SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 12 more COVID-19 related deaths in the state on Monday, along with 1,773 new confirmed cases. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 207,854 individuals have tested positive, including 7,756 deaths in total. The IDPH reports ...Read more
MENDOTA – Seneca Foods has purchased some of the property of the former Del Monte production facility in Mendota. LaSalle County property tax information shows the New York based company as the current owner of portions of the vegetable canning plant that has been in the city since ...Read more
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — One person was critically injured and two other people also were hurt following an explosion that leveled a home southwest of Chicago. The Will County sheriff’s office says the blast occurred about 3 p.m. Sunday in Joliet. The homeowners were outside the house doing ...Read more
OGLESBY – The Illinois Valley Community College’s board approved a tentative 2021 budget last week. The plan is not expected to require a tax increase. Revenues are projected at $32.1 million, less than one percent over the previous year. Expenditures of $32.5 million are up less than one ...Read more
UTICA – Starved Rock and Matthiessen State Park will remain closed for the foreseeable future as officials work to clean up after the storm which battered North Central Illinois a week ago. The Deracho brought with it up to 100 MPH winds, causing trees to fall blocking trails and picnic ...Read more
NORTH AURORA, Ill. (AP) — The family of a suburban Chicago woman who died of complications related to COVID-19 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a meatpacking plant where her husband worked and contracted the virus. The family of Esperanza Ugalde alleges in their lawsuit that Aurora ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is again warning of rising COVID-19 rates, saying young people are behind the recent uptick. The first-term Democrat spoke Sunday to CBS’ “Face the Nation,” saying officials have to “break through to young people that they are ...Read more
WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) — A county board has tabled a decision on whether a northern Illinois jail will keep its contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain immigrants. The Northwest Herald reports the resolution will come up again at the McHenry County Board’s Sept. 15 ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — State figures show that recreational marijuana sales in Illinois total more than $300 million since the start of the year. The Illinois Department of Finance and Professional Regulation and New Frontier Data reported that July cannabis sales were the highest of the year at $61 ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — State officials are again imposing restrictions in southwestern Illinois following a resurgence of COVID-19 cases. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced the restrictions Sunday, including limiting capacity at meetings and social events and closing bars and casinos at 11 p.m. The ...Read more
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