Articles filed under Illinois
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Officials cancel Will County Fair over coronavirus concernsJun 28, 2020 7:00 am - PEOTONE, Ill. (AP) - The Will County Fair has become the latest such event to be canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The event scheduled for late August has b...
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State confirms 646 more COVID-19 cases Sunday, 15 more deathsJun 28, 2020 1:00 am - The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Sunday that 646 additional COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the state and 15 more people have died from the coron...
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June 28 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeJun 28, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 72,633 cases in the suburbs, 51.2% of the state's total, according to the Il...
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Water-quality improvement grants available from Illinois EPAJun 27, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has opened the application period for grant programs worth more than $9 million to improve water qu...
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Farmers' struggles with mental health increase amid pandemicJun 27, 2020 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Meg Moynihan knows what it's like to struggle. In 2016 she and her husband, who own an organic dairy farm in Minnesota, found themselves without a...
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Nurse sees '~heartbreaking' losses on COVID-19 front lineJun 27, 2020 7:00 am - TAYLORVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Deana Stefko, a nurse practitioner who works in Taylorville, says there were heartbreaking times as she watched COVID-19 victims die while on a ...
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Campers flock to Prophetstown, Morrison state parksJun 27, 2020 7:00 am - PROPHETSTOWN, Ill. (AP) - Prophetstown State Recreation Area is Brad Pollock's home away from home '“ even though it's not too far from his real home '“ so when the 55-y...
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Cook Group still a trailblazer, years after founder's deathJun 27, 2020 7:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - For decades, Bloomington-based medical-device maker Cook Group kept a somewhat low profile. The company employed thousands of locals and was dee...
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June 27 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeJun 27, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 72,377 cases in the suburbs, 51% of the state's total, according to the Illi...
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Man comes into contact with power lines, dies in RockfordJun 26, 2020 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - A northern Illinois man was electrocuted when he came into contact with power lines in Rockford, authorities said. The 59-year-old Loves Park man w...