Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann
IHSA to defy state orders, go forward with basketball season
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- The Illinois High School Association has voted to move forward with basketball season as planned, which would defy orders handed down Tuesday by Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinoi...
Oct 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 10/28: 4 deaths, FCI outbreak update
PEORIA, Ill. -- There was significant COVID-19 activity to report between Tuesday and Wednesday throughout the entirety of the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county. In Woodford County, a man in his 80s...
Oct 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 10/28: 6K
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois's 24-hour COVID-19 case count from Tuesday to Wednesday surpassed 6,000, setting yet another one-day record. Along with the 6,110 positives were 51 reported deaths. Labs ...
Oct 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
No. 9 Wisconsin cancels Nebraska game; Chryst tests positive
No. 9 Wisconsin has canceled its game at Nebraska on Saturday and paused all team activities for at least seven days after a dozen people within the program including coach Paul Chryst tested positive...
Oct 28, 2020 AP Photo/Morry Gash
Peoria City Council to pursue asking voters if they'd pay extra property tax
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria City Council voted 7-4 on Tuesday night to direct the city's legal team and City Manager Patrick Urich to return to the council in future meetings with possible referendum quest...
Oct 27, 2020 Jeremy Scott/WMBD
Winter sports guidelines announced; high school basketball a no-go
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- With four regions of the state already in mitigation mode and a fifth, Region 11, set to join that group as of Oct. 30, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public He...
Oct 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup: an even 4K
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Exactly 4,000 new cases of COVID-19 were detected throughout Illinois between Monday and Tuesday. 46 deaths were announced by the Illinois Department of Health during that time, i...
Oct 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 10/27: hospitalizations remain in 80s
PEORIA, Ill. -- Woodford County's COVID-19 death totals increased Tuesday by two in Peoria City/County Health Department's tri-county update. That was because a woman in her 80s who lived at Heritage ...
Oct 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 10/26: 9 die, new positives surpass 350
PEORIA, Ill. -- Nine Peoria and Tazewell County residents passed away over the weekend from complications related to COVID-19. Eight of the nine were residents of long-term care facilities. In Tazewel...
Oct 26, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 10/26: positivity rate over 6%
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- 4,729 people throughout Illinois between Sunday and Monday found out they have COVID-19. Illinois Department of Public Health also reported 17 additional deaths related to the vir...
Oct 26, 2020 Midwest Communications
