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Unemployment problems impacting mother’s everyday life Some Michiganders are not receiving payments, while others had their payments stopped without warning. “Infuriating, frustrating. I don’t know if there’s enough words in the English dictionary,” said Erin Olson, mother. This is Olson’s second hold up when it comes to receiving unemployment benefits. In November, Olson told TV5 she had waited nearly eight months to receive benefits. “I didn’t have insurance on my car so I can’t really go anywhere. I was relying on rides,” Olson said. Olson was able to get those benefits...

Second doses prioritized in Knox County after delayed vaccine shipments GALESBURG — Following a reduction in available vaccine doses caused by last week’s severe weather across the country, first dose COVID-19 vaccine clinics are being moved onto the backburner as the county focuses on making sure people who received their first vaccine doses weeks ago can receive their second. According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, 12,534 doses of COVID vaccines have been administered in Knox County, and 3,683 people have received both doses of their vaccine. This means about 5,168 peopl...

Galesburg Register-Mail GALESBURG — COVID-19 vaccinations started Thursday morning in Galesburg for Knox County residents 65 and over. One of three county vaccination sites had run out of vaccine by 11 a.m. and another by noon.  In a news release from the Knox County Unified Command, public information officer Erin Olson announced that the Knox County Farm Bureau COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic, which was run by the Unified Command, had run out of its supply of vaccines for the day.  "We are asking members of the public to return tomorrow, Friday ... and to avoid the area in the meantime du...

Vaccination announcement planned Friday morning at Galesburg City Hall GALESBURG — A briefing at 10 a.m. Friday in the Galesburg City Council chambers will give details on COVID-19 vaccination in Knox County as vaccination efforts statewide move into their next phase.  In a release on the conference from Knox County Emergency Operations Center and Knox County Health Department Public Information Officer Erin Olson, Olson said the briefing will be “the only place where officials authorized to speak about COVID-19 vaccination and confirmed information will be available." The meeting will ...

Top Regional News: Police break up 200-person fight at Northwoods Mall Illinois News Desk Police use pepper balls to break up 200-person fight at Northwoods Mall PEORIA — A fight at Northwoods Mall the day after Christmas escalated to involve 200 juveniles and adults across both shopping levels and outside in the parking lot, causing Peoria police to deploy pepper balls and close down the mall. "Groups of kids got unruly and started to fight," Peoria Police spokesman Amy Dotson said Sunday. "What started as 50 kids and some adults escalated as more carloads of people showed up. It reached a...