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Thousands of Americans have been warned that their drinking water has elevated levels of a contaminant, lead, posing a ...
The John Kent and Eric Anderson's Country Financial Agency and the Illinois Farm Bureau are providing bottled water to ...
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Mattoon has gone almost a week without drinking water. Thursday marked five, nearly six, whole days without the necessity.
Eight months past a federal deadline, more than 90 percent of at-risk Chicagoans haven’t been told their drinking water could be unsafe.
The City of Mattoon has reissued a do not drink order after a harmful algal bloom has made the water unsafe to drink.
Mattoon Bagelfest will still go forward as planned this week and weekend despite the city being under a "Do Not Drink" alert ...
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Mattoon is under its second do not drink order. The first was issued last Thursday and lifted Sunday, but just two days later — on Tuesday night — it was reinst ...
The Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation has awarded an emergency relief grant to the Mattoon Chamber of Commerce Charitable Corporation to support locally-owned restaurants affected by the ongo ...
The Mattoon Chamber of Commerce is providing a similar similar service. A tanker of water has been parked at the Mattoon Area ...
The National Weather Service issued Extreme Heat Watches and Flood Advisories throughout Illinois. Here's the forecast.