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watch live Great River was planning to invest $1.6 billion to build 800 megawatts of wind farms in the Coal Creek area to help compensate for closing the power plant. Nearby, Mercer County passed a two-year moratorium on wind energy development, a move that threatens the 152-megawatt Garrison Butte Wind Farm, expected to create 150 construction jobs and generate millions of dollars in payments to landowners and local governments. The backlash in coal country against the wind industry is both co...

Illinois health officials announced 4,711 new coronavirus cases and 81 deaths Sunday.

Illinois health officials announced 6,717 new coronavirus cases and 101 deaths Saturday.

109 New Coronavirus Cases Announced In Buffalo Grove In Last Week - Buffalo Grove, IL - There have been 2,537 coronavirus cases in Buffalo Grove since the pandemic began, according to the Lake County Health Department.

4 New Deaths, 144 Coronavirus Cases Since Last Week In Glenview - Glenview, IL - There have been 3,138 coronavirus-related cases in Glenview, according to the Cook County Department of Public Health.

UpdatedThu, Jan 7, 2021 at 1:47 pm CT Reply(1) The most deaths in a single day in Arlington Heights since the start of the outbreak was six on May 23. (Carly Baldwin/Patch) ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL — Like every other municipality in Illinois, Arlington Heights has been dealing with its own unique data points regarding the coronavirus. According to the Cook County Medical Examiner, 105 people have died due to COVID-19 in Arlington Heights since April 8. That marks seven new deaths since our last ...

Eric Stock / WGLT UPDATED 5:35 P.M. | McLean County health officials reported a new one-day record of 222 coronavirus cases on Friday, while the county’s rolling testing positivity rate surged to its highest level since early December. The McLean County Health Department (MCHD) has reported higher daily totals in the past, however those included multiple days of reporting, typically from weekends and holidays when the county doesn’t post daily updates. The new cases bring the countys t...

WATCH: Vaccines impact may not be felt until spring, medical experts say The impact of vaccinations may not have a positive impact on the daily COVID-19 numbers until spring, Dr. Jen Ashton says. The test positivity rate is a metric the state began providing in late October. It is calculated by using the total number of positive tests over the total number of tests. This is the metric being used to by state health officials to make decisions about mitigations. WATCH: Gov. JB Pritzkers COVID-19...

Staff / WGLT The pandemic has slowed programs in McLean County that help keep people out of prison and the county jail. Michael Donavan, the countys court services director, said recovery court and drug court usually offer intensive therapy and other services, but they are not seeing as much use right now. "Referrals have been down this year because of COVID, over a 40% reduction in the referral rate. A lot of it has to do with the court cases that had stalled for a number of months," said...

Reply There have been 777 coronavirus deaths in Lake County since the pandemic began. (Carly Baldwin/Patch) DEERFIELD, IL — Like every other municipality in Illinois, the Village of Deerfield has been dealing with its own unique data points regarding the coronavirus. According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, 1,407 people have contracted COVID-19 in Deerfield since the outbreak began. Thats an increase of 70 cases since Patchs last report on Dec. 31, 2020. For further comparison,...