Winnebago County News Briefs
— January 31, 2018REGION Health officials warn of flu increase Member agencies of the Northern Illinois Public Health Consortium (NIPHC) say seasonal flu activity has increased sharply in recent weeks….
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Why do we sometimes admire reverse of excellence?
— January 31, 2018Today, we visit the I Don’t Get It Department. There are so many things I just don’t get. Sports fans, for instance. My knowledge of sports is pretty shallow. But I know enough…
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The limits of the resistance
— January 31, 2018Chuck Schumer started a government shutdown he couldn’t finish. The New York Democrat, among the shrewdest operators in national politics, stumbled badly because he succumbed…
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Trump’s s***storm
— January 24, 2018The world fell on Donald Trump’s head — yet again — when he said in a White House meeting that we should be trying to get immigrants from Norway rather than s***hole countries…
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Winnebago County News Briefs
— January 24, 2018ROCKFORD Park District cuts close $1 million deficit The Rockford Park District last week cut programs and services and approved measures to increase revenue in a bid to close a $1…
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Pointing which finger?
— January 31, 2018You are probably asking yourself, “What was that all about?” Just because the government shutdown ended shortly after it began, it doesn’t mean that it won’t…
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Peoria native, former Sox slugger Thome gets call to Hall of Fame
— January 24, 2018Jim Thome absolutely adored his hometown of Peoria, where a close-knit, sports-minded family favoring the Chicago Cubs produced a Hall of Famer with 612 career homers. “I love Peoria….
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Obscene distortions
— January 24, 2018Is it me, or has anyone else noticed that when someone is exposed for wrongdoing, the responses all seem similar? No matter whether someone is overheard saying something racist, credibly…
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