Illinois

Before passing judgement on whether sending an invoice to someone who no-showed at an event they had previously agreed to attend, you have to ask yourself if you've ever done that. Or, has it been done to you?

Illinoisans have known for years that Chicago has an over-supply of vermin and pests, although the majority of us probably thought most of them were elected officials.

A 20-year-old college student has died while snowboarding on a hill at Duluth's Spirit Mountain.

Jordan Murphy had 17 points and 17 rebounds while Nate Mason added 17 points and 6 assists as Minnesota defeated Illinois 77-67 on Wednesday.

An Illinois father and stepmother are charged with first-degree murder in the starvation death of their 6-year-old boy, who authorities said weighed 17 pounds.

Kobe McCrary ran for 153 yards and the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter, and Rodney Smith added 103 yards rushing for Minnesota as the Gophers beat Illinois 24-17 victory on Saturday.

A Mayo High School student was killed in a single vehicle crash Friday in Illinois.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill.(Gophersports.com) -- Rodney Smith rushed for 100 yards and two touchdowns and Minnesota turned a pair of early Illinois turnovers into scores on the way to a 40-17 win Saturday.

St. Paul, MN (Learfield Wire Services) --  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say there have been 40 confirmed cases of the Zika virus in Minnesota.

Horsham, PA (KROC AM News)  – The Food and Drug Administration has announced a recall involving a snack product that was sold in Minnesota.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier says its longtime sportswriter died of an apparent heart attack just after completing work on the newspaper's sports pages.

Preston, MN (KROC AM News)  - An Illinois woman has been charged with six counts of criminal vehicular homicide, one count of manslaughter and ten other charges in connection to a traffic wreck in Fillmore County earlier this year.

Rochester, MN (KROC AM News) - A Rochester man is expected to face kidnapping and other charges for an incident reported to police last Wednesday night.

CHICAGO (AP) -- When he sentenced Dennis Hastert to more than a year in prison, the judge in the former House speaker's hush-money case delivered the verbal equivalent of a public flogging.