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IDPH issues fall vaccine guidance and COVID-19 standing order to ensure access for Illinoisans

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) on Tuesday, Sept. 23, released new fall respiratory virus vaccine guidance and issued a statewide standing order to ensure access to COVID-19 vaccines.   Additionally, for routine, non-seasonal vaccines, IDPH recommends that healthcare providers continue to follow the CDC immunization schedules for children and adults issued as of Aug. 7 which[Read More…]

09.24.2025 | What You Need To Know Today

Aqua Zumba with Gigi. This class is a low-impact, high-energy aquatic exercise at the H-F Racquet & Fitness Club, 2920 W. 183rd St. starting at 9:30 a.m. Fee is $10 for club members, $20 for guests. Blood Drive. The Divine 9, a group of Black sororities and fraternities, is marking September as[Read More…]

Homewood man briefly detained after protesting Operation Midway Blitz ICE operation

Since the Trump administration launched Operation Midway Blitz on Sept. 8, confrontations between protesters and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have become increasingly contentious, and on Friday, Sept. 19, a Homewood man was detained by ICE for several hours after he joined a protest at the ICE processing center in Broadview, Illinois.[Read More…]

09.23.2025 | What You Need To Know Today

Flossmoor School District 161 Board of Education Community Engagement Committee will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, at Normandy Villa, 41 E. Elmwood Drive, Chicago Heights. The agenda is available here. Homewood Board of Trustees will not meet Tuesday, Sept. 23, as originally scheduled. In honor of Rosh Hashanah, the meet[Read More…]

The Dartmouth pedestrian bridge is slated for replacement after four decades of linking the neighborhood in the southeast corner of Flossmoor with the rest of the village. (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle)

Flossmoor board approves engineering contract for replacing pedestrian bridge over Butterfield Creek 

The Flossmoor board of trustees approved a contract at the Sept. 15 village board meeting with Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers for engineering work on the Dartmouth Pedestrian Bridge Replacement and Streambank Stabilization project.  The bridge, which was built more than 40 years ago, needs to be replaced because of[Read More…]

The Weeks | Sept. 21: Vikings win homecoming, Flossmoor streetscape, sewer relocation, OAKtoberfest, painting with light, LWV legislative write-in, Anew gala, Recyclepalooza, H-F musical

THE WEEK > Your government Flossmoor School District 161 Board of Education Learning and Instruction Committee will meet at 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22, in Normandy Villa, 41 E. Elmwood Drive, Chicago Heights. The agenda is available here. Flossmoor School District 161 Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22[Read More…]

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