"Here is your First Warn
Forecast First"
((CANDICE))
A BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY
AFTERNOON WITH
TEMPERATURES
WARMING INTO THE
UPPER 50S AND LOW
60S...YOU WOULDN'T
KNOW A COLD FRONT
CAME THROUGH LATE
LAST NIGHT.
WINDS HAVE NOT
BEEN NEARLY AS
STRONG AS
SATURDAY...BUT
THERE HAS STILL
BEEN A BREEZE AT
TIMES GUSTING
CLOSE TO 20 TO 25
MPH.
WINDS WILL TURN
LIGHT NIGHT BEFORE
SHIFTING AROUND TO
THE SOUTHWEST
MONDAY.
ANOTHER WARM
AFTERNOON MONDAY
BUT A CHANCE FOR
SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE PRESENT
AFTER SUNSET.
MORE ON THAT...AND
A SOMEWHAT
UNSETTLED WEATHER
PATTERN LATER THIS
WEEK COMING UP IN
THE FORECAST A
LITTLE LATER.
((ANNOUNCER))
LIVE, FROM WTVO
17...EYEWITNESS
NEWS AT FIVE STARTS
NOW.
((HANNAH))
THE NUMBER OF
CORONAVIRUS CASES
IN ILLINOIS --
SURPASSES 30
THOUSAND.
ONE OF THE NEW
REPORTS... A CHILD
FROM WINNEBAGO
COUNTY.
BUT GOVERNOR
PRITZKER SAYS MORE
HELP IS ON THE WAY.
FOOD BANKS AND
HOMELESS SHELTERS
TYPICALLY LEND A
HELPING HAND IN
TIMES OF CRISIS.
THE COMMUNITY
THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS
SERVE... NOW
RETURNING THE
FAVOR.
BUSINESSES ACROSS
THE STATELINE ARE
FINDING WAYS TO
ADAPT SERVICES AND
HELP THE COMMUNITY
IN THE FIGHT AGAINST
COVID-19.
YOU CAN ADD ONE "UP
AND COMING"
ENTREPRENEUR TO
THE LIST.
((HANNAH))
GOOD EVENING I'M
HANNAH ZETTL.
THANKS FOR JOINING
US TONIGHT.
((HANNAH))
WINNEBAGO COUNTY
HEALTH OFFICIALS
SAY THE NUMBER OF
POSITIVE COVID-19
CASES HAS REACHED
195 -- INCLUDING NINE
DEATHS DUE TO THE
VIRUS.
ONE OF THE LATEST
CASES -- A CHILD
YOUNGER THAN TEN.
THIS IS THE SECOND
CHILD IN WINNEBAGO
COUNTY TO TEST
POSITIVE.
LOOKING AT STATE-
WIDE NUMBERS... THE
I-D-P-H IS REPORTING
1,197 CASES OF
CORONAVIRUS-- WITH
33 ADDITIONAL
DEATHS.
THIS BRINGS THE
TOTAL NUMBER OF
CASES TO 30,357 AND
1,290 LIVES LOST.
AT HIS DAILY PRESS
CONFERENCE,
GOVERNOR JB
PRITZKER SAID
ANOTHER DELIVERY
OF PERSONAL
PROTECTIVE
EQUIPTMENT IS ON
THE WAY.
Gov. JB Pritzker
"These millions of masks
and gloves and other
PPE will be taken to our
state warehouse where
inventory and
performance quality
checks are done before
we ship them out to keep
our first responders and
our healthcare
professionals protected."
((HANNAH))
PEOPLE IN NEED
TYPICALLY LOOK TO
NON-PROFITS FOR
ASSISTANCE DURING
TIMES OF CRISIS --
BUT AMID THE
PANDEMIC -- THE
TABLES HAVE TURNED.
OUR MICHELE RAVE
CHECKED IN WITH A
FEW LOCAL GROUPS
THAT ARE NOW
RECEIVING A HELPING
HAND.
((MICHELE))
IN TIMES OF CRISIS
MANY PEOPLE CAN
TURN TO NON PROFIT
ORGANZATIONS WHO
HELP PROVIDE
EVERYDAY
ESSENTIALS. BUT
WITH COVID-19
PANDEMIC THE
COMMUNITY IS
STEPPING UP TO HELP
THESE IMPORTANT
ORGANIZATIONS.
Stephanie Caltagerone-
Family Support service
mother house crisis
nursery
A retired couple who
contacted us and said
"hey every month when
we get our social security
checks we really would
like to contribute
something and they
brought a case of diapers
and a case of wipes and
a giftcard so we can buy
formula for a family who
needed it.
