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Blue-green algae advisory issued for Dixon ditch in South Bend, tributary to Kankakee
South Bend Tribune via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSOUTH BEND — The St. Joseph County Department of Health issued a blue-green algae advisory on Monday...
Illinois reports 5.2K new COVID cases as federal officials expand vaccine eligibility
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFederal health officials reported just two Illinois counties, Iroquois and Kankakee, were at medium...
Hospitalizations elevated in 54 Illinois counties. What to know about risk of long COVID
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMore than half of Illinois counties are at elevated levels for COVID-19 hospitalizations, according...
Four weekly COVID deaths reported in Knox County; new cases up from previous week
The Register-Mail via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGALESBURG — Knox County reported four COVID-related deaths last week, the highest weekly death toll...
‘Triple threat’ respiratory season approaches in Illinois as COVID hospitalizations rise
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 6 months agoWhile COVID-19 hospitalizations are up in Illinois, health care professionals are also preparing for...
Over 19K Illinois workers were part of mass layoffs in 2023. These companies let people go
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 3 months agoHundreds of thousands of U.S. residents lost their jobs to layoffs last year, and Illinoisans were...
Solar eclipse glasses sold on Amazon, in stores recalled: Illinois health officials say
WFLD via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoSPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Check your eclipse safety glasses because certain brands sold on Amazon and at...
State reports COVID-19 outbreak at Manteno Veterans’ Home in Kankakee County
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAt least 16 residents and six staff at the state-run veterans home in Manteno have tested positive for COVID-19 and one COVID-positive resident who was in hospice died Wednesday morning, according ...
Suspect used racial slur before fatally stabbing Walmart employee, 18, in the back, police say
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 month agoOfficials in Illinois have identified a teenage Walmart employee fatally stabbed on duty over the...
Did the Peoria area add jobs in the last year? Here's what we know
Gannett via AOL· 1 month agoIllinois and the Peoria area added jobs last year, even as unemployment rates ticked up from 2023. The unemployment rate in the Peoria area increased slightly from 2023 to 2024, according to ...