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Appellate court rules in favor of health department in battle over releasing COVID-19 patient data

The McHenry County Health Department won an appeal and will no longer have to release names of COVID-19 patients to 911 dispatchers after an appellate court ruled in their favor. The 2nd District Appellate Court of Illinois reversed an April 10 ruling by McHenry County Judge Michael Chmiel that gave the McHenry County Emergency Telephone […]

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North Chicago police officers, firefighters donate accessible van to wheelchair-bound girl

A 15-year-old girl who has cerebral palsy and is wheelchair-bound received a handicap accessible van thanks to police officers and firefighters in North Chicago. Ivone Garibay, 15, is non-verbal, non-mobile and wheelchair-bound. Her mother died from cancer in 2019. Ivone’s grandparents became her guardians and take care of her medical responsibilities, said Jim Moran, Interim […]