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October 9, 2021
The Illinois House Redistricting Committee held its first hearing last week on new congressional and judicial subcircuit district maps at the Michael Bilandic Building in Chicago. Another half-dozen hearings were
October 8, 2021
The chief medical officer at Carle BroMenn and Carle Eureka hospitals says improved vaccination rates and lower coronavirus caseloads are good signs, but Dr. Jim Nevin is concerned that COVID-19 patients are younger and sicker than they were last year when long-term care facilities saw the biggest outbreaks.
October 5, 2021
COVID vaccinations increased in McLean County in the last week, but the rate of new doses going into arms is still well behind the pace the county saw in the spring.
October 5, 2021
The Green River District Health Department is reporting five new COVID-19 deaths in its western Kentucky district Tuesday.
October 4, 2021
Five more people have died of COVID-19 complications in McLean County. The county health department says the latest deaths include a woman in her 40s, a woman in her 60s, two women in their 70s and a man in his 80s.
October 1, 2021
McLean County's coronavirus caseload has dropped to its lowest level in nearly two months, following a late summer surge. But COVID hospitalizations are still rising.
October 1, 2021
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September 17, 2021
McLean County government is looking at a budget increase of about 25% next year as the county uses federal American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds, and additional revenue from retail and cannabis sales and other sources to fuel more pandemic relief and a major boost in highway work.
August 28, 2021
There are now 29 McLean County residents hospitalized with COVID-19—a new high for this summer—as public health officials announced another coronavirus-related death.
August 26, 2021
McLean County announced 58 new daily coronavirus cases. The county's weekly caseload is down slightly, but hospitalizations remain at a three-month high with 24. Thirty-nine children under age 12 in McLean County have tested positive for the virus in the last week.