NON-PROFITS LIKE
CHILDREN'S HOME
AND AID, THE YMCA,
AND THE ROCK RIVER
PANTRY ARE USED TO
GIVING BACK TO THE
COMMUNITY.
IN TIMES LIKE THESE
THE COMMUNITY IS
RETURNING THE
FAVOR.
Kim Adams- Bakke-
Executive Director Rock
River Pantry
A pallette of pasta came
in that we will start
distributing tommorow
and we also had some
fresh bananas that our
clients will love so that
was a wonderful
opportunity to partner up
with beef-a-roo.
Michelle Gorham- Chief
Advancment Officer
YMCA
I am always blown away
at how our community
supports its non-profits
and our community as a
whole they are so
incredably generous from
the very begnining of this
COVID-19 sitauation we
started getting calls for
what do you need what
can we do?
MICHELLE GORHAM
WORKS FOR THE
ROCK RIVER VALLEY
YMCA she SAYS AS
MUCH AS THE LARGE
DONATIONS HAVE
HELPED THE SMALL
ONES DON'T GO
UNNOTICED.
Michelle Gorham- Chief
Advancment Officer
YMCA
We've had some
indivdual donations that
are significant and large
and might have brought
me to tears
Leonetta Rizzi- Associate
Vice president Children
home and aid
So thus far the largest
amount fo financial
support we've recived
locally has been from our
United way for a total of
15,000 dollars from the
emergency needs funds
Kim Adams- Bakke-
Executive Director Rock
River Pantry
The Rockford Education
Association, the teachers
got together and did a
drive thru donation and
donated just under a
thousand pounds of food
ALTHOUGH MANY OF
THESE
ORGANZATIONS HAVE
REQUIRED MOST
EMPLOYEES TO WORK
FROM HOME. THEY
SAY THE NEED FOR
THEIR SERVICE IS
IMPORTANT MORE
THAN EVER.
Leonetta Rizzi- Associate
Vice president Children's
home and aid
We are seeing our staff,
families, and
communities come
together in ways we've
never seen and because
of this I know we'll get
through this together
((MICHELE))
IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO PROVIDE
ASSITANCE AT THIS
TIME FOR ANY OF
THESE NON PROFITS .
WE HAVE A FULL LIST
OF ITEMS YOU CAN
DONATE ON MY
STATELINE DOT COM.
((HANNAH))
THE ROCKFORD
WOMAN ACCUSED OF
CAUSING AN HOURS-
LONG STANDOFF
AFTER SHOOTING A
MAN SATURDAY -- IS
BEHIND BARS.
RACHEL THOMPSON
FACES CHARGES OF
AGGRAVATED
BATTERY WITH A
FIREARM,
AGGRAVATED
DOMESTIC BATTERY
AND UNLAWFUL USE
OF WEAPONS BY A
FELON.
THE EVENTS
UNFOLDED JUST
BEFORE 3:30 PM
YESTERDAY ON THE
2300 BLOCK OF
AUBURN STREET.
AUTHORITIES SAY
THOMPSON GOT INTO
AN ARGUMENT WITH A
57 YEAR OLD MAN --
SHOT HIM IN THE ARM
-- THEN BARRICADED
HERSELF INTO A
NEARBY RESIDENCE.
POLICE SAY AFTER
HOURS OF
NEGOTIATION,
THOMPSON
SURRENDERED AND
WAS TAKEN TO THE
WINNEBAGO COUNTY
JAIL.
THE VICTIM WAS
TREATED AT A NEARBY
HOSPITAL FOR NON-
LIFE THREATENING
INJURIES.
((HANNAH))
AN INDIANA MAN IS
DEAD AFTER AN EARLY
MORNING CAR
ACCIDENT.
IT HAPPENED JUST
BEFORE 7 O'CLOCK
THIS MORNING ON
US-20 AT US BUSINESS
20.
POLICE SAY THE 51
YEAR OLD MAN WAS
HEADED WEST ON
BUSINESS 20 FROM
WELDON ROAD IN A
WHITE FORD EDGE
WHEN HE DROVE OFF
THE ROADWAY.
THE VEHICLE
TRAVELED DOWN AN
EMBANKMENT... INTO
THE EASTBOUND
LANES, BEFORE
FLIPPING INTO A
CREEK BED.
AUTHORITIES SAY
THE MAN WAS
PROUNOUNCED DEAD
ON THE SCENE BY THE
WINNEBAGO COUNTY
CORONER.
THE CRASH IS STILL
UNDER
INVESTIGATION AND
THE VICTIM'S NAME
HAS NOT BEEN
RELEASED.
((HANNAH))
SAM'S CLUB IS THE
LATEST GROCERY
CHAIN TO OFFER
RESERVED SHOPPING
HOURS FOR FRONT
LINE WORKERS AS
THEY COMBAT THE
SPREAD OF COVID-19.
