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CHICAGO — Two new cold weather deaths have brought the total number of confirmed or suspected Cook County weather deaths to seven since a snowstorm and frigid temperatures swept through the Midwest, officials said Wednesday. Officials in Will and Lake counties had also reported at least three possible weather-related deaths in the same period. Police said Vanda Parish, 66, of the North Center ...

The Will County coroner issued a warning to residents to be careful with extreme cold and heavy snow after deaths related to the weather. Coroner Laurie Summers urged residents to use caution shoveling snow and limit their exposure to the frigid cold weather after her office had two possible cold exposure deaths over the weekend. The Cook County medical examiner’s office also cited weather as ...