection has begun. Crews from the Frankfort Street Department have started to collect fallen leaves this week with a focus on the southeast quadrant of the city.

Street Superintendent Jason Forsythe states the process of leaf collection goes smoothly each year due to the great partnership with the residents of the City.

“Please place your leaves as close to the curb as possible without putting them in the street,” said Street Superintendent Jason Forsythe. “No other yard waste, including sticks and grass clippings, should be in the leaf piles because they can clog up and do damage to our vacuums and can cause downtime to repair these problems.

“We also request that vehicles not be parked near the leaf piles so our vacuums can collect them easily and quickly. Please keep leaf piles away from utility poles, as well. Anything you can do to keep leaves clear of street drains is appreciated as well. This keeps sewer maintenance crews from having clean storm drains and allows them to concentrate on other duties.”

Leaves, brush, and grass clippings can also be brought to the Street Department’s compost site at 905 Burlington Avenue, Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and on the first and third Saturdays of each month from 8:00 a.m. – noon, year-round. Leaves and clippings need to be removed from bags before being added to the compost pile.

Leaf collection will be divided by city quadrant. The street department will start in the southeast quadrant of the city before moving to the northwest quadrant, followed by the southwest quadrant and wrapping up with the northeast quadrant. Crews will return to all quadrants periodically throughout the fall season. Updates on which section of the city crews will be collecting leaves can be found on the City and Street Department Facebook pages.

Plans call for the leaf collection service to run through the end of November, depending on the level of activity in the coming weeks.

Frankfort High School Moves To E-Learning Due To Increase In COVID-19 Absences

FRANKFORT, Ind – Community Schools of Frankfort Superintendent Joel McKinney notified parents/guardians today that due to an increase in COVID-19 related absences, Frankfort High School will move to e-learning on Thursday and Friday of this week, November 5 & 6, and continuing the week of November 9 through 13.  High School students will return to in-person school on Monday, November 16.

Middle school and elementary students will continue to report to school according to the notification sent out.

Grab and Go meals will be available for high school students during e-learning days. The pick-up location will be behind the high school from 11:30 am until 12:30 pm daily.

While home on e-learning, CSF asks that students practice social distancing and follow all of the safety protocols that reduce the risk of illness transmission.

Update (11/4/20): 27 New Clinton County Residents Tested Positive For COVID-19 As Reported By The ISDH

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind – The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) announced today, Wednesday, November 4, 2020, Clinton County had 27 new residents test positive for COVID-19, 1,128 residents in total have tested positive for COVID-19. There are 16 deaths related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 10,724 unique tests have been administrated to residents of Clinton County as reported by the ISDH.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of unique individuals for Clinton County is 16.3% as of October 28, 2020. The State of Indiana as a whole is 16.7%.

Additionally, the ISDH announced that 3,756 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 191,746 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

A total of 4,224 Hoosiers have died to date. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.

To date, 1,748,496 unique tests have been administrated on Hoosiers and reported to ISDH, up from 1,733,575 on Tuesday.

The Regenstrief Institute released updated hospitalization data as of November 3, 2020, 11:59 p.m. for Clinton County. Data are unique individuals and cumulative.

Total Hospitalizations: 80
Emergency Visits: 174
ICU Admits: 20
Hospital Deaths: 7

Statewide Recovery: 127,167 (74%)
Statewide Deceased: 4,199 (2%)
Statewide Active: 39,125 (23%)

Free COVID-19 Test Center in Clinton County
Children age 3 and older can be tested as well as anyone who needs a test can get tested.

Please note: The Testing Center will be closed the following days in November.

Election Day, Tuesday, November 3rd
Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11th
Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26th

Location:
Clinton County Fairgrounds in the Edward Jones Building
1701 S Jackson St.
Frankfort, IN
8am – 6pm (Monday – Friday)

The Clinton County Health Department currently has two (2) testing sites operating at the fairgrounds; Optum and the ISDH Community Test Site both inside the Edward Jones Building at the Clinton County Fairgrounds located at 1701 S Jackson St, Frankfort, IN.

Optum runs from 8 am to 6 pm Monday through Friday (not open on holidays) and the ISDH Community Test Site runs from 12 noon to 6 pm Monday through Friday.

The Optum testing site breaks for lunch from 12 noon to 12:30 pm each day with an afternoon break from 3 pm to 3:30m. There are NO appts scheduled for Optum during 12-12:30 or 3-3:30 pm for this site and no walk-ins taken during those break times.

