217 Today: Ranchers may have to relearn how to fight an old enemy — the New World screwworm
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Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Today’s headlines:
- Charles Isbell will become the next chancellor of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
- Convicted former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s net worth is emerging as an issue ahead of his Friday sentencing.
- Immigration and labor organizers rallied in downtown Chicago yesterday to protest the Trump administration travel ban.
- A major healthcare provider is restructuring its facilities in Champaign and Vermilion counties.
In today’s deep dive, a parasite has cattle ranchers worried. New World Screwworms were pushed south of the U.S. border for decades but they’re on their way back. Ranchers recall what it was like to fight screwworms and the efforts they’d like to see to keep them out of the U.S.
217 Today is produced by Stephanie Orellana. Reporting today contributed by Emily Hays, Dave McKinney, Isabela Nieto, Patricia Bradford and Michael Marks.