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A northern Illinois school implements e-learning following a measles exposure | First Listen

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  • District administrators notified community members of the confirmed case involving a Kaneland High School student on Sunday
  • The Illinois Department of Public Health has confirmed the first human case of West Nile in Illinois this year
  • Corn futures prices recently hit an 18 month high in light of lower yield predictions for this year's harvest
  • A lawsuit seeks to block the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing new rules that prohibit transmitting certain mail ballots
  • The National Park Service has accepted the donation of nearly 20 acres from the New Philadelphia Association to the National Historic Site in Pike County
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