STARTING TODAY,
HEALTHCARE
WORKERS AND FIRST
RESPONDERS WILL BE
ABLE TO SHOP
DURING "HERO
HOURS" -- FROM 8 TO
10 EVERY SUNDAY
MORNING.
SAM'S CLUB USUALLY
DEDICATES THE TIME
SLOT TO ITS
ASSOCIATES, BUT
DECIDED TO EXTEND
THE OFFER TO
ESSENTIAL WORKERS
AS A TOKEN OF
APPRECIATION.
TO PROMOTE
WELLNESS -- THE
STORE WILL ALSO
PROVIDE MASKS FOR
ALL CUSTOMERS TO
WEAR WHILE
SHOPPING.
((HANNAH))
AN OREGON HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENT IS
DOING HER PART TO
SUPPORT FRONT LINE
WORKERS.
EARLIER THIS YEAR,
ABIGAIL RUTER
STARTED A BUSINESS
MAKING HAIR
SCRUNCHIES BUT
WHEN THE PANDEMIC
HIT -- THE YOUNG
ENTREPRENEUR'S
PLANS CHANGED.
RUTER ALSO WORKS
AT A NURSING HOME,
AND KNEW SHE
COULD USE HER
CRAFTING SKILLS TO
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
ABIGAIL RUTER, HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENT
MAKING MASKS
"I see how much
healthcare is struggling,
that's why I switched
over to making face
masks, so for every one
that is bought, one will be
donated to Pinecrest
Community."
((HANNAH))
RUTER IS ACCEPTING
MASK ORDERS ON
HER FACEBOOK AND
INSTAGRAM PAGES.
((HANNAH))
A BYRON BAR AND
GRILL IS GIVING BACK
TO THE FIRST
RESPONDERS WHO
HELPED THEM TWO
YEARS AGO.
FOR EVERY
CURBSIDE ORDER
PLACED TODAY -- THE
CAVE IN DOWNTOWN
BYRON WILL DONATE
A BURGER TO POLICE
AND FIRE
DEPARTMENT
EMPLOYEES.
TWO YEARS AGO
SUNDAY-- THE CAVE
BURNED TO THE
GROUND -- LATER
RE-OPENING NEXT
DOOR TO THE INITIAL
LOCATION.
THE CAVE OWNER
SAYS THEY WERE
ABLE TO OPEN SO
CLOSE TO THE
ORIGINAL SPOT
THANKS TO THE FIRST
RESPONDERS WHO
WERE ABLE TO
CONTAIN THE FLAMES.
Matt Pendergrass, The
Cave Owner
"It's pretty remarkable
that a big fire was just
next door, and here I am
sitting in a building that
was you know, had
smoke and water
damage but that was it."
((HANNAH))
THE BURGERS WILL
BE DELIVERED TO
BYRON FIRST
RESPONDERS
THROUGHOUT THE
WEEK -- STARTING
TOMORROW.
Singing: "Happy birthday
dear Martin, happy
birthday to you!"
ROCKFORD-NATIVE
MARTIN HERMELING IS
CELEBRATING HIS
BIRTHDAY EARLY THIS
YEAR THANKS TO A
SURPRISE FROM HIS
FAMILY.
HERMELING WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH
MESOTHELIOMA IN
FEBRUARY.
BUT HIS SISTER
SANDY KRAMER,
WASN'T GOING TO LET
THE SAD NEWS -- OR A
PANDEMIC-- DEPRIVE
HIM OF A BIRTHDAY
PARTY.
Sandy Kramer, Throwing
birthday party for brother
"We want to be safe, that
he can enjoy his birthday,
and when I discovered
that his half birthday was
on a Saturday, we
decided to run with a
66.5 birthday drive
through birthday party."
MARTIN WAS
CELEBRATED WITH A
PARADE OF VEHICLES
-- INCLUDING SEVERAL
CLASSIC CARS TO
BRIGHTEN HIS DAY.
((HANNAH))
SMALL BUSINESSES
NEED HELP PAYING
THEIR EMPLOYEES
AND IT APPEARS
CONGRESS IS CLOSE
TO A DEAL THAT
WOULD HELP MAKE
THAT HAPPEN.
AFTER THE BREAK --
THE LATEST ON WHAT
LAWMAKERS ARE
DOING TO KEEP THE
ECONOMY ALIVE.
((CANDICE))
TEMPERATURES BACK
UP TO WHERE THEY
SHOULD BE FOR THIS
TIME OF YEAR. FIND
OUT HOW LONG
THOSE 60 DEGREE
DAYS WILL LAST
COMING UP IN THE
FORECAST A LITTLE
LATER.
