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Lois M. Severson Age 77 of Morris
Lois M. Severson Age 77 of Morris, Illinois, died Sunday, June 8, 2025, at Morris Hospital. Born July 20, 194,7 in Morris, Lois Mae was a daughter of Russell and Lula (Danielson) Ness. She was raised on her family farm and attended Morris and Newark schools, graduating from Newark High School with the Class of 1965. On...
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Joan Marie Klag, 94, of Ottawa
Joan Marie Klag, 94, of Ottawa, passed away Saturday, June 7, 2025 at LaSalle County Nursing Home after a lifelong affliction with Multiple Sclerosis. A visitation will be held on Wednesday, June 11, from 9:00am until 10:00am at Ottawa Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial will take place on Wednesday, at 10:30am at S...
Jun 09, 2025
National News

Family threatens legal action after track star is disqualified over celebration paying homage to Olympian
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Senate Democrats file bill to prevent ban on transgender military service
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Trump administration says it will appeal order granting El Salvador deportees due process
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Private astronaut mission marks next step toward a new space station
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Family threatens legal action after track star is disqualified over celebration paying homage to Olympian
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Business News
What does the Trump-Musk feud mean for Tesla stock? Experts weigh in.
Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC(NEW YORK) -- A feud between President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk hammered shares of the electric carmaker on Thursday, before a lull in the acrimony on Friday prompted a recovery of some losses.Still, as of midday Frida...
Jun 06, 2025
US trade deficit narrowed significantly amid Trump's tariff escalation
Marcus Brandt/picture alliance via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. trade deficit narrowed significantly in April as President Donald Trump sharply escalated tariffs before pausing a large swath of the levies, U.S. Commerce Department data on Thursd...
Jun 05, 2025
'Danger zone': Top companies weather uncertainty as Trump's tariffs fluctuate
Scott Olson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Executives at major corporations, including Target, Goldman Sachs and Pepsi, have invoked the same one-word boogeyman on recent earnings calls: "Uncertainty."Concern among companies big and small about the unsteady...
Jun 04, 2025
Trump's sons distance themselves from new Trump-branded crypto venture
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A digital asset company has collaborated with the firm behind President Donald Trump's $TRUMP meme coin to launch what it's calling the "Official $TRUMP Wallet" -- but the president's sons, who run Trump's cr...
Jun 04, 2025