CHICAGO – Nine members of the Polish military’s Medical Corps have traveled to Chicago to support the fight against COVID-19. The Polish doctors, nurses and emergency medical technicians recently treated COVID-19 patients in Europe, and are a part of the Illinois National
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PRINCETON- The Bureau, Putnam and Marshall County Health Departments on Friday announced that a ninth resident has tested positive for COVID-19. The woman in her 30’s is said to be at home in isolation. This latest positive test brings the total up to thirteen confirmed cases of Covid-19
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PRINCETON – The Bureau County Emergency Managment Agency on Thursday announced that Deere & Company in Moline donated 4,000 face shields. The masks were made by the John Deere Seeding Group workers in Moline who would normally be ending production operations for the season. Workers from
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WHEATON – The DuPage County Fair Association announced Thursday that the July event would be cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic crisis. The fair was scheduled to take place July 22-26th. The Wheaton fairgrounds are currently being used to support the department of Homeland Security to
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LOUISVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A southern Illinois state lawmaker is suing Gov. J.B. Pritzker for extending the state’s stay-at-home order in an effort to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Republican State Rep. Darren Bailey of Xenia claims in the lawsuit filed Thursday in Clay County Circuit
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MENDOTA – Mayor Boelk announced Thursday that the Mendota Pool will not be opening this year. Mendota is not the only town keeping the doors to their pool closed this year. This announcement comes just two weeks after the city of Ottawa stated that their Riordan Pool would not
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SPRINGFIELD – Many Illinois State Parks will open beginning the first of May, including the I&M Canal and Shabbona Lake State Park. Starved Rock State Park, however, will remain closed. This all comes as part of Gov. Pritzker’s stay-at-home modifications, which also requires all
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SPRINGFIELD- Governor Pritzker assembled top researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Northwestern Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago Department of Public Health, Illinois Department of Public Health, along with outside consulting groups in the last few
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SPRINGFIELD- Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday an extension to the statewide “Stay at Home” executive order that has been in place since March 21st. Residents will be asked to limit non-essential travel until May 30th and continue social distancing. The new executive order
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Thursday announced 1,826 new cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 123 additional deaths. Currently, the IDPH is reporting a total of 36,934 cases, including 1,688 deaths, in 96 counties in Illinois. The age of cases
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