Recalled flour tied to multistate E coli outbreak
Public health authorities identify General Mills flour from Kansas City as the likely source of a multistate STEC 0121 outbreak now affecting 38 people in 20 states including four in Illinois. Expanded recall details list several Gold Medal and Signature Kitchens flour varieties with varied best by dates.
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Mount Carmel Meeting Notices June 6 and 9
Mount Carmel city council will meet June 6 at 5 p.m. in the Council Chamber to discuss commissioners reports and regular business. The 911 board moves to June 7 at 5 p.m. in the courthouse Law Library. Wabash County commissioners meet today at 5 p.m. in the county courthouse to review 2016 17 wage rates and executive session minutes. Allendale trustees meet June 9 at 6 30 p.m. in the village hall.
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Budget cuts end Redeploy Illinois program for Rockford youths
In Rockford Illinois a state funded Redeploy Illinois program aiding at risk teens ended in October due to budget impasse. About 40 juveniles lost one on one support and some were re arrested after a surge in robberies and carjackings. Law enforcement and youth services leaders warn of rising youth crime without the program.
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Task force formed to curb recyclable metal theft in Illinois
Illinois lawmakers create the Recyclable Metal Theft Task Force after a spike in copper wiring pipes and metal grates being stolen from homes and signs. Bar tonville Police Chief Brian Fengel says the effort partners with law enforcement utilities scrap yards and insurers to curb theft with tougher prosecutions and better police-scrap yard connections report due in the fall. Detective Dave Hoyle compares monitoring scrap metal purchases to tracking cold medicine used by meth makers.
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IECC earns near top nationwide transfer friendly status
The Illinois Eastern Community Colleges system narrowly missed the top 15 in a Value Colleges ranking, noted as the easternmost system to make the cut. The evaluation highlighted low tuition as $83 per credit for in-district students, strong transfer links to Illinois and Indiana, and an 85.5 percent freshman-to-sophomore retention rate. Rend Lake Community College also ranked, emphasizing low tuition and a 21,000 student body aided by the Illinois Articulation Initiative.
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