PRINCETON – Bureau, Marshall, and DeKalb Counties all reported new COVID-19 cases, their respective health departments report. Bureau County saw 8 more cases and Marshall County reported 2, while DeKalb saw 47. Since the start of the pandemic, the Bureau, Putnam, & Marshall County
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OTTAWA – 22 additional cases of COVID-19 were reported by the LaSalle County Health Department on Tuesday. This makes 2,212 total cases in the county with all but 645 now recovered. Throughout Illinois, 3,714 new coronavirus cases were confirmed with 41 additional deaths. Overall, 350,875
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A new report says damage estimates from a rare wind storm that slammed Iowa and some other parts of the Midwest in August are growing. The total is now $7.5 billion. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the Aug. 10 storm is currently the
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PONTIAC – Twenty more residents of Livingston County and eight inmates at Pontiac Correctional Center have tested positive for COVID-19. Sadly, one more resident has also died due to complications related to COVID-19. The individual was a male in his 80s. All of the newly infected are
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Employment Security reported that statewide the job market has improved slightly during September, but still trails the national average. The United States unemployment rate was at 7.7%, however, the Illinois rate was at 9.8% for the month, down
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SERENA – The Serena School District, including Serena, Sheridan and Harding will be switching to at home learning for the next two weeks due to the rise of COVID-19 infections in the community. Officials say they hope to return on November 2nd. All club meetings and athletic practices are
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By SOPHIA TAREEN and JOHN O’CONNOR Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Public health officials in Chicago are warning of a second wave of COVID-19 cases, with a more than 50% increase of positive cases to over 500 per day. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says the city is considering additional
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 3,113 more COVID-19 cases as well as 22 additional deaths. Of those deaths were a female in her 80’s from LaSalle County that was also reported Monday by the county health department. In total, 347,161 individuals in the
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LASALLE – A female in her 80’s is the most recent COVID-19 related death in LaSalle County. The county health department confirmed the death on Monday, the 60th in the county since the start of the pandemic. The LCHD also saw 28 new cases of COVID-19, totaling 2,190 since the start of the
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By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The White House quietly told Tennessee that a statewide mask mandate “must be implemented” to curb its growing spread of COVID-19. The White House and Republican Gov. Bill Lee did not discuss the recommendations publicly
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