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Content Director at WGIL FM 93.7 & WGIL AM 1400. @wgilnews @wgilsports. Priors: The Register-Mail, Gannett, GateHouse, Copley
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Knox County has no cyclosporiasis cases. Here’s how to keep it that way

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By Jay Redfern Verified
| WGIL-FM (Galesburg, IL) Verified
An intestinal illness is spreading across more than 30 states, including Illinois — but so far, not in Knox County. Wil Hayes, public health assistant administrator, and Tammy Nelson, communicable disease coordinator with the Knox County Health Department, joined Galesburg’s Morning News on Thursday and said the county has seen no confirmed or suspected cases of cyclosporiasis. Wil Hayes and Tammy Nelson joined Galesburg’s Morning News on Thursday, July 16. Listen to the full interview below.
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New Mexican restaurant brings birria and breakfast to downtown Galesburg

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By Jay Redfern Verified
| WGIL-FM (Galesburg, IL) Verified
Cielito Lindo Restaurante Bar y Cantina is now open at 325 E. Main St. in downtown Galesburg. (JAY REDFERN/WGIL) A new Mexican restaurant is open in the heart of downtown Galesburg — and it’s betting on two things most Mexican restaurants don’t offer: breakfast every day, and a menu built around birria. Cielito Lindo Restaurante Bar y Cantina opened this week at 325 E.
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Pritzker signs new laws on birth control, AI regulations, play-based learning

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By Jay Redfern Verified
| WGIL-FM (Galesburg, IL) Verified
JB Pritzker signed 31 new laws on Friday. One includes a controversial measure that allows minors to receive birth control without a parent’s consent. Others ban certain ingredients from cosmetics, prohibit school administrators from using AI to evaluate teachers, and expand access to ovarian cancer screenings. Pritzker also signed a bill to conform the state’s property tax laws to the 2023 Tyler v. Hennepin County U.S. Supreme Court decision.
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