WGLC ONLY DIXON – KSB Hospital in Dixon is pursuing point-of-care testing solutions that would allow them to process a large number of tests daily through their lab. Several major pharmaceutical companies will release FDA approved tests which can provide results in less than ten minutes.
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URBANA, Ill. (The News-Gazette) — Authorities say an eastern Illinois man has been charged with first-degree murder for allegedly fatally shooting his live-in girlfriend and her adult daughter over the weekend. Twenty-eight-year-old Jonathon Perry was charged Monday after being taken into
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CHICAGO (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has made the nerve-wracking experience of picking a college all the more difficult for Illinois’ high school students as campus visits are canceled and admission deadlines get pushed back amid the school shut down over COVID-19 concerns. Colleges
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois officials have reported the death of a state prison inmate from COVID-19 and acknowledged the difficulty they face in stopping the spread of the virus in a crowded correctional system. Dr. Ngoze Ezike, the state’s public health director, said a man at
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OTTAWA – OSF HealthCare facilities in Mendota, Ottawa, and Streator will implement a strict no visitor policy effective March 31, 2020, with a few exceptions: One visitor will be allowed if deemed necessary for the provision of medical care One visitor will be allowed for pediatric
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OTTAWA -LaSalle County Health Department has confirmed an additional COVID-19 case in LaSalle County. The case is a male in his 60’s. The individual was hospitalized, but is now home in isolation. Federal privacy restrictions prohibit the release of any additional information regarding this
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 461 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois on Monday. Seven new deaths are also being reported, including the death of an incarcerated man from Stateville Correctional Center. Cook County: male 50s, male 60s, female 60s, female
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OTTAWA – An Ottawa woman is facing drug-induced homicide charges after the death of another woman in February. LaSalle County State’s Attorney Karen Donnelly announced Monday that 38-year-old Heather R. Reynolds was arrested and is being held on a $1,000,000 bond. The charges stem
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SPRING VALLEY – A fire reportedly in the living center area of St. Margaret’s Hospital on Monday had many area departments called to Spring Valley. Around 9:45 AM the Spring Valley Fire Department evacuated all three floors of elderly tenants and battled the blaze which was
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OREGON, Ill. (AP) — Weather officials have confirmed a tornado touched down in northern Illinois damaging homes and uprooting trees. The tornado touched down in Ogle County just outside Oregon around 9 p.m. on Saturday. National Weather Service meteorologist Gino Izzi says it was on the ground
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