The Mattoon City Council and the firefighters union may temporarily reduce the emergency medical technician (EMT) certification requirements for new firefighters to expedite hiring. The council will consider approving a memorandum of understanding with Mattoon Firefighters Local 691 during the council meeting at 6:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Journal Gazette Times Courier

In May, doctors announced they were seeing a new and rare coronavirus complication in children. Now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta warns, it’s appearing in adults, too. Called MIS-C, which stands for Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, the complication manifests roughly two to four weeks after a coronavirus infection.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Atlanta Journal Constitution

VIDEO: Crews are at the old Royal Coach building in Hastings Wednesday morning battling a massive fire. Due to the fire, thousands in the Hastings area are without power. According to Lt. Lani Forbes with the Freeport Fire Department, Barry County Central Dispatch alerted authorities around 3:30 a.m.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WZZM-TV ABC 13 Grand Rapids

While the Hoquiam Fire Department does not have a permanent Fire Chief, they have announced the appointment of a new Assistant Fire Chief. Interim Fire Chief Tom Hubbard, who serves as chief for the Aberdeen Fire Department and lends his services to Hoquiam, tells KXRO that the Hoquiam Fire Department and Mayor Ben Winkelman are announcing that Hoquiam Fire Department Captain Matt Miller will be appointed to the position of Assistant Fire Chief of the Hoquiam Fire Department effective November 1, 2020.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXRO 101.75 FM

The Lynden Fire Department is bursting at its proverbial seams. That might be because the Fourth Street station remains at the same dimensions as when it was built 50 years ago. Of course, in reality there has been growth of the department, and the city, in the meantime. Lynden Fire Chief Mark Billmire said the station originally functioned for an all-volunteer firefighter crew.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lynden Tribune