Saturday, August 8

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  • Saturday, August 8, 2020
    Logan County Department of Public Health reports first COVID-19 death in the county

• Chickens for egg production now permitted in the city of Lincoln

• Logan County joins in celebrating Illinois’ first American Wind Week August 9th through 15th

• Local sculptor adds interest to the journey at Kickapoo Creek Park

• Pritzker Announces Efforts to Protect Illinois Communities and Frontline Workers in Response to Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic
  - Announces New IDPH Rules to Provide Local Law Enforcement More Flexibility and a Measured Process to Enforce Public Health Guidance
  - Signs SB471 to Provide Additional Protections for Frontline Workers, Expand Paid Disability Leave

• Slim Randles' Home Country
  Axe aided acrobatic act

• Keep Your Landscape Looking Good with Less Effort
  by Melinda Myers

• IDNR Accepting Applications for Boat Access Area Development Program Grants

• Emergency Physicians and Nurses Remind Patients the ER is Safest Place in a Medical Emergency

• COVID-19 ARCHIVES

• Friday, August 7, 2020
  Five new coronavirus cases in Logan County including one teenager - Pdf

• Friday, August 7, 2020
  Logan County Dashboard
  6,176 tested - 6,069 negative - 110 positive - 75 recovered - zero fatalities

• Friday, August 7, 2020
  Public Health Officials Announce 2,084 New Confirmed Cases of Coronavirus Disease
  State reports more than 46,000 tests in one day

Friday, August 7

• Lincoln Kiwanis host annual pork chop dinner
  Funds will support multiple youth programs in Lincoln

• Heartland targets $300K of GEER funding to support students
  To use $300,000 from the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief fund to close equity gaps intensified by the pandemic

• Millikin University Nursing Faculty members Gina Canny and Julie Kennedy named Nurse Educator Fellows

• Twenty Weeks of Extended Regular State Benefits Now Available
  Extended Benefits Available in Addition to PEUC as a Result of Unemployment Rate

• Junior Achievement volunteers go virtual to help kids in need
  JA Virtual Volunteer Meetup virtual meetings scheduled for August

• COVID-19 ARCHIVES

• Thursday, August 6, 2020
  Fourteen new cases on Thursday brings COVID-19 total to 105 in Logan County - Pdf
  Thirteen cases from one location

• Thursday, August 6, 2020
  Logan County Dashboard
  6,000 tested - 5,895 negative - 105 positive - 71 recovered - zero fatalities

• Thursday, August 6, 2020
  Public Health Officials Announce 1,953 New Confirmed Cases of Coronavirus Disease

Thursday, August 6

• US Census Bureau to start door-to-door canvassing in Logan County August 11th

• Forty-four Lincoln Area Students Receive Honors at Lincoln College
  List Includes 20 with Perfect 4.0 Averages
  Fall 2020 traditional classroom instruction resumes August 17th

• University of Illinois Extension
  Using steam canners in place of boiling-water bath canners

• Attorney General Raoul calls on Facebook to take steps to prevent spread of hate and disinformation

• Jesse White Encourages Organ/Tissue Donation for Virtual National Minority Donor Awareness Month

• COVID-19 ARCHIVES

• Wednesday, August 5, 2020
  Total COVID-19 cases climbs to 91 with two new cases confirmed - Pdf

• Wednesday, August 5, 2020
  Logan County Dashboard
  5,941 tested - 5,850 negative - 91 positive - 69 recovered - zero fatalities

• Wednesday, August 5, 2020
  Public Health Officials Announce 1,759 New Confirmed Cases of Coronavirus Disease

Wednesday, August 5

• Message calls Lincoln to stand together

  • New billboard in Lincoln delivers powerful message - slideshow

• Lincoln City Council:
  Aldermen lay groundwork for new Diversity and Inclusion Commission

• Christmas on Vinegar Hill canceled for 2020
  Board looking forward to a great event in 2021

• University of Illinois Extension educational webinars offered

• Purdue University
  Ag Economy Barometer stable, but farmers less optimistic about future

• COVID-19 ARCHIVES

• Tuesday, August 4, 2020
  One new case of coronavirus in Logan County on Tuesday - Pdf

• Tuesday, August 4, 2020
  Logan County Dashboard
  5,840 tested - 5,751 negative - 89 positive - 69 recovered - zero fatalities

• Tuesday, August 4, 2020
  Public Health Officials Announce 1,471 New Confirmed Cases of Coronavirus Disease
  State reports more than 42,000 tests in one day

• Attorney General Raoul urges Federal Government action to increase access and affordability for drug to treat COVID-19
  Remdesivir is an Anti-Viral Drug Showing Promising Results for Those Hospitalized Due to COVID-19