To schedule a test, use one of the following:
web: https://lhi.care/covidtesting
phone: (888) 634-1116

The COVID-19 testing clinic has tested an additional 4,000+ Clinton County residents since May 13th.

Record Voter Turnout in Clinton County – Results for 2020 General Election

FRANKFORT, Ind – A record number of Clinton County voters participated in the 2020 General Election – 65.08% of the 20,140 registered voters cast a ballot. The previous record was set in the 2016 General Election when 59% of registered voters turned out to vote.

There were only two local contested elections – both for seats on the Clinton Central School Board. In District 9, Joshua Davison defeated  Kirk Long, 1,290 to 730. In District 11, Amy Shoup Mennen defeated Gavin Alexander Wellman, 1,552 to 552.

In statewide contests, Clinton County voters preferred Incumbent Governor Eric Holcomb (R) over challengers Dr. Woodrow Myers (D) and Donald Rainwater II (L). Holcomb garnered 7,971 votes compared to 2,514 for Rainwater and 2,406 for Myers.

Nationally, Clinton County cast votes nearly 3-to-1 in favor of President Trump over challenger Joe Biden, 9,334 to 3,361.

Below is the complete election result for votes cast by Clinton County voters.

Registered Voters: 20,140
Individuals Casting a Ballot: 13,107
Voter Turnout: 65.08%

Paper Absentee Count: 1,379
Walk-in Absentee Count: 7,685
Election Day Count: 4,043

US PRESIDENT & VP
Donald J. Trump / Michael R. Pence – Republican – 9,334
Joseph R. Biden / Kamala D. Harris – Democratic – 3,361
Jo Jorgensen / Jeremy (Spike) Cohen – Libertarian – 246
Write-In – 20

GOVERNOR & LT. GOVERNOR
Eric Holcomb / Suzanne Crouch – Republican – 7,971
Donald G. Rainwater II / William E. Henry – Libertarian – 2,514
Woodrow (Woody) Myers / Linda C. Lawson – Democratic – 2,406

ATTORNEY GENERAL
Todd Rokita – Republican – 9,269
Jonathan Weinzapfel – Democratic – 3,451

US REPRESENTATIVE, FOURTH DISTRICT
Jim Baird – Republican – 9,399
Joe Mackey – Democratic – 3,311
Write-In -10

STATE SENATOR, DISTRICT 07
Brian W. Buchanan – Republican – 9,586
Tabitha N. Bartley – Democratic – 3,112

STATE REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT 025
Donald J. Lehe – Republican – 2,147
Alex Sabol – Democratic – 706

STATE REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT 038
Heath R. VanNatter – Republican – 6,567
Tom Hedde – Democratic – 2,328

JUDGE, SUPERIOR COURT
Justin Harold Hunter – Republican – 10,905

COUNTY RECORDER
Elizabeth “Beth” J. Keeney – Republican – 10,851

COUNTY TREASURER
Gina Brettnacher – Republican – 10,639

COUNTY CORONER
Edward “Ed” Cripe – Republican – 10,741

COUNTY SURVEYOR
Dan Sheets – Republican – 10,646

COUNTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT 1
Mark A Timmons – Republican – 10,676

COUNTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT 2
Joshua Uitts – Republican – 10,584

COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER, AT LARGE
James M. “Mike” Hensley – Republican – 6,984
Clark A Beard – Republican – 6,463
Jeff Chynoweth – Republican – 6,196

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER

Clinton Central School Board
Kyle C Rule – Non Partisan – District 08 – 1,910

Joshua A Davison Non Partisan – District 09 – 1,290
Kirk A Long – Non Partisan – District 09 – 730

Amy L Mennen – Non Partisan – District 11 – 1,552
Gavin A Wellman – Non Partisan – District 11 – 552

Travis J Robinson – Non Partisan – District 13 – 1,850

Clinton Prairie School Board
Bobbi M Elliott – Non Partisan – District 14 – 1,729

Adam J Beck – Non Partisan – District 15 – 1,660

David R Larsh – Non Partisan – District 16 – 1,845

Frankfort School Board
Karen Sutton – Non Partisan – District 1 – 514

James E Mcquade II – Non Partisan – District 2 – 536

Rossville School Board
Joseph L Hufford – Non Partisan – Clay Twp – 1,450

COURTS

IN Supreme Court – Goff
Yes – 7,678
No – 2,063

Court of Appeals District 2 – Bradford
Yes – 7,600
No – 2,037

Court of Appeals District 5 – Brown
Yes – 7,803
No – 1,851

Court of Appeals District 4 – May
Yes – 7,796
No – 1,831

Court of Appeals District 5 – Robb
Yes – 7,815
No – 1,836

STRAIGHT PARTY VOTES

Republican Party – 4,171
Democratic Party – 873
Libertarian Party – 4

Update (11/3/20): 14 New Clinton County Residents Tested Positive For COVID-19 As Reported By The ISDH

