ROCHELLE – A food processing facility has been ordered to temporarily shut down in Ogle County after 24 employees allegedly tested positive for COVID-19. The Ogle County Health Department on Friday announced that the Hormel Foods plant in Rochelle will have to be closed for two
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Friday announced 1,842 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 62 additional deaths. Currently, the IDPH is reporting a total of 27,575 cases, including 1,134 deaths, in 92 counties in Illinois.
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CHICAGO- In his Friday afternoon press conference about the ongoing pandemic, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announced all schools in the state, public and private, will be closed for the remainder of the academic school year. “The science says the students can’t go back to their normal
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PONTIAC – Eleven of the previously reported positive cases of COVID-19 have recovered in Livingston County. On Friday the Livingston County Health Department had received 233 COVID-19 test results. Of that, 17 COVID-19 tests have been confirmed positive and 216 tests confirmed negative.
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OTTAWA- The LaSalle County Health Department confirmed two additional COVID-19 cases in LaSalle County on Friday, bringing the total to 28 cases. The additional cases are a male in his 40’s and a female in her 20’s. The individuals are in isolation. Two previously reported cases have
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DIXON – Two of the sixteen COVID-19 afflicted in Lee County have fully recovered. That’s according to the Lee County Health Department. There were no new positive test results in Lee County announced on Thursday.
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LEONORE – The Illinois American Water Company has finished their acquisition of the Village of Leonore’s water system. The village voted in favor of the sale in November of 2018. Illinois American Water paid the community $100,000. The sale will add an additional 68 customers to the
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SPRINGFIELD – The new jobless claims are on the rise in Illinois due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Illinois Department of Employment Security Thursday released new statewide data showing the department processed over 141,000 new claims for the week ending April 11. As of March 1, the department
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HENNEPIN – The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the community’s assistance letting them know if they have been advised to self-quarantine by a medical provider. They said Thursday that confidentiality is a priority, and that they only seek your address to make sure they send
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Thursday announced 1,140 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 125 additional deaths. That death total is the highest single day total since the pandemic began. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 25,733 cases, including 1,072
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