URBANA – restaurant owners and managers may participate in free online webinars offered by the Illinois Restaurant Association and University of Illinois Extension, in conjunction with U of I College of Agriculture. Both Scaling UP webinars feature food service professionals and others
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OGLESBY- Illinois Valley Community College’s Continuing Education and Business Services Department is offering 10 free online personal and professional development classes through June 30. “This is a tremendous opportunity for anyone unemployed and needing to upgrade their skills and also
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Sunday announced 2,508 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 67 additional deaths. Of the deaths reported, 60 of those are in the Chicagoland area. Currently, the IDPH is reporting a total of 110,304 cases, including 4,856
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DEKALB – The DeKalb County Health Department reported 9 additional COVID-19 cases on Sunday. Since the pandemic began, a total of 327 positive individuals have been found with three deaths. As of May 22nd, 126 residents are considered recovered with over 2,800 tests being reported.
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OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department confirmed Sunday an additional five COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to 140 cases since the pandemic began. The additional cases range in age from a boy under 13 to a woman in her 50’s. All of those infected remain in isolation. The
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SHERIDAN- The Illinois Department of Corrections announced an additional staff member at the Sheridan Correctional Facility has become infected with the novel Coronavirus. Since the pandemic began eight have now tested positive for COVID-19. This comes after weeks of being on lockdown with
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OTTAWA – A multitude of warnings were issued across North Central Illinois Saturday for a series of storms that uprooted trees and possibly spawned a tornado near Joliet. The National Weather Service received multiple reports for wind damage across the state, and locally trees and
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SPRINGFIELD- The budget headed to the desk of Governor J.B. Pritzker is an over $40 billion dollar plan that relies on Federal spending to make ends meet, but Republican State Senator Sue Rezin was vocal about the Democrats plan pushed through on Saturday. “I could not support the budget that
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PERU – A laboratory technologist described as someone who “always puts the patient first” is the 2020 winner of the Buckman Family Employee of the Year Award at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru. Mindy McLane, a medical lab tech who is currently serving as one of the interim
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MAZON – A Grundy County man is dead after being struck by a car in front of his home Saturday. Authorities say 63-year-old John A. Cravens Jr. was near his mailbox around 2:30 PM in the 700 block of East Grand Ridge Road when he was hit by an eastbound vehicle. He was pronounced dead
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