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Henry County Health officials call out Bailey event Star Courier Henry County health officials say a political event held locally over the weekend likely violated the state's rules for large gatherings. "The (county) Office of Emergency Management has been informed about the event and they will be fielding and addressing any complaints," said Health Department Spokeswoman RaeAnn Tucker-Marshall following a Star Courier inquiry Monday. The Saturday meet-and-greet for Republican gubernatorial candidate Sen. Darren Bailey attracted around 100 people to The Stables banquet center just outside Kew...

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Dist. 229 school board pauses in-person learning over holiday break Star Courier The Kewanee District 229 board of education approved for early January a schedule of remote learning in response to COVID-19. Students will not return immediately after winter break, the board decided during at last week's December meeting. Instead, they will be on a remote-learning schedule Jan. 4 to Jan. 8. The Illinois State Board of Education allows schools to enact what it calls an “adaptive pause” — closing a school to in-person instruction — as a COVID-19 safety protocol. In this case, delaying a r...