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SUBLETTE – A house fire seriously injured a Sublette man Sunday and a child made a harrowing escape out of a second story window. The Sublette Fire Department was called to the 700 block of West Santee Street around 12:30 PM for a fully involved single family home. Authorities say a parent and

LOSTANT – A ten vehicle crash that closed I-39 in both directions on Saturday was triggered by a grass fire. According to the Illinois State Police, they say around 2:20 PM near milepost 40 in the northbound lanes a chain reaction collision involving a tractor-trailer and nine passenger

  CHERRY – Sunday morning the Cherry Fire Department battled a house fire in the 600 block East Lincoln Avenue. Around 10:45 AM they were called for a report of the structure fire and called out a mutual aid box alarm, requesting support from Spring Valley, Arlington, Ladd, LaMoille,

OTTAWA – The American Red Cross is continuing to test blood, platelet and plasma donations for COVID-19 antibodies. The test may indicate if the donor’s immune system has produced antibodies to this coronavirus, regardless of whether an individual developed COVID-19 symptoms. Red Cross

SENECA – A Seneca poet has taken top honors in the 16th Annual Illinois Emerging Writers Competition. Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White announced this year’s first place winner of the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award was Phyllis Natenek of Seneca. She was honored for her

WASHINGTON DC – Congressman Adam Kinzinger has reintroduced a bill to help support rural medical care. The Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act would expand the Critical Access Hospital program in order to stabilize vulnerable hospitals until a long-term payment model is developed. Congressman