Katlyn Smith
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Chocolate, puzzles and beer: Glen Ellyn businesses offer 'survival kits' to get you through quarantineApr 23, 2020 6:00 pm - So you've cleaned out all the closets, hit your bread-baking quota and run out of ideas to pass the time in isolation. The Glen Ellyn Chamber of Commerce has created "su...
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4 suburban ICU nurses who help form the backbone of the coronavirus fightApr 23, 2020 5:30 am - Their patients can't see their faces, covered by masks and shields, hair nets and goggles, but they can hear the humanity in their voices. Theresa Vasquez speaks in the ...
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College of DuPage promises 'bigger and better' Frida Kahlo show after delayApr 20, 2020 5:30 am - In a self-portrait she painted after her spinal surgery, Frida Kahlo gave an intimate view of the chronic pain she suffered from a bus accident in 1925. “The Broken Colu...
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State list shows suburban nursing homes with coronavirus casesApr 20, 2020 1:00 am - For the first time, the Illinois Department of Public Health has released a list of long-term care facilities with COVID-19 outbreaks. The Illinois Department of Public ...
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Governor pledges to expand testing of nursing home staffsApr 20, 2020 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker pledged to expand testing of the staffs of nursing homes with known COVID-19 cases one day after his administration for the first time identified long...
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Fourth of July celebration canceled in Carol Stream, others in jeopardyApr 17, 2020 1:00 am - If there's a metaphor for this year's Fourth of July celebrations, it's in the old box of firecrackers gathering dust in your garage. Independence Day blowouts already h...
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College of DuPage officially reschedules Frida Kahlo exhibit for 2021Apr 16, 2020 1:00 am - College of DuPage is pressing the pause button on "Fridamania." The school's board of trustees agreed Thursday to officially delay a blockbuster Frida Kahlo exhibition b...
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Roadwork to start near DuPage government complex in WheatonApr 15, 2020 1:00 am - Wheaton drivers won't have to chill out to an Enya playlist during this spring's construction season. The Illinois Department of Transportation plans to start separate r...
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10 more COVID-19 cases at Windsor Park, three more deathsApr 15, 2020 1:00 am - A Carol Stream retirement community hit by a coronavirus outbreak has announced three more COVID-19 deaths and 10 more infections among residents and employees. The new ...
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Carol Stream senior campus sees at least 7 coronavirus deathsApr 14, 2020 1:00 am - A Carol Stream senior living campus in the throes of a coronavirus outbreak has seen at least seven deaths and nearly two dozen infections among other residents since re...