New laser helps center treat injured native wildlife
January 7, 2021DuPage Forest Preserve District’s Willowbrook Wildlife Center in Glen Ellyn is providing its native wildlife patients with innovative pain relief thanks to a new therapeutic laser…
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Manar resigns from Senate, named senior advisor to Pritzker
January 4, 2021SPRINGFIELD – Democratic state Sen. Andy Manar of downstate Bunker Hill announced Monday, Jan. 4 he will resign from the General Assembly effective Jan. 17 to join the governor’s…
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Eureka Library announces January programs
January 4, 2021For all Eureka Public Library, 202 Main St., programs, call the library at 309-467-2922. Online dystopian fiction program The Eureka Public Library will have author Joanne…
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Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr. will be keynote for virtual MLK Day event
December 30, 2020Distinguished professor and author Eddie S. Glaude Jr. will present “Democracy in Black” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, via Zoom. The virtual event is Illinois State University’s…
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R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS: COVID-19 relief package includes relief for ag
December 30, 2020Senate aid for agriculture and biofuels is said to be included in last week’s COVID-19 relief package passed by Congress; we have a look at what it entails. Also in the news this…
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Facing second trial, former baseball coach vows exoneration on sex assault charges
December 23, 2020Nearly 11 months after an Illinois Appellate court overturned his conviction and ordered a new trial last New Year’s Eve, former baseball coach Spiro Lempesis was released on bond…
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R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS: Lambert retiring from NCGA
December 23, 2020RFD News and Views wishes all readers a merry holiday season and best wishes for 2021! Ethanol losses tallied by RFA WASHINGTON, D.C. — Illinois is currently home to 13 ethanol…
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Eureka connected to Illinois library RAILS system
December 18, 2020Everyone in Illinois now has access to thousands of e-books and more, without the need of a library card. Public libraries statewide, offer free e-books for the over 12 million Illinois…
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R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS: Farm Bureau says Vilsack as ag secretary would work for biofuels
December 18, 2020The big news in agriculture this week was the selection of former USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack by President-elect Joe Biden to resume his former post under Biden’s leadership. Meanwhile,…
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Kane County Cougars lose MLB affiliation in baseball shakeup
December 10, 2020The Kane County Cougars will no longer be affiliated with a Major League Baseball team for the first time since 1991. But the Geneva-based Cougars — long the Chicago area’s lone…
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