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BREAKING: Illinois Covid Cases Skyrocket 174 Percent, Masks Returning To Some Schools
May 19, 2022BREAKING NEWS: Illinois is in the midst of a massive covid-19 resurgence, as cases are up 174 percent over the last month and the state is...
Continue ReadingBREAKING: Covid-19 Numbers Spiking Again In Illinois, Could Masks Return?
May 16, 2022BREAKING NEWS: Covid-19 numbers are starting to spike again in Illinois, as this week, the state was seeing an average of 5,154 new cases...
Continue ReadingIt's Back... Covid Levels Are Tearing Upwards Again
May 9, 2022Just when you thought it was on its way out, covid is back. Numbers are starting to spike again in Illinois, as this week, the state was...
Continue ReadingIllinois Covid Numbers RISING AGAIN; How Does This Impact You?
April 25, 2022Is covid really in the rear view mirror? New covid numbers are rising again, prompting some Illinois and national officials to look warily...
Continue ReadingBREAKING: Illinois Officials Monitoring Spread Of New Covid Variant; Will You Be Impacted?
March 21, 2022BREAKING NEWS: Illinois officials are closely monitoring the increasing spread of the more virulent BA.2 omicron subvariant of covid-19,...
Continue ReadingWestern Illinois University Issues Covid-19 Update For Spring Break
March 13, 2022As the Western Illinois University Spring 2022 semester progresses toward spring break, March 14-18, COVID-19 campus procedures have been...
Continue ReadingBREAKING: Illinois In Danger Of Masking Up Again As Covid Rises?
March 11, 2022BREAKING NEWS: Could Illinois be in danger of having to mask up again as covid begins to rise in some areas of the state? Businesses,...
Continue ReadingSome Of Illinois Could Return To Masks As Covid Numbers RISE; Is Your Area At Risk?
March 11, 2022As covid-19 numbers decline overall statewide, some parts of the state are seeing numbers spike up again and some are in the high risk...
Continue ReadingIllinois Mask Mandate Ending TODAY, But Where Are Masks STILL Required?
February 28, 2022With covid numbers dropping a whopping 94 percent since the peak of the omicron variant surge, hospitalizations down 84 percent, and death...
Continue ReadingMasks No Longer Required In Illinois Businesses, OR Schools, Starting TOMORROW
February 27, 2022Illinois will no longer have a statewide mask mandate starting Monday -- including in schools. Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced on Friday...
Continue ReadingBREAKING NEWS: Moline Ending Mask Mandate Monday
February 25, 2022BREAKING NEWS: Beginning Monday, February 28, masks will no longer be required in Moline City Hall or any other City of Moline public...
Continue ReadingIllinois Mask Mandate Gone Monday, But How Long Will They Be In Schools?
February 24, 2022Illinois covid numbers for cases, infection rates, deaths and hospitalizations hit their lowest numbers in six months this week, as the...
Continue ReadingIllinois Congresswoman Bustos Pushes For Free At-Home COVID-19 Tests For Servicemembers and Their Families
February 22, 2022Today, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) joined her colleagues on a letter to the Department of Defense urging Secretary Lloyd Austin to...
Continue ReadingWestern Illinois University Covid Vaccine Clinic Is Feb. 22
February 21, 2022The McDonough County Health Department, in cooperation with Western Illinois University, will host a COVID-19 vaccination clinic (including...
Continue ReadingA Special Message from Rock Island Schools Superintendent Dr. Lawrence Regarding Masks
February 18, 2022Starting, Monday, Feb. 21, RIMSD#41 will transition to "mask recommended" in all of our school buildings. February 18,...
Continue ReadingBREAKING: Illinois Schools Going To 'Mask Optional' Policy; Pritzker Continues Fight For Mask Mandate
February 18, 2022In the wake of dwindling covid numbers, and growing unrest from parents and students, Quad-Cities area school districts and others around...
Continue ReadingMandatory Weekly Testing Continues for Unvaccinated At Western Illinois University, And More
February 18, 2022MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – Mandatory weekly testing remains in place for Western Illinois University faculty, staff and students* who are...
Continue ReadingPritkzer's Illinois School Mask Rule Takes A Big Hit; Unmasked Schools Coming Soon?
February 17, 2022The masks could soon be coming off in Illinois schools, finally, officially. While many schools have already begun removing mask...
Continue ReadingIllinois Dropping Indoor Mask Rules Feb. 28; But Schools Will Remain Masked, Pritzker Says
February 10, 2022BREAKING NEWS: Illinois will drop its indoor mask requirement starting Feb. 28, but the mandate will remain in place for all Illinois...
Continue ReadingBREAKING: Illinois Dropping Indoor Mask Requirement Feb. 28, But Schools Will Remain Masked
February 9, 2022BREAKING NEWS: Illinois will drop its indoor mask requirement starting Feb. 28, but the mandate will remain in place for all Illinois...
Continue ReadingBREAKING: Illinois Gov. Pritzker Ending SOME Covid Mask Rules; But Schools Remaining Masked?
February 9, 2022BREAKING NEWS: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announced today that he will be ending the state's indoor mask mandate -- but Illinois schools may...
Continue ReadingBREAKING: Illinois Students, Parents, Defying Pritzker Mask Order; What Does It Mean For Schools?
February 8, 2022BREAKING NEWS: Thousands of students and parents statewide in Illinois are defying Gov. JB Pritzker's order for mask mandates in schools...
Continue ReadingBREAKING: No More Masks In Illinois Schools? Will Pritzker Push For Remote Learning?
February 7, 2022BREAKING NEWS: An Illinois judge's ruling prohibiting mask mandates has got schools statewide in a tizzy over whether or not to continue to...
Continue ReadingIowa COVID Numbers Remain Dangerously High; Should Reynolds End All COVID Precautions?
February 4, 2022Iowa covid numbers remain high overall, with a positivity rate over 20 percent, leaving some to wonder if Gov. Kim Reynolds should be so...
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