Five people, including an infant and toddler from Genoa, were taken to area hospitals following a two-car crash east of Kingston on Thursday morning, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.

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Christina M. Haugen, 32, who resided at the home, died in the blaze.

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An autopsy Tuesday morning confirmed the identity of the victim, who resided at the Emerson home.

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Police activity Friday morning at Jacobs High School in Algonquin was the result of a “false lockdown.”

A man found Thursday in the Illinois River near Spring Valley after a passerby saw him jump from the ledge of the Route 89 bridge died after arriving to the hospital.