Coroner blasts Illinois hospital after patient gets locked on roof and dies
Chelsea Adolphus, 28, died on Thursday after getting locked out on the roof of the Vista Medical Center in Waukegan.
The Gazette3d
New law puts focus on Mississippi River flooding and climate extremes
Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece of a newly passed federal law — work that advocates believe is ...
The State Journal-Register5d
33 Illinois counties explore formation of a new state. Here's what could happen
More than 30 Illinois counties are looking to leave the state and join another state. Here's what you need to know.
shawlocal5d
What’s at stake in McHenry County if federal funding freeze reinstated, from roads to housing for veterans
In McHenry County, federal money has been used in far-reaching ways, helping fund roadwork, health care programs, nonprofit ...
House bill to expand crime task force into Lake County moves to Senate
A bill that would expand a crime task force has received a unanimous vote from the Indiana House of Representatives and moved to the Senate.
Lake County volunteers search deep into the night for the homeless; ‘They left their warm homes to seek out our unhoused neighbors’
The Point In Time Count measures unhoused individuals and families across Lake County on a single night every January.
The Bond Buyer4d
After hack, Michigan township returns to market with bond deal
White Lake Township, Michigan ... In November, according to a material event notice posted on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's EMMA website, the township learned that it had been ...
Ron Shimanski reflects on more than a decade of state, county service
Ron Shimanski of rural Silver Lake has been involved in government in some shape or form since the 1970s. “All my life I’ve had the mindset that if I didn’t like what government ...
The Times Leader1d
Seventeen Luzerne County municipalities raising real estate taxes
Seventeen of Luzerne County’s 76 municipalities have increased real estate taxes for 2025, according to an annual report from the county Treasurer’s Office.
The Times of Northwest Indiana5d
Lake County soon may be served by Indiana Crime Guns Task Force
Thursday in favor of legislation adding Lake County to the nine Indiana counties already served by the Indiana Crime Guns Task Force.
Some US businesses close in a ‘day without immigrants.’ But many say they can’t lose income
Families — most of them not immigrants — pulled some 450 children from day care and preschool, about 70% of those enrolled in Minnesota alone, where most of the organization’s centers are, Denzer said ...