Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann
Local COVID roundup 3/12: hospital numbers unchanged
PEORIA, Ill. -- The same number of hospital beds being occupied locally on Thursday by COVID-19 patients were being occupied on Friday. 24 virus patients of Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties as ...
Mar 12, 2021 Midwest Communications
Minneapolis to pay $27 million to settle George Floyd's family lawsuit over deadly arrest
(Reuters) - The city of Minneapolis will pay $27 million to settle a lawsuit by the family of George Floyd over his death in police custody, a case that stirred national protests over racial injustice...
Mar 12, 2021 REUTERS/Nicholas Pfosi
State COVID roundup 3/11: vax rate hits another high mark
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois's rolling seven-day COVID-19 vaccine rate is at an all-time high yet again. That number on Wednesday was just above 95,000. It increased Thursday to 98,166, thanks in lar...
Mar 11, 2021 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 3/11: region ICU bed capacity increases
PEORIA, Ill. -- While no COVID deaths occurred between Wednesday and Thursday in the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county, 89 people tested positive. 44 of the cases were in Peoria County, 35 were in T...
Mar 11, 2021 Midwest Communications
2 ADM employees trapped in grain elevator
PEORIA, Ill. -- There was a scary hour Wednesday afternoon for a pair of Archer Daniels Midland employees, as they got trapped in a grain elevator. Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics responded around 2:20 ...
Mar 10, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Local COVID roundup 3/10: tri-county numbers low
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria County man in his 80s passed away between Tuesday and Wednesday from coronavirus complications. The Woodford County Health Department during the reporting period added two dea...
Mar 10, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 3/10: 7-day average reaches almost 100K shots given
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- With over 104,000 doses of the various COVID-19 vaccines administered between Tuesday and Wednesday throughout Illinois, the state has inched almost to a rolling seven-day average...
Mar 10, 2021 Midwest Communications
Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill wins final approval in House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives gave final approval on Wednesday to one of the largest economic stimulus measures in U.S. history, a sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill tha...
Mar 10, 2021 REUTERS/Erin Scott
Peoria Council officially legalizes AirBNB
PEORIA, Ill. -- Nearly nine months after it was first proposed, Peoria City Council on Tuesday night unanimously made it legal for homeowners to use their properties for short-term rentals. Stipulatio...
Mar 09, 2021 Midwest Communications
Hanna City barn blaze burns over 4 hours
HANNA CITY, Ill. -- Three barns were completely destroyed during a Tuesday Hanna City fire that took the teamwork of eight fire departments to extinguish. Logan-Trivoli firefighters were first to the ...
Mar 09, 2021 Midwest Communications