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind – The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) announced today, Tuesday, November 3, 2020, Clinton County had 14 new residents test positive for COVID-19, 1,101 residents in total have tested positive for COVID-19. There are 16 deaths related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 10,568 unique tests have been administrated to residents of Clinton County as reported by the ISDH.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of unique individuals for Clinton County is 14.9% as of October 27, 2020. The State of Indiana as a whole is 16.2%.

Additionally, the ISDH announced that 2,951 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 185,185 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

A total of 4,199 Hoosiers have died to date. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.

To date, 1,733,575 unique tests have been administrated on Hoosiers and reported to ISDH, up from 1,722,842 on Monday.

The Regenstrief Institute released updated hospitalization data as of November 2, 2020, 11:59 p.m. for Clinton County. Data are unique individuals and cumulative.

Total Hospitalizations: 80
Emergency Visits: 174
ICU Admits: 20
Hospital Deaths: 7

Statewide Recovery: 125,661 (73%)
Statewide Deceased: 4,150 (2%)
Statewide Active: 38,990 (23%)

Free COVID-19 Test Center in Clinton County
Children age 3 and older can be tested as well as anyone who needs a test can get tested.

Please note: The Testing Center will be closed the following days in November.

Election Day, Tuesday, November 3rd
Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11th
Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26th

Location:
Clinton County Fairgrounds in the Edward Jones Building
1701 S Jackson St.
Frankfort, IN
8am – 6pm (Monday – Friday)

The Clinton County Health Department currently has two (2) testing sites operating at the fairgrounds; Optum and the ISDH Community Test Site both inside the Edward Jones Building at the Clinton County Fairgrounds located at 1701 S Jackson St, Frankfort, IN.

Optum runs from 8 am to 6 pm Monday through Friday (not open on holidays) and the ISDH Community Test Site runs from 12 noon to 6 pm Monday through Friday.

The Optum testing site breaks for lunch from 12 noon to 12:30 pm each day with an afternoon break from 3 pm to 3:30m. There are NO appts scheduled for Optum during 12-12:30 or 3-3:30 pm for this site and no walk-ins taken during those break times.

To schedule a test, use one of the following:
web: https://lhi.care/covidtesting
phone: (888) 634-1116

The COVID-19 testing clinic has tested an additional 4,000+ Clinton County residents since May 13th.

Update (11/2/20): 31 New Clinton County Residents Tested Positive For COVID-19 As Reported By The ISDH

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind – The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) announced today, Monday, November 2, 2020, Clinton County had 31 new residents test positive for COVID-19, 1,087 residents in total have tested positive for COVID-19. There are 16 deaths related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 10,529 unique tests have been administrated to residents of Clinton County as reported by the ISDH.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of unique individuals for Clinton County is 13.2% as of October 26, 2020. The State of Indiana as a whole is 15.9%.

Additionally, the ISDH announced that 3,080 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 185,185 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

A total of 4,150 Hoosiers have died to date. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.

To date, 1,722,842 unique tests have been administrated on Hoosiers and reported to ISDH, up from 1,709,944 on Sunday.

The Regenstrief Institute released updated hospitalization data as of November 1, 2020, 11:59 p.m. for Clinton County. Data are unique individuals and cumulative.

Total Hospitalizations: 75
Emergency Visits: 169
ICU Admits: 19
Hospital Deaths: 7

Statewide Recovery: 123,980 (73%)
Statewide Deceased: 4,150 (2%)
Statewide Active: 38,990 (23%)

Free COVID-19 Test Center in Clinton County
Children age 3 and older can be tested as well as anyone who needs a test can get tested.

Please note: The Testing Center will be closed the following days in November.

Election Day, Tuesday, November 3rd
Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11th
Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26th

Location:
Clinton County Fairgrounds in the Edward Jones Building
1701 S Jackson St.
Frankfort, IN
8am – 6pm (Monday – Friday)

The Clinton County Health Department currently has two (2) testing sites operating at the fairgrounds; Optum and the ISDH Community Test Site both inside the Edward Jones Building at the Clinton County Fairgrounds located at 1701 S Jackson St, Frankfort, IN.

