217 Today: Friday, Oct. 15, 2021
Staff work at a recovery unit at UnityPoint's Methodist hospital in Des Moines. The unit receives many COVID-19 patients recovering from the virus. Natalie Krebs/Side Effects Public Media
Friday, Oct. 15, 2021
Today's headlines:
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More than 10,000 John Deere workers at plants in Illinois, Iowa and Kansas went on strike Thursday after their union contract ran out at midnight.
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A 20-year-old Champaign man was arraigned Thursday for a deadly mass shooting that occurred in Champaign in July.
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Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District is one of the first transit agencies to adopt zero-emissions technology using sunlight and water to power two new buses.
In today's deep dive, we’ll get an inside look at how the Delta variant of COVID-19 has made hospitalized patients younger and sicker.
217 Today is produced by Farrah Anderson. Reporting today contributed by Elizabeth Rembert, Reginald Hardwick, Emily Hays and Natalie Krebs.