Articles filed under Coronavirus
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Wauconda District 118 budget going up because of COVID-19 crisis, officials sayAug 10, 2020 1:00 am - Wauconda Unit School District 118's annual budget is set to increase from the 2020 school year's spending plan in part because of the COVID-19 crisis, officials said...
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Geneva's Festival of the Vine canceled; new monthlong event to feature restaurant samplesAug 10, 2020 1:00 am - Geneva's long-standing Festival of the Vine has been canceled due to coronavirus restrictions, prompting organizers to develop a new and socially distanced way for local...
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Kane County Health Dept. encourages COVID-19 convalescent plasma donationsAug 09, 2020 11:00 pm - The Kane County Health Department recently announced that Versiti Blood Centers is seeking plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients to treat community members diagnosed w...
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Youth sports and COVID-19: Understand the risksAug 09, 2020 7:30 am - The sudden loss of sports during COVID-19 shutdowns was hard for many young athletes and their families. Understandably, families and athletes are looking forward to ret...
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U.S. tops 5 million confirmed virus cases, to Europe's alarm.Aug 09, 2020 1:00 am - ROME - With confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. hitting 5 million Sunday, by far the highest of any country, the failure of the most powerful nation in the world to ...
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Gov. Pritzker pushes mask compliance as Illinois announces 1,382 new virus casesAug 09, 2020 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker Sunday urged a committee of legislators to approve proposed Illinois Department of Public Health rules to bring businesses into compliance if they are...
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Aug. 9 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeAug 09, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 94,658 cases in the suburbs as of Sunday. That's 49% of the state's total, acc...
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Straight from the Source: Gurnee man with heart damage from a virus says take COVID-19 seriouslyAug 08, 2020 1:00 pm - Editor's note: Steven Urizar of Gurnee is married and the father of three children. He is waiting for a heart transplant and, before a recent illness, worked as a ca...
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MAC decides to cancel all fall sportsAug 08, 2020 10:00 am - The Mid-American Conference, which includes Northern Illinois, has decided to cancel its fall football season. The league released a statement stating its Council of Pre...
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Helping the Helpers: DuPage Health Coalition assists the uninsured, working poorAug 08, 2020 7:30 am - The COVID-19 crisis has affected everyone, but people who are low income or uninsured have been particularly hard hit, according to the DuPage Health Coalition. The Caro...