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PRINCETON – The Bureau, Putnam & Marshall County Health Department on Thursday announced that a woman in her 90’s was the 60th resident to pass away from complications related to COVID-19. They also announced the death of a Marshall County woman in her 70’s. They also noted

  OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department on Thursday announced the deaths of six more residents from complications related to COVID-19, including a man and woman in their 70’s and four women in their 90’s. Since the pandemic began, 192 residents have died from the

PONTIAC – The Livingston County Health Department on Thursday announced that a woman in her 60’s was the 50th resident to pass away from complications related to COVID-19. They also announced 31 new infections in residents and nine in inmates at the Pontiac Correctional Center. The

PRINCETON – The Bureau, Putnam & Marshall County Health Department announced 23 new infections of COVID-19 Wednesday, this as the vaccine begins to be administered to staff members at Bureau County hospitals. There have been 2,601 cases in Bureau County since the pandemic began.

MORRIS – Illinois State Senator Sue Rezin said she wants more hearings to help find the cause of the COVID-19 outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home that took 33 lives. On Wednesday, the Illinois House Veterans’ Affairs Committee met and questioned officials and consultants

OTTAWA – The first doses of the Pfizer vaccine have been delivered to the three hospitals in LaSalle County this week. In a joint statement, the organizations said that they will begin vaccinating their front-line workers over the next few days. The LaSalle County Health Department