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SPRINGFIELD – 587 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were announced by the Illinois Department of Public Health on Tuesday, along with 37 additional deaths. The individuals who passed away range in age from their 50s to their 90s. The IDPH now states that all 102 counties in Illinois have

DEKALB – The DeKalb County Health Department reported 5 additional cases of COVID-19 for the county on Tuesday. There have been 616 cases of COVID-19 in the county since the start of the pandemic with 20 deaths caused by complications related to coronavirus. 98 of these positive cases have

SUBLETTE – A victim of an alleged overdose was saved by Lee County first responders Monday.   According to the Sublette Fire Department, they, along with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, were called to the scene of a parked vehicle near Woodhaven Lakes around 7 AM.  Authorities say

PERU – The City of Peru approved two $500 donations to proms for LP High School and St. Bede Academy. The city council approved these donations at Monday night’s meeting, explaining that they will write a check to St. Bede, as the school is asking for support. As parents’

DEKALB- One person has died and another was wounded after a shooting Saturday afternoon in DeKalb.   The DeKalb Police Department say that at approximately 1:50pm they were called to the 900 block of South Fourth Street in reference to a call that a person had been shot in the parking lot of a

PERU – Illinois Valley Community Hospital administered its 1,000th test for the novel coronavirus over the Independence Day weekend. Tommy Hobbs, IVCH chief executive officer, says there’s good news in knowing that small downstate hospitals such as IVCH haven’t been overrun with