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							Friday, August 14 
				
				 
				
							
							
							Thursday, August 13 
				
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					Zailey Merreighn gets the first round 
					on new playground equipment at Northwest School 
					 
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					NOTICE OF PUBLIC 
					HEARING 
					
					
					New Holland-Middletown School District 
					88  
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					University of 
					Illinois Extension 
					
					
					Find Food Illinois: new community map 
					locates food assistance sites  
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					IDFPR Announces Approval of Permanent 
					Rules for Conditional Adult Use Cannabis Dispensary Licenses 
					Tiebreaking Process 
					Illinois Joint Committee on Administrative Rules Approves 
					Tiebreaker Rules; Dispensary Licenses to be Issued in Coming 
					Weeks  
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					COVID-19 ARCHIVES 
					 
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					Wednesday, 
					August 12, 2020 
					Logan County COVID update 
					
					
					Eleven new COVID-19 cases reported on 
					Wednesday - Pdf  
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					Wednesday, 
					August 12, 2020 
					Logan County Dashboard 
					6,759 tested - 6,582 negative - 177 positive - 77 recovered 
					- ONE death  
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					August 12, 2020 
					
					
					Public Health Officials Announce 1,645 
					New Confirmed Cases of Coronavirus Disease 
					 
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					Pritzker Administration Extends 
					Deadline to Apply for Nutrition Benefits Amidst Ongoing 
					COVID-19 Pandemic 
					Households Can Receive $342 in SNAP Funds per Eligible 
					Student  
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					Pritzker Administration Awards $46 
					Million in Emergency Grants to Small Businesses Through BIG 
					Program 
					First Wave of Business Interruption Grants Released to 2,655 
					Small Businesses Hit Hardest by COVID-19, Including More 
					Than 50 Percent Minority-Owned  
				 
				 
				
							
							
							Wednesday, August 12 
				
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					Lincoln Police 
					Department 
					
					
					Monthly report for July, 2020 - Pdf 
					 
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					IEMA Warns storm victims of potential 
					for scams 
					Report suspected fraud to Illinois Attorney General Office 
					 
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					Heartland names Letisha Trepac as V.P. 
					of Finance and Administration  
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					Healthcare organizations remind 
					visitors: masks required at hospitals, clinics 
					 
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					Purdue 
					University 
					
					
					Online student behavior a focus for 
					teachers, parents this fall  
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					Equal Justice Rules Committee formed 
					by Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission 
					Goal to enhance Attorney's rights and refocus attorney's 
					duties  
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					COVID-19 ARCHIVES 
					 
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					Tuesday, Augut 
					11, 2020 
					Logan County COVID update 
					
					
					Numbers increase by 54 over the 
					weekend and on Monday 
					Total Logan County Cases 166  
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					Tuesday, August 
					11, 2020 
					Logan County Dashboard 
					6,614 tested - 6,448 negative - 166 positive - 77 recovered 
					- ONE death  
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					Tuesday, August 
					11, 2020 
					
					
					Public Health Officials Announce 1,549 
					New Confirmed Cases of Coronavirus Disease 
					 
				 
				 
				
							
							
							Tuesday, August 11 
				
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					Lincoln City 
					Council 
					
					
					Tuesday, August 11, 2020 Committee of 
					the Whole meeting agenda - Pdf  
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					Logan County 4-H Foundation awards 
					scholarships  
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					Heartland Community College Nursing 
					grads to have ‘pinning parade’  
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					Pritzker Launches Largest Emergency 
					Housing Assistance Programs in the Nation 
					Over $300 Million for Rent and Mortgage Relief Will Help 
					40,000 Households Impacted by COVID-19 
					Applications for Rental Assistance Now Available at 
					era.ihda.org  
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					Census deadline looms; response 
					impacts funding, relief assistance 
					 
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					Mike Anderson, “The Dulcimer Guy,” to 
					Kick-off the New ‘Looking for Lincoln Conversations’ Online 
					Performance Series  
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					Red Cross Volunteers Assisting after 
					Apartment Fire in Minier 
					If you are impacted and need assistance call 877-597-0747 
					 
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					Works begins on Interstate 72 August 
					12th 
					Lane closures from White Heath to Interstate 57 
					 
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					COVID-19 ARCHIVES 
					 
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					Monday, August 
					10, 2020 
					Logan County Dashboard 
					6,464 tested - 6,312 negative - 152 positive - 76 recovered 
					- ONE death  
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					Monday, August 
					10, 2020 
					
					
					Public Health Officials Announce 1,319 
					New Confirmed Cases of Coronavirus Disease 
					 
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					Purdue 
					University 
					
					
					Ceiling unit may help clean classroom 
					air during pandemic  
				 
				 
       
            
       
       
				
				
	
				
       
            
       
       
				
				
	
				
       
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							Monday, August 10 
				
				 
				2020 Miss Logan County Fair Pageants 
				
				 
			
							
							
							Saturday, August 8 
				
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					POSTED AT 
					NOON ON SATURDAY 
					
					 
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					Chickens for egg production now 
					permitted in the city of Lincoln  
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					Logan County joins in celebrating 
					Illinois’ first American Wind Week August 9th through 15th 
					 
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					Local sculptor adds interest to the 
					journey at Kickapoo Creek Park  
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					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 
					 
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					Slim Randles' 
					Home Country 
					
					
					Axe aided acrobatic act 
					 
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					Keep Your Landscape Looking Good with 
					Less Effort 
					by Melinda Myers  
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					IDNR Accepting Applications for Boat 
					Access Area Development Program Grants 
					 
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					Emergency Physicians and Nurses Remind 
					Patients the ER is Safest Place in a Medical Emergency 
					 
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					COVID-19 ARCHIVES 
					 
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					Friday, 
					August 7, 2020 
					
					
					Five new coronavirus cases in Logan 
					County including one teenager - Pdf 
					 
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					Friday, August 
					7, 2020 
					Logan County Dashboard 
					6,176 tested - 6,069 negative - 110 positive - 75 recovered 
					- zero fatalities  
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					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 
				
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					Lincoln Kiwanis host annual pork chop 
					dinner 
					Funds will support multiple youth programs in Lincoln 
					 
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					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 
					 
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					Millikin University Nursing Faculty 
					members Gina Canny and Julie Kennedy named Nurse Educator 
					Fellows  
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					Twenty Weeks of Extended Regular State 
					Benefits Now Available 
					Extended Benefits Available in Addition to PEUC as a Result 
					of Unemployment Rate  
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					Junior Achievement volunteers go 
					virtual to help kids in need 
					JA Virtual Volunteer Meetup virtual meetings scheduled for 
					August  
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					COVID-19 ARCHIVES 
					 
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					Thursday, August 
					6, 2020 
					
					
					Fourteen new cases on Thursday brings 
					COVID-19 total to 105 in Logan County - Pdf 
					
					Thirteen cases 
					from one location  
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					Thursday, August 
					6, 2020 
					Logan County Dashboard 
					6,000 tested - 5,895 negative - 105 positive - 71 recovered 
					- zero fatalities  
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					Thursday, August 
					6, 2020 
					
					
					Public Health Officials Announce 1,953 
					New Confirmed Cases of Coronavirus Disease 
					 
				 
				 
			
							
							
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