Author Archives: Dalton Kemper
City of Peoria in discussions with Firefighter's Union to only cut one engine
PEORIA, Ill. -- The decision by the Peoria City Council to decommission two fire engines, Station 4 on the southside and Station 20 on the northside, has been a hotly-contested one since the decision ...
Sep 25, 2020 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
State COVID roundup 9/25: Over 2,500 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Over 2,500 new cases of COVID-19 were announced Friday by the Illinois Department of Public Health. In addition to the 2,514 new cases, 25 deaths were reported. Currently, IDPH is...
Sep 25, 2020 Midwest Communications
Area residents gather for opening ceremony of Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Area residents gathered Thursday, while observing facial covering and social distancing protocols, in East Peoria to attend the opening ceremony of the Vietnam Traveling Memorial ...
Sep 24, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Peoria City Council votes to help Civic Center with $4 million
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Civic Center will receive much needed assistance after the Peoria City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to assist the entertainment venue with $4 million in working ca...
Sep 22, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
Illinois now only Midwest state not playing high school football
PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois is now the only state in the Midwest that is not playing high school football this fall. Minnesota State High School League Board of Directors voted Monday to move football an...
Sep 22, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria Public Schools grades 2-4 to return to in-person last week of October
PEORIA, Ill. -- After announcing last week that K-1 students would return Oct. 5, the Peoria Public Schools Board of Education approved a plan Monday night for grades 2-4 to return to hybrid in-person...
Sep 21, 2020 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
Richwoods art teacher and baseball coach dies at 51
PEORIA, Ill. -- Doug Goessman, Richwoods art teacher and baseball coach, passed away Sunday night, according to an email sent to families by the school. The Richwoods email said they will have counsel...
Sep 21, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
State COVID roundup 9/21: positivity rate continues to trend downward
SPRINGFIELD, Ill -- The preliminary seven-day positivity rate in Illinois continues to head in the right direction. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) reported Monday that the rate curren...
Sep 21, 2020 Midwest Communications
Illinois surpasses 5 million tests since beginning of pandemic
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois is among the nation's best as it relates to COVID-19 testing since the pandemic began. The state has now surpassed 5 million tests since the beginning of the pandemic and...
Sep 21, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Morton High School records no COVID positives for first time this year
MORTON, Ill. -- Morton District 709 is making strides as it relates to COVID-19 positives within the school district. For the first time this school year, no student positives were recorded Friday at ...
Sep 20, 2020 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
