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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Some Midwestern farmers are suing the federal government alleging they’re ineligible for a COVID-19 stimulus loan forgiveness program because they’re white. The group of farmers hails from Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota,

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a central Illinois jail inmate has died after correctional officers shocked him with Tasers when he resisted health checks and attempts to handcuff him. Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon says 39-year-old Jaimeson Daniel Cody of Divernon died after the

OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department reported two more individuals have died from complications related to COVID-19. With the addition of these deaths, a male in his 60’s and another in his 90’s, there have been a total of 296 coronavirus related deaths throughout the

PERU – The city of Peru plans to demolish blighted houses around town. City Engineer Eric Carls says the city obtained five properties that they plan to tear down. The city approved a contract with Illinois Valley Excavating for just under $50,000.

  ILLINOIS – A survey placed Illinois among the top states most worried about COVID-19 on a daily basis. According to the publication Safewise, a national crime and safety research engine, a survey was conducted in September of 2020, to determine the level of concern during the

  STREATOR – Streator High School students will be seeing a furry four-legged friend roaming around the school this fall. Superintendent Dr. Matt Seaton says the school is awaiting the arrival of their therapy pup that will be born this summer. The board chose a couple from within the

  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden declared that “America is rising anew” as he called for an expansion of federal programs to drive the economy past the pandemic and broadly extend the social safety net on a scale not seen in decades. On Wednesday night Biden’s nationally

  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Overcrowding at some Illinois nursing homes caused a disproportionate number of preventable deaths among Black and Latino residents of those facilities. That is the conclusion of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services which is proposing $300 million in