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New law provides midwives with a path to state licenseDec 14, 2021 12:00 am - Colleen Marotta has delivered hundreds of babies. Marotta, 43, of Arlington Heights, became a nurse in 2001. Ten years later, she became a certified professional midwife...
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Lawmakers concerned about plan to increase frequency of standardized testsDec 14, 2021 12:00 am - Thirty-seven Illinois state lawmakers are asking the state education board to apply due diligence before voting on a new, multimillion-dollar standardized testing system...
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Illinois COVID hospitalizations up 20% from week agoDec 14, 2021 12:00 am - State health officials Tuesday reported 3,628 COVID-19 patients were being treated at hospitals throughout Illinois. That's up 20% from a week ago and is 115 more patien...
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Police: Man stabs 2 northeast Indiana officers in struggleDec 13, 2021 6:00 am - NEW HAVEN, Ind. (AP) - Two northeastern Indiana police officers were stabbed Monday morning by a man they were trying to take into custody, police said. The 18-year-old ...
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Indiana board set to divvy out $500M in development grantsDec 13, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Communities across Indiana are set to find out Tuesday whether they will share in $500 million that state officials are giving out for regional econo...
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Person killed in apparent shooting on Indianapolis highwayDec 13, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - One person was killed and another injured Monday in what police believe was a shooting on Interstate 465 on the west side of Indianapolis that led to...
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FBI offers $10K for information in ISU grad student's deathDec 13, 2021 6:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - The FBI is offering up to a $10,000 reward for information on the final hours of an Illinois State University graduate student who disappeared i...
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Amid tension, Southern Baptist women lead where they canDec 13, 2021 6:00 am - Jacki King, the women's minister at Second Baptist Church in Conway, Arkansas, first felt a call to ministry as a college student. She decided to follow it, giving up h...
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Purdue Fort Wayne extends indoor mask rule until Jan. 31Dec 13, 2021 6:00 am - FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - Purdue University Fort Wayne extended its indoor mask requirement until Jan. 31 Monday. The requirement applies to all students, faculty, staff a...
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Farmer rescued after falling into corn up to chest in binDec 13, 2021 6:00 am - MOUNT AUBURN, Ill. (AP) - A farmer was rescued Monday after falling into a grain bin in central Illinois, authorities said. The farmer was conscious and talking to sheri...