Optum runs from 8 am to 6 pm Monday through Friday (not open on holidays) and the ISDH Community Test Site runs from 12 noon to 6 pm Monday through Friday.

The Optum testing site breaks for lunch from 12 noon to 12:30 pm each day with an afternoon break from 3 pm to 3:30m. There are NO appts scheduled for Optum during 12-12:30 or 3-3:30 pm for this site and no walk-ins taken during those break times.

To schedule a test, use one of the following:
web: https://lhi.care/covidtesting
phone: (888) 634-1116

The COVID-19 testing clinic has tested an additional 4,000+ Clinton County residents since May 13th.

City of Frankfort’s New Leaf Machine Raises Awareness For Alzheimer’s Disease and Breast Cancer

FRANKFORT, Ind – The City of Frankfort is using its new leaf machine to raise awareness for Breast Cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. Jason Forsythe, Frankfort Street Department Superintendent, proposed the idea of applying a vinyl wrap to each side – one done in purple for Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness and the other in pink for Breast Cancer Awareness. Each of the wraps was made available by a generous donation by the Center Township of Clinton County office.

“My family has been impacted by both breast cancer and Alzheimer’s,” said Forsythe. “These are terrible diseases that are hard for a lot of families. My hope is that the messages on our leaf machine will remind people that our community supports everyone who is struggling and we are all hoping for a cure.”

Leaf collection in the City takes place annually in the months of October and November. Each of those months happens to coincide with the causes being championed for higher awareness – National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is in October and November is recognized as National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month.

Frankfort Mayor Judy Sheets supports the idea of utilizing City assets to take positive messages to the many neighborhoods. “We hope this leaf machine will bring a positive message to the community in a time when we all need encouragement,” said Mayor Sheets. “This year has been challenging in many ways. It has been exceptionally challenging for people who are faced with the added difficulty of illnesses such as breast cancer or Alzheimer’s disease.”

The National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. estimates that 30% of all women cancer diagnoses in 2020 will be breast cancer and report that 1 in 8 women in The United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, more than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s is the 6th leading cause of death in The United States.

Update (11/1/20): 19 New Clinton County Residents Tested Positive For COVID-19 As Reported By The ISDH

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind – The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) announced today, Sunday, November 1, 2020, Clinton County had 29 new residents test positive for COVID-19, 1,055 residents in total have tested positive for COVID-19. There are 16 deaths related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 10,441 unique tests have been administrated to residents of Clinton County as reported by the ISDH.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of unique individuals for Clinton County is 13.4% as of October 25, 2020. The State of Indiana as a whole is 15.6%.

Additionally, the ISDH announced that 2,787 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 182,108 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

A total of 4,124 Hoosiers have died to date. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.

To date, 1,709,944 unique tests have been administrated on Hoosiers and reported to ISDH, up from 1,699,008 on Saturday.

The Regenstrief Institute released updated hospitalization data as of October 31, 2020, 11:59 p.m. for Clinton County. Data are unique individuals and cumulative.

Total Hospitalizations: 75
Emergency Visits: 164
ICU Admits: 19
Hospital Deaths: 7

Statewide Recovery: 122,446 (73%)
Statewide Deceased: 4,096 (2%)
Statewide Active: 39,408 (23%)

Free COVID-19 Test Center in Clinton County
Children age 3 and older can be tested as well as anyone who needs a test can get tested.

Please note: The Testing Center will be closed the following days in November.

Election Day, Tuesday, November 3rd
Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11th
Thanksgving Day, Thursday, November 26th

Location:
Clinton County Fairgrounds in the Edward Jones Building
1701 S Jackson St.
Frankfort, IN
8am – 6pm (Monday – Friday)

The Clinton County Health Department currently has two (2) testing sites operating at the fairgrounds; Optum and the ISDH Community Test Site both inside the Edward Jones Building at the Clinton County Fairgrounds located at 1701 S Jackson St, Frankfort, IN.

Optum runs from 8 am to 6 pm Monday through Friday (not open on holidays) and the ISDH Community Test Site runs from 12 noon to 6 pm Monday through Friday.

The Optum testing site breaks for lunch from 12 noon to 12:30 pm each day with an afternoon break from 3 pm to 3:30m. There are NO appts scheduled for Optum during 12-12:30 or 3-3:30 pm for this site and no walk-ins taken during those break times.

To schedule a test, use one of the following:
web: https://lhi.care/covidtesting
phone: (888) 634-1116

The COVID-19 testing clinic has tested an additional 4,000+ Clinton County residents since May 13th.

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