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IDPH reports 19,551 new cases of COVID-19, a 39 percent increase from the previous week

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Friday reported 19,551 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois. That’s an increase of 5,502 or 39 percent  from the previous week’s 14,049. Randolph County, Illinois reported 13 new cases in the past week. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 3,114,036

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Donna Young receives Illinois Health Information Management Association honor

CHESTER — A Chester woman is being honored as the 2022 Distinguished Member of the Illinois Health Information Management Association. Donna Young, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, began her career in 1979 as a coder in the medical records department of Memorial Hospital in Chester.   She received her first credential, Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) in 1992.

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Unmasking Biden’s Hypocrisy

By Jason Smith, member of Congress After two years of evidence from COVID lockdown policies and restrictions, we’ve learned three things pretty clearly. First, we’ve learned that states and cities that locked down harmed their own citizens through reduced job opportunities and mental health challenges associated with isolation. Second, we have learned that the Biden administration

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Three Weeks to Go

By Holley Rehder, State Senator We’re rapidly approaching the end of the 2022 legislative session. May 6 is the constitutional deadline for passing a balanced state operating budget, and May 13 is the final day of session. With time running out, and so many legislative priorities yet to get across the line, we’re finally seeing

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Ste. Genevieve School District R-II releases report of April 19 Reorganizational & Regular Meetings

STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve School District R-II has released this report of the reorganization and regular meetings held April 19.   This information includes highlights from the Ste. Genevieve R-II Board of Education’s April 19, 2022, Reorganizational and Regular meetings. This is an unofficial record. The official Board News is posted on the

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SGHS FBLA members compete well at District & State Conferences

STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve High School FBLA is back from the District Leadership Conference at Mineral Area College and the State Leadership Conference in Springfield. Senior Jayden Pullins placed 1st in Insurance & Risk Management at the District Conference and went on to compete at the State Leadership Conference, where she placed 10th!

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SGCMH medical staff welcomes Dr. Aswin Kansakar

STE. GENEVIEVE– Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce the arrival of Dr. Aswin Kansakar to our community and medical staff. Dr. Kansakar, or Dr. K as he prefers for simplicity, is an internal medicine physician seeing patients at Pine Drive Family Health Care. Dr. K attended Nepal Medical College and completed his

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