Rick West
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IDPH downgrades Advocate Sherman Hospital's trauma center designation amid anesthesiologist shortageSep 24, 2021 1:00 am - Two days after a top surgeon at Advocate Sherman Hospital sounded the alarm about an ongoing shortage of anesthesiologists, the Elgin hospital has lost its designation a...
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No injuries in fire that leaves Elgin home uninhabitableSep 24, 2021 1:00 am - No one was hurt in a Thursday fire that caused an estimated $50,000 damage to an Elgin home. The Elgin Fire Department responded just before 2 p.m. on Thursday to report...
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'The hospital is broken': Sherman surgery vice chair calls anesthesia shortage a crisisSep 22, 2021 1:00 am - A top surgeon at Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin said Wednesday the hospital's anesthesia provider shortage was a crisis that wouldn't soon be resolved. Dr. Tom Stan...
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Elgin police investigating armed robbery at businessSep 22, 2021 1:00 am - Elgin police are investigating an armed robbery by two men Wednesday. Responding to a call at 1:36 p.m. to a business on the 800 block of Dundee Avenue, police say two m...
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Elgin history will come to life this weekend during cemetery walkSep 21, 2021 5:30 am - Voices from Elgin's past will come to life this weekend during the 34th Bluff City Cemetery Walk. The Elgin History Museum event is back live after having to be held vir...
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Elgin eyes water and sewer upgrades, housing for homeless with federal relief fundsSep 20, 2021 5:20 am - Elgin officials are considering the best way to use the city's share of federal American Rescue Plan Act money. City Manager Rick Kozal shared a proposal with the Elgin ...
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Aurora police find vehicle of interest from fatal hit-and-runSep 16, 2021 1:00 am - Aurora police have located a vehicle of interest from a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian earlier this week. The police department on Thursday released photos o...
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Elgin police searching for armed robberSep 16, 2021 1:00 am - Elgin police are searching for a man who robbed a gas station at gunpoint Thursday morning. Police responded to the 700 block of Walnut Avenue about 6:40 a.m. for a rep...
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'We're all connected by the river': Volunteers to hold Fox River cleanup SaturdaySep 15, 2021 1:00 am - Everyone needs friends, even a river. Members of Friends of the Fox River plan to lend their friend a hand Saturday as they hold more than 20 river cleanup and celebrati...
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Coroner identifies man killed in bicycle crash last week in ElginSep 14, 2021 1:00 am - The 60-year-old bicyclist who died after a crash last week on Randall Road in Elgin has been identified. The Kane County coroner's office said Allan Lee Troxel, whose l...