217 Today: New program will give Champaign’s Garden Hills residents new safety features to curb gun violence

217 Today: New program will give Champaign’s Garden Hills residents new safety features to curb gun violence

ByFarrah Anderson

Wednesday, March 16, 2022 Today’s headlines: The field of Republican candidates angling to take on Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker is beginning to take shape. Local food producers are selling products online instead of farmers’ markets after the pandemic. Twenty-seven families are suing the state of Illinois over a COVID-19 outbreak at the state-run veterans home…

Local farmers started selling online during the pandemic. That trend is here to stay

Local farmers started selling online during the pandemic. That trend is here to stay

ByDana Cronin

PLEASANTVILLE, IA — When the pandemic first hit, Maureen Schletzbaum had to figure out how to sell her produce while avoiding human contact. Normally, she’d set up a booth at two different farmers markets near Pleasantville, Iowa, where she and her daughter operate Straw Hat Farms. But as COVID-19 continued to spread, Schletzbaum opted to…