Vandalia photo drive yields early factory jobs push
Vandalia is riding attention from a 5000 person photo on Main Street used in an industrial brochure. The campaign has already helped win 50 jobs with more expected as two metal firms and a third company consider plants, while locals celebrate the revived spirit amid high unemployment.
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Vandalia
Southern Illinois
Wayne Waggoner
Billings
Mont
Waggoners Trucking
United States
Canada
Harold Hartwick
Vandalia Industrial Commission
Hartwick
Windsurfer survives 26 hour Lake Michigan ordeal
Chicago AP reports 27 year old Jeff Meek clung to a damaged windsurfer for more than 26 hours in Lake Michigan. Winds up to 50 mph sparked a dramatic rescue 11 miles offshore after his mast broke. He survived cold 56 degree water and 15 to 20 foot swells, was treated briefly at Northwestern Memorial, then released.
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Chicago
Michigan
Jeff Meek
Police Marine Unit
Charles Rytina
Meek
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Montrose Harbor
Evanston
National Weather Service
Lake Michigan
Carnival ride law creates inspection chaos in Illinois
Illinois Labor Director E Allen Bernardi laments the new carnival ride inspection and licensing law, effective Jan 1, as no licenses or printered licenses have returned. Showers of dust from Nebraska Iowa storms disrupt travel injure people and trigger power outages. A Belvidere Marengo section I 90 closure occurs with zero visibility. Byer Museum of the Arts insured firm claims contents overvaluation after December fire.
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Peoria
Illinois
E. Allen Bernardi
Bernardi
Peoria Journal Star
South Dakota
Iowa
Interstate 90
Belvidere
Marengo
Evanston
Byer Museum of the Arts
Malnutrition in Illinois Hospitals Alarming Study Finds
A study across 33 hospitals in Illinois including 19 in Chicago shows nearly 60 percent of patients suffer some malnutrition. Researchers from the University of Illinois, University of Chicago, and Children’s Memorial Hospital cite gaps in routine nutritional screening and blood tests, urging standard screening and improved protein and calorie intake to reduce complications and length of stay.
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Chicago
Illinois
University of Illinois
University of Chicago
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Savitri Kamath
University of Illinois Department of Nutrition and Medical Dietetics
Kamath
Inter state lottery probe targets Louisiana Illinois link
U S Attorney John Volz warned that a gambling operation tying Louisiana to Illinois lottery funds transfers violates federal law. The scheme collects money from players and ships it to Chicago to buy tickets, potentially triggering cross border transportation violations and possible prosecutions.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Illinois
U.S
John Volz
Volz
Chicago
Temporary chief named for Illinois Lottery
Governor Thompson named Jerald Havener of Springfield acting superintendent of the Illinois State Lottery to replace Michael Jones, who is leaving for private sector work in Chicago. The appointment is temporary while a permanent successor is sought.
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Springfield
Thompson
Jerald Havener
Michael Jones
Chicago
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