Author: Dani Tietz

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2021 Third-Quarter Oakwood Grade School Honor Roll

The following Oakwood Grade School students were named to the third quarter 2021 High Honor Roll. 4th Grade Sam Bate Austin Bennett Kelby Boen Zoe Chidlaw Olivia Cravens Owen Fegett Easton Harris Evie Johnson Emily Lancaster Ainsley Lyons Chloe Messmore Mason Renfrow Ella Ronk Hadley Schrader Madelyn Serd Airianna Stephens […]

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SHIELD CU to provide University of Illinois PCR COVID-19 test through OSF Healthcare

The University of Illinois and OSF Healthcare are partnering to expand the UI COVID-19 testing program into the Champaign County community. Known as SHIELD CU, the locally developed saliva-based PCR COVID-19 test and digital infrastructure will be offered to public schools, businesses and organizations. The initial participants of the SHIELD […]

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Pritzker announces “Bridge” to Phase 5

Nearly a year after Gov. JB Pritzker announced a stay-at-home order in Illinois, the state is looking at a “bridge” phase to increase capacity at museums, zoos and spectator events as well as increased business operations. Pritzker announced the plan Thursday calling it a “dial-like approach.” To advance into the […]

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Spartans to return to five-day option on March 29

St. Joseph-Ogden High school will begin five-day a week in-person school on March 29. The decision comes after the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education updated guidance for schools earlier this week.  At the beginning of the 2020-21 school year, guidance suggested that the […]

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Commentary: This view from above

In the last twelve months, everything on the ground has changed. But today I find myself in the same spot I was almost exactly a year ago: about 37,000 feet above the ground in a pressurized cabin with a little more than 100 people, looking down at the top of […]