winter weather

With temperatures dropping into the single digits and wind chills below zero, warming centers across Michiana are opening their doors to help residents stay safe.

Heavy, wet snow from the weekend storm is raising health risks. Doctors are urging caution, citing dangers from heart strain, cold and falls.

The job, which lasts five months, involves repairing traffic signs, snow removal and other duties. It starts at $20 an hour. There are also a limited number of on-call snow plow driver positions, which make $24 per hour. Commercial Driver's Licenses are required for all these jobs.

In Columbia, Missouri, some community members are stepping up to help unhoused individuals find solutions. They say city leaders have not done enough.

The Indiana Department of Education launches a database to track schools’ spending of pandemic relief funding. The state health department shuts down vaccine and testing sites during the winter storm. And statewide COVID-19 cases are down.

While the winter weather advisory is no longer in effect, much of Michiana is still dealing with the impact of Wednesday’s storm.

State, county and local governments are preparing for the worst of a winter storm system as it moves through Indiana. The wide variety of weather conditions across the state complicates how governments respond.

The Indiana Department of Health and many local health departments are making changes to their COVID-19 testing and vaccination clinics ahead of an approaching winter storm.

COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites in Michiana are closing ahead of the incoming winter storm.

A major winter storm is heading to Michiana later this week, and all WVPE listener counties are under a winter storm warning Wednesday and Thursday.