UTICA – The powerful Derecho that swept through the area on Monday knocked down so many trees, Starved Rock and Matthiessen will be closed at least through the weekend. Power has been restored to Starved Rock Lodge but the Lodge will not reopen for check until mid-day Thursday. According
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OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College has added devices to make screening for a fever easier and faster. They have installed new temperature monitors at the main entrance. Everyone will be required to wear a mask, practice social distancing while on campus. The contactless,
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MENDOTA – The Mendota Driver Services Facility reopened on Wednesday. The facility had been closed after an employee who tested positive for COVID-19. The facility has been thoroughly cleaned and disinfected, according to a release from the Secretary of State. Expiration dates for
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LASALLE – Many across North Central Illinois are going on a multiple days without power, and facing an issue of food spoiling in their home. Providers such as Ameren and Commonwealth Edison do offer customers the ability to make claims for damages after an extended outage, however that
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PONTIAC – The Livingston County Health Department confirmed that two more individuals in the county have tested positive for COVID-19. The newly confirmed cases are a male in their 50s and a female under the age of 20 who was asymptomatic at the time of testing. Livingston County has had
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PRINCETON – Four more residents of Bureau County have tested positive, the Bureau, Putnam, & Marshall County Health Department confirmed Wednesday. The individuals – two females in their teens, one male in their 20’s, and another in his 40’s – are all recovering at home.
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DEKALB – Another resident of DeKalb County is reported to have died due to COVID-19 complications. The DeKalb County Health Department stated that a resident in their 70’s is now the 31st coronavirus related death in the county. They also confirmed 5 more positive cases of COVID-19 in the
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,645 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, along with 16 additional deaths. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the state has confirmed 198,593 cases ranging in age from younger than one to older than 100 and 7,672 deaths. The
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OTTAWA – Three more individuals were reported to have died from complications related to COVID-19 in LaSalle County. With the addition of these individuals, two females in their 90s and another in their 80s, LaSalle County has now reported 28 COVID-19 related deaths in the county since the
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The iconic summer job for high school and college students has been on the wane for nearly 20 years. But the pandemic is squeezing even more young people out of the workforce. Some are borrowing more money. Others have turned to pick-up jobs like Instacart, only to
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