MENDOTA – At a Mendota District 289 special School Board Meeting Thursday night it was decided that the school year would still start on August 24th with fully remote learning. The first week will be devoted to working with parents and students to get everyone up and ready for remote ...Read more
PRINCETON- Over the past 24 hours, the Bureau, Putnam, & Marshall County Health Department has found twelve new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Bureau County. Bureau County has had 181 confirmed cases since the pandemic began. All of the newly infected are recovering at home. The cases ...Read more
OTTAWA, DEKALB – Three new deaths in two area counties were reported on Thursday. The LaSalle County Health Department says that 2 people, a male and a female both in their 90s, died, while the DeKalb County Health Department says one resident, a man in his 60s, has passed away from ...Read more
OTTAWA- The LaSalle County Health Department announced Thursday two additional novel coronavirus related deaths. The individuals are a man in his 90’s and a woman in her 90’s. There has been a total of twenty-four COVID-19 related deaths in LaSalle County. Three individuals were ...Read more
PONTIAC– The Livingston County Health Department announced their building will be closed to the public August 6th and 7th while the facility undergoes deep cleaning after staff tested positive for COVID-19. These individuals tested positive while in quarantine and did not have contact with the ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health said on Thursday that 21 people have been reported to have died from the coronavirus in the past day. The victims range in age from a woman in her 30s to 3 people in their 90s. The state said that 1,953 people were infected with the ...Read more
MENDOTA – A State of Emergency will be declared in Mendota Thursday to help combat the spread of COVID-19. The city announced that due to the 5 fold increase in the number of Coronavirus cases in the last 4 weeks, they will declare a Local State of Emergency on Thursday at approximately ...Read more
PRINCETON – The Bureau, Putnam, Marshall County Health Departments will suspend Covid-19 testing at the Princeton office Thursday. They say this is a temporary interruption resulting from staff numbers and new required trainings. The department also announced they are currently hiring ...Read more
MENDOTA- The Mendota High School Board of Education held a special meeting Wednesday to discuss the COVID-19 rate in the district. They decided to delay the start of school to September 8th. MHS has announced that they will have multiple strategies to prevent the spread of COVID-19 with ...Read more
DIXON – The Lee County Health Department announced Wednesday that two individuals in their 50’s have tested positive for COVID-19. Since the pandemic began there have been 148 cases and one death. One new person was considered recovered from the novel coronavirus, bringing the total ...Read more
