This is the WFHB Local News for Friday, September 4th, 2020.

Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Aaron Comforty reports that Indiana University’s Covid-19 data has not been included in the Indiana State Department of Health’s coronavirus dashboard.

Also coming up in the next half hour, Better Beware, your weekly consumer-watchdog segment.

But first, your local headlines.

Monroe County reported 29 new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday. That’s according to the Indiana State Department of Health, which reported 1,044 new positive cases and 17 new deaths in the state yesterday.

Since the first day of classes, Indiana University has reported 274 new positive test results at the Bloomington campus. Before classes started, the university reported another three-hundred and forty-six positive tests.

It’s unclear how many of those positive tests reflect unique individuals, versus multiple positive tests for the same individual.

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Indiana University’s Covid-19 testing results aren’t on the Indiana State Health Department’s online COVID-19 dashboard for Monroe County.

That’s according to the Monroe County Health Administrator Penny Caudill’s opening statements at a press conference in Bloomington on Friday afternoon. It’s unclear whether the university has reported its testing results to county or state officials.

There doesn’t appear to be any mention of Indiana University’s testing results on the state dashboard. If it hasn’t reported its testing results, Indiana University may be in violation of the CARES Act law, the COVID-19 aid package law that was passed by congress and signed by the president back in March.

The CDC website quotes the CARES Act testing results reporting requirements as such, “Testing sites must report data for all… testing completed [and] for each individual tested. These data must be reported daily, within 24 hours of test completion, to the appropriate local, state, territorial or tribal health department, based on the individual’s residence.”

Without Indiana University’s reporting, the actual number of positive cases in the county is unknown.

The Monroe County Election Board discussed November General Election voting sites during their September first meeting. Board member Hal Turner said all sites must be determined by September 6th. He said Bloomington Public Transport would not provide enough space for voting.

Board members agreed to move the Public Transport location to Free Methodist Church, and also the Bloomington Utilities voting site to Bloomington High School South. Turner said Ellettsville voting sites would include Saint John’s Church and Ellettsville Christian Church.

Turner said Edgewood High school and the fire station will not be voting sights. Board members debated to combine the Meadowood voting site into either the Genesis church or the Unitarian Universalist church. Special Projects Coordinator for Community and Family Resources Michael Shermis said Genesis would require a ramp.

Board members decided to further discuss the combination of Meadowood. Sherry said the Indian Fire Creek Fire Station would not be a voting site option. She said the Indian Creek Lions Club would be the alternate site.

This report was submitted on Wednesday afternoon.

The number of Indiana University Greek Houses that have been placed in quarantine has increased to 30, with eleven additional houses moved to quarantine by Wednesday night.

Nearly three-fourths of the 42 communal living houses at IU have been instructed to quarantine since last week. The continued quarantine of greek housing is a response to mitigation testing on campus.

During the first week of mitigation testing, 8.1% of people living in greek housing tested positive for COVID-19.

The list of greek houses under quarantine updates in the afternoons and evenings on...