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LaSalle rollover crash being investigated
LASALLE COUNTY, Ill. (WMBD) — One person was ejected from their car after a rollover crash on Saturday night. According to a LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office news release, officers responded a little before 9 p.m. for a single-car crash on East 24th Road just north of North 31st Road, which is north of Marseilles.
Lawsuits against LaSalle Veterans' Home to move forward in state court this summer after 2020 COVID outbreak
LASALLE, Ill. — After two years of delays, the attorney representing a group of families who lost loved ones during a 2020 COVID-19 outbreak in a veterans home says the lawsuits will proceed in Illinois State Court this summer. In November 2020, a COVID-19 outbreak at LaSalle Veterans Home...
Tiny village of Hopewell must launch a costly overhaul of failing water system
The 418 residents of the village of Hopewell will see their monthly water bills rise to as much as $133 per month in order to pay for a new water treatment system, the chairman of the community’s waterworks committee indicated during a public meeting. At issue: the village’s current...
Illinois quick hits: Lawsuit over fatal veterans COVID outbreak proceeds; more Chicago robberies
Lawsuit over fatal COVID outbreak proceeds Legal proceedings will move forward in LaSalle County in connection with the deaths of dozens of veterans who died at a retirement home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Between November 2020 and January 2021, 36 veterans died during an outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans Home. An investigation by an inspector general found that health and safety protocols were ignored. ...
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