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The Illini men saw another terrible start, another impressive comeback, and another Big Ten loss Wednesday night in Minneapolis. Minnesota's Golden Gophers jumped out to a 17-2 lead and won 77-67.
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At least 82 rural hospitals have closed since 2010 leaving small town communities scrambling to provide lifesaving services. That’s not an easy task, and to find out why, Side Effects’s Bram Sable-Smith traveled to one Missouri town that lost its hospital two years ago.
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Bitter cold temperatures are breaking records across the Midwest this week. In central Illinois, the temperature is below zero and that's before the wind chill. There people who have no choice but to work outdoors look for creative ways to try to minimize the suffering.
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The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District wants people to test their homes for Radon gas, and officials have an inexpensive way to test homes.
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The sales of grass fed beef have soared in recent years from $17,000,000 in 2012 to $272,000,000 in 2016. But the grass those cattle eat could be changing in ways that will affect the industry.
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The Illinois Economy ended 2017 on a familiar note of slow and steady growth.
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Laws about divorce, pets and traveling elephants took effect January 1.
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The snow that fell on Friday is beginning to blow and drift in rural areas, making things difficult for road crews trying to remove snow.
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The nighttime sub-zero temperatures that central Illinois is currently experiencing is particularly bad news for the area’s homeless population. Rob Dalhaus says he’s seeing an increase in people coming to the Phoenix Daytime Drop-In Center in Champaign during the day.
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As we get ready to welcome 2018, let's take time to review another wild year in Illinois government and politics. We heard state Senators trying to craft a “grand bargain” to end the budget impasse — and 16 Republicans breaking with the governor to do just that. It was also the start of campaign season, and a time of increasing anger by and about politicians. Here now are some of the voices that made news in 2017.
