DEKALB – 27 additional cases of COVID-19 were reported in DeKalb County by the health department on Monday. These cases represent those reported electronically Friday through Monday. DeKalb County Health Department has reported 1,022 cases in total, along with 32 deaths. The DHCD also notes
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OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department said Monday that they have recorded four more COVID-19 related deaths. The individuals are a woman in her 70’s, two women in their 90’s, and a man in his 90’s. There have been a total of thirty-four COVID-19 related deaths in LaSalle
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 12 more COVID-19 related deaths in the state on Monday, along with 1,773 new confirmed cases. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 207,854 individuals have tested positive, including 7,756 deaths in total. The IDPH reports
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MENDOTA – Seneca Foods has purchased some of the property of the former Del Monte production facility in Mendota. LaSalle County property tax information shows the New York based company as the current owner of portions of the vegetable canning plant that has been in the city since
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JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — One person was critically injured and two other people also were hurt following an explosion that leveled a home southwest of Chicago. The Will County sheriff’s office says the blast occurred about 3 p.m. Sunday in Joliet. The homeowners were outside the house doing
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OGLESBY – The Illinois Valley Community College’s board approved a tentative 2021 budget last week. The plan is not expected to require a tax increase. Revenues are projected at $32.1 million, less than one percent over the previous year. Expenditures of $32.5 million are up less than one
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UTICA – Starved Rock and Matthiessen State Park will remain closed for the foreseeable future as officials work to clean up after the storm which battered North Central Illinois a week ago. The Deracho brought with it up to 100 MPH winds, causing trees to fall blocking trails and picnic
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NORTH AURORA, Ill. (AP) — The family of a suburban Chicago woman who died of complications related to COVID-19 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a meatpacking plant where her husband worked and contracted the virus. The family of Esperanza Ugalde alleges in their lawsuit that Aurora
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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is again warning of rising COVID-19 rates, saying young people are behind the recent uptick. The first-term Democrat spoke Sunday to CBS’ “Face the Nation,” saying officials have to “break through to young people that they are
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WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) — A county board has tabled a decision on whether a northern Illinois jail will keep its contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain immigrants. The Northwest Herald reports the resolution will come up again at the McHenry County Board’s Sept. 15
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