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What a Difference Three Weeks Can Make
According to the Lee County Unified Executive Leadership Team a total of 184 Lee County residents have been tested at KSB Hospital. 54 tests are pending, 130 are negative, 2 are positive, and 6 people remain in quarantine. 16 people were screened Friday through the KSB drive-thru testing and KSB received 1 negative test result. …… read more »
Rayovac Center in Dixon Closing in May
Energizer Holdings is closing its battery distribution site in Dixon, laying off 125 employees. Layoffs will begin in May at the Rayovac packaging and distribution center in Dixon, according to a notice filed with the state. The center has been open since 2003 and ships about 11 million cases of batteries each year. In 2018,…… read more »
Whiteside and Ogle County Report 2 More COVID-19 Cases Each, One a Child Under 10
Whiteside County has identified two additional laboratory confirmed positive cases of COVID-19. One case is in their 50s and one in their 70s. Whiteside County’s current numbers are 14 laboratory confirmed cases. Of laboratory confirmed cases, 2 have recovered and 1 has died with the rest either receiving care or recovering at home. The Ogle…… read more »
Lee County Health Dept Director Says Virus Stress Manifested in Some Ugly Ways
According to Director of the Lee County Health Department Director Cathy Ferguson-Allen, One of the front office staff was yelled at and called names Thursday by a caller because she wouldn’t give him the name and location of the first positive CoVID case in Lee County, because “he needed to take precautions if he was…… read more »
KSB Prepares for Possible Surge in COVID-19 Patients
In KSB Hospitals effort to prepare for a potential COVID-19 surge in our area, 57 beds from the former Maple Crossing at Amboy nursing home were moved to KSB Friday thanks to the efforts of many in the surrounding communities. KSB Board Member, Ray Neisewander III, donated a Raynor Garage Doors semi and driver to…… read more »
The Virus Cannot Beat Mother Nature
While COVID-19 make be causing problems in everyone’s daily life, there is one place where the virus does not stand a chance. Mother Nature is not allowing Corona Virus to slow it down one little bit. Many people are looking for something to do these days and a good portion is going to Lowell Park. …… read more »