Archive for December, 2009
WINTER WEATHER UPDATE —
Winter Weather Statement Statement as of 5:06 AM EST on December 23, 2009 …Winter Weather Advisory is cancelled… The National Weather Service in Chicago has cancelled the Winter Weather Advisory. Light rain is expected to develop across the area this morning as temperatures warm above freezing.
WEATHER ALERT — IROQUOIS COUNTY
Nowcast as of 7:55 PM CST on December 22, 2009 Now Patchy freezing drizzle along with some isolated light freezing rain will be possible through 10 PM. Although the coverage of the precipitation will be low this evening…some slick spots on roadways may develop this evening as surface temperatures are expected to remain in the [...]
H1N1 Flu Vaccine Available to All Illinoisans
(High Risk Groups Still Encouraged to Get Vaccinated) Watseka, IL – Beginning, Tuesday, December 15, 2009, all Illinoisans will be eligible to receive an H1N1 flu vaccination. “For the past couple of months we have been providing the H1N1 flu vaccine to those considered most at risk for the disease,” said Doug Corbett, Public Health [...]
CAUSE OF 6th-GRADER’S DEATH UNCERTAIN
The Ford-Iroquois Public Health Department reports laboratory results did not confirm that a Paxton-Buckley-Loda Junior High School sixth-grader died from a rare blood infection. The lab results are inconclusive in determinning the cause of death for Natalie Johnson. She died last Tuesday at Carle Hospital after experiencing flu-like symptoms. Champaign County Coroner Duane Northrup said [...]
Laboratory Reports Not Conclusive on Students Death
Watseka, IL – Public Health Officials received notification of laboratory results of eleven year old Natalie Johnson of Loda, IL today at 2:15 p.m. Johnson is the PBL student who passed away on December 1, 2009 following a high fever and flu like symptoms. According to Doug Corbett, Public Health Administrator, the laboratory results received [...]