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Unexpected double delivery: Twins delivered in Nunda Rural ambulance heading to hospital

Nunda Rural Fire Protection District received an unexpected delivery Thursday morning when the stork dropped off a set of twins as the ambulance was driving an expectant mother to the hospital. Nunda Rural Fire Protection District Public Information Officer Alex Vucha said crews were called to a home on Riverside Drive just after 7 a.m. […]

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Hebron firefighters and paramedics kept busy after responding to 3 fires, delivering baby boy

Hebron firefighters and paramedics were kept busy last week after they responded to three fires and helped deliver a baby boy in the span of three days. The Hebron-Alden-Greenwood Fire Protection District responded to a total of 14 calls last week between Sunday, March 17, and Saturday, March 23. At around 4:30 p.m. last Tuesday, […]

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‘I am forever grateful’: Lake Villa woman thanks firefighters, paramedics who helped deliver her baby

A Lake Villa woman said she is “forever grateful” for the Lake Villa firefighters and paramedics who helped her deliver her baby earlier this month. Nina Purtell told Lake and McHenry County Scanner that she wanted to share a feel-good story following the mass shooting in Highland Park on July 4. Purtell was pregnant with […]