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DIXON – The Lee County Health Department reported over the weekend only one new positive test result for COVID-19.   Officials are reporting 8 recovered individuals.  The Dixon area has had the most positive tests at 13 out of 309 tests, according to the Illinois Department of Public ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Sunday announced 2,126 new cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 59 additional deaths. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 43,903 cases, including 1,933 deaths, in 96 counties in Illinois. Since the pandemic began 214,952 ...Read more

PRINCETON- The Bureau, Putnam and Marshall County Health Departments Sunday reported that a tenth resident of Bureau County has tested positive for COVID-19.  The woman in her 50’s is recovering in isolation at home at this time. There are now fourteen confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the ...Read more

OTTAWA – The total number of people considered recovered for LaSalle County remains 18 as the county health department reported no new cases Sunday.   Since the Pandemic began, LaSalle County has had one death and 44 total infections.   The plurality of cases, a dozen inmates and six ...Read more

MENDOTA- The Illinois Department of Public Health updated the statewide figures of new infections of the novel Coronavirus on Saturday.  They now say out of 58 tests within the Mendota area, they have had a total of 9 positive cases since the pandemic began.   There was no information available ...Read more

PRINCETON- Seven of the Bureau County COVID-19 cases have recovered.   In an update Saturday, the Bureau, Putnam and Marshall County Health Department also announced no new cases have been found.   Since the pandemic began, Bureau County has reported no deaths and nine positive results. ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Saturday announced 2,119 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 80 additional deaths. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 41,777 cases, including 1,874 deaths, in 96 counties in Illinois.  In the last 24 hours, over 11,000 tests ...Read more

OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department confirmed Saturday an additional COVID-19 case in LaSalle County bringing the total to 44 cases. The additional case is a woman in her 40’s who is in isolation.  Public health officials are working actively to identify and investigate all ...Read more

OGLESBY – During a special emergency Saturday morning board meeting to discuss the computer hacking incident, Illinois Valley Community College President Dr. Jerry Corcoran said that an outside person or persons had locked up the school servers. Registration, payroll, and daily operations ...Read more