1. Brown County’s COVID numbers continue to decrease, mirroring a trend across the country. Between Tuesday, Feb. 16 and Monday, Feb. 22, the county recorded six new cases — the lowest gain since the week of Oct. 13. No new deaths were recorded; the total is still 39. On Feb. 23, the state expanded vaccine age eligibility to 60-plus. For more information, visit coronavirus.in.gov.

2. The 10-year plan for Brown County Schools was approved at the Feb. 18 school board meeting. It includes closing Brown County Intermediate School and converting the building into an adult and birth-to-preschool center; moving Grade 5 back into elementary school buildings (Van Buren, Helmsburg and Sprunica); moving Grade 6 into Brown County Junior High School and renaming it Brown County Middle School; and selling the Career Resource Center on East Main Street. This change will occur before the start of the 2021-22 school year. More details were in the Feb. 10 paper.

3. A proposal for an updated economic development area and economic development plan for the town of Nashville are on the agenda of the Brown County Area Plan Commission this Tuesday, Feb. 23. (See government calendar.) If the APC approves these plans, they will still need to go before a couple other boards before they are final. Read more information at bcdemocrat.com and coverage of Tuesday’s meeting in next week’s paper.

4. A few land use matters are going before the Brown County Board of Zoning Appeals this Wednesday: A couple wants a special exception for a private recreational development on Bellsville Pike so that they can operate an event barn on their property; and a company wants to store explosives on 101 acres of land near State Road 46 West that had historically been used for that purpose, but not recently. (See story.) Petition information and meeting details are in the government calendar.

5. Creative Style Salon is moving from its longtime home on Jefferson Street in Nashville this week and opening in a new location on Monday, March 1: 153 E. Main St., in the same building with the Brown County Democrat office.