Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann
Local COVID roundup 8/12: woman in her 40s passes away
PEORIA, Ill. -- The coronavirus has taken the life of a Peoria County woman in her 40s. The woman, who the Peoria City/County Health Department said died between Tuesday and Wednesday in an area hospi...
Aug 12, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 8/12: 16 more dead
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Over 42,000 people were tested for COVID-19 during the Tuesday-to-Wednesday 24-hour reporting period, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. IDPH said labs across ...
Aug 12, 2020 Midwest Communications
Morton Library employee COVID positive
MORTON, Ill. -- A week after reopening for in-person service, the Morton Public Library has to shut its doors once again, temporarily. An employee received notification Tuesday they tested positive fo...
Aug 12, 2020
Joining Big Ten, Pac-12 pulls plug on fall football amid pandemic
The Big Ten and Pac-12 won't play football this fall because of concerns about COVID-19, taking two of college football's five power conferences out of a crumbling season amid the pandemic. About an h...
Aug 11, 2020
Biden selects California Sen. Kamala Harris as running mate
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday, making history by selecting the first Black woman to compete on a major party's presidential ticke...
Aug 11, 2020 FILE - In this June 27, 2019, file photo, then-Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., listens to questions after the Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Art in Miami. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
Local COVID roundup 8/11: one death reported as recovery rate drops
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria County long-term care facility resident in her 90s succumbed to coronavirus between Monday and Tuesday. Her death brought the area's COVID death total to 44. Peoria County has...
Aug 11, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 8/11: COVID claims Peoria woman
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A Peoria County woman in her 90s was one of 20 coronavirus casualties in the 24-hour reporting period between Monday and Tuesday throughout the state of Illinois. The Illinois Dep...
Aug 11, 2020 Midwest Communications
Morton supt: despite recent COVID cases, full in-person learning to start Tues.
MORTON, Ill. -- With classes set to start Tuesday at Morton District 709, there have been more questions than answers after three students and two staff members tested positive last week for COVID-19....
Aug 10, 2020
Local COVID roundup 8/10: over 50 hospital beds now in use
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria, Woodford, and Tazewell tri-county between Saturday and Monday experienced 170 new cases of coronavirus, while hospitalizations related to COVID-19 have risen above 50. The ...
Aug 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 8/10: fewer cases, fewer tests
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The statewide positivity rate for COVID-19 stagnated at 4.1%, but Monday brought a second straight day of cases under 2,000, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health....
Aug 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
