OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department has confirmed an additional COVID-19 case bringing the county total to 23 cases. The latest positive test was from a male in his 50’s who is in isolation. One additional case has recovered and has been released from isolation. The total
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MENDOTA- A pair of separate crashes injured two on Tuesday morning around Mendota. The Mendota and Troy Grove Fire Departments were first called around 9 AM to the area of 251 and north 40th road for a van that had rolled over. The driver was taken to an area hospital. Less than an hour
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STREATOR – Two separate buildings were spray painted with graffiti late Monday night in Streator. According to the Streator Police Department just before midnight they were called to the 500 block of East Bridge Street and the 100 block of South Vermillion, where it appeared an individual
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Could some old vaccines against other germs offer a little protection against COVID-19? Tests are underway to find out. Vaccines are designed to target a specific disease. But a tuberculosis vaccine used mostly in developing countries seems to boost the immune system in a way
Continue Reading »PERU – Baker Lake Park has remained open since the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Peru Police Chief Doug Bernabei said the majority of residents have been extremely appreciative to have the park as an outlet. Bernabei said that the Peru Police that are sent to the park are directed to
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — House Republicans are complaining that Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker hasn’t done enough to fix a state unemployment system overwhelmed by 500,000 first-time claims in the past six weeks because of the COVID-19 pandemic. House Minority Leader Jim Durkin of Western
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CHICAGO (AP) — Election officials are notifying hundreds of Chicago voters who went to the polls in last month’s primary of possible exposure to COVID-19. The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners is sending letters to voters who went to at least four voting sites, including a site
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DIXON – Over the holiday weekend, KSB Hospital received 3 new positive test results for Lee County and Monday the health department received 1. The Lee County Health Department said two of the residents are in their 60’s, one in their 30’s and one in their 20’s. Lee County is
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CHICAGO (AP) — Officials say a third Cook County Jail detainee who tested positive for the coronavirus has died. The sheriff’s office says 42-year-old Nicholas Lee died Sunday. Jail officials suspect he died of cardiac arrest, but a cause of death won’t be determined until an
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DEKALB – The DeKalb County Health Department have listed a total of 36 cases of COVID-19 and one death. That is an increase of four cases found over the weekend. On March 21, 2020, DeKalb County identified its first positive case of COVID-19. The first death in the county was
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