The Illinois Department of Public Health has posted the 2025 first quarter report of nursing home violations. Four facilities were cited for having the most severe violations.

The DeKalb County Board has voted to allow the DeKalb County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center to hire a position officials believe could have helped prevent the fiscal crisis that nearly led to the property’s sale.

Nursing home industry officials are urging Illinois lawmakers to increase the rates they receive from the state’s Medicaid system, arguing the current rates are outdated and are forcing many facilities around the state out of business.

Surrounded by family and residents of Liberty Court in Dixon, Chamberlin celebrated his 101st birthday Friday, March 21, 2025, with cupcakes, snacks and drink options.

Liberty Court resident Bob Chamberlin was celebrated by family and friends on his 101st birthday Friday, March 21, 2025, in Dixon.

The Friends of Sunny Hill, a not-for-profit group of volunteers, has been supporting programs at the Will County-owned and operated Sunny Hill Nursing Home in Joliet for 35 years.

Students from St. Andrew's Catholic Grade School in Rock Falls visit senior living facilities Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, for community outreach and in celebration of Catholic Schools Week.

Lawmakers in Springfield approved a measure that aims to protect warehouse workers whose workdays center on hitting quotas.

The “Harvest of Quilts” quilt show will be held 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Liberty Junior High School in New Lenox.

The Illinois attorney general’s lawsuit against Salem Village Nursing and Rehabilitation Center follows a $2 million default judgment issued against the Joliet facility on May 15 in a wrongful death lawsuit case.

Village Franciscan Place will become part of Prime Healthcare.

Six years after it was announced, a new wing devoted to transitional care for residents opened this week at the DeKalb County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Officials said they believe the new wing will help grow census numbers, a needed step to improving overall finances.

The changes predominantly affect how DeKalb County Board members will be kept in the loop to the happenings of the nursing center and oversight board, and who will be responsible for those reports.

Retired teachers in the Aurora area donated 55 friendship blankets to nursing homes as a part of their Friendship Blanket program.

Employment in skilled nursing facilities nationwide as of February was down 8.3 percent compared with February of 2020, the month before the pandemic hit.

The DeKalb County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center will save more than $1 million after the DeKalb County Board recently approved a new linen contract for the facility, a county official said.

A judge granted default judgment after Salem Village Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Joliet failed to respond to a lawsuit filed against them over the death of a resident who was attacked by another resident.

A lawsuit was filed in Will County against Salem Village Nursing and Rehabilitation in Joliet over what they claim is an unpaid $53,146 bill for pharmacy services.

Last residents moved out in February. Workers still on staff to close down facility say they aren't getting paid.

State Sens. Craig Wilcox and Don DeWitte delivered over 9,000 homemade Valentines to seniors living in nursing homes and assisted living centers.

Members were finalized this week for a new group meant to oversee operations of the DeKalb County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. The group is tasked with keeping apprised of the center's operations and finances, among other duties.

All residents of Salem Village in Joliet relocated as of Feb 8, but nursing home faces more that a dozen lawsuits still open in Will County courts.

Joliet Catholic Academy retains first right of refusal to buy the former Our Lady of Angels property.

Out of more than 20 applicants, only five individuals will be seriously considered by the DeKalb County Board for a seat on the DeKalb County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center oversight board Wednesday.

A DeKalb County Board ad-hoc nominating committee responsible for selecting applicants for five seats on the DeKalb County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center oversight board met for the first time Thursday.

The defendants of a lawsuit filed by DeKalb County seeking more than $8.3 million in damages from a failed sale of the DeKalb County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center have been given 45 days to respond to the lawsuit, a judge ruled Thursday.

A wrongful death lawsuit was lodged against Salem Village Nursing and Rehabilitation, which has a target closing date of April 10, according to state health officials.

The DeKalb County Board is seeking applications from members of the public for those interested in serving on a public board meant to oversee operations of the troubled DeKalb County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center.

The Illinois Department of Public Health has received written notice that Salem Village Nursing and Rehabilitation in Joliet plans to close with a target date of April 10.

If a group charged with overseeing DeKalb County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center operations is created, DeKalb County residents with relevant expertise will be encouraged to apply for the oversight board’s six public positions. Here's what the group may look like:

It's been two years since the DeKalb County Board dissolved a group meant to oversee its Rehabilitation and Nursing Center operations. Now amid a failed $8 million sale and a pending lawsuit, the board is considering bringing it back.

DeKalb County has filed a lawsuit seeking to recover more than $8.3 million from the would-be buyers of the DeKalb County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, who the county alleges unlawfully walked away from a contracted sale more than a year into the process.

Even though the $8.3 million sale of the DeKalb County Rehab and Nursing Center is off, some employees at the facility will get to cash in on a retention programed spurred by the sale process.

No sale: An $8.3 million sale of the DeKalb County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center to a private buyer has officially been terminated, with no immediate plans to search for a new buyer. Now, county officials grapple with how to fund the facility another year.

Developing: Buyers under contract to purchase the DeKalb County nursing center for $8.3 million have told county officials they now want to back out of the sale, documents revealed Tuesday.

It’s been 14 months since the DeKalb County Board voted to sell the DeKalb County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center to a private buyer. The sale has stalled, however, and the facility remains county-owned, for now. A state meeting Tuesday could change that.

DeKalb County board members are holding a special meeting this week to consider a new contract for the $8.3 million sale of the DeKalb County Rehab and Nursing Center. The sale has stalled for months.

A certificate of need application submitted by the prospective buyers of the DeKalb County Rehab and Nursing Center was deferred by the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board, likely delaying the sale for months.

JCA has first rights of refusal for Our Lady of Angels Retirement Home property located next to campus.

JCA is located next door to nursing home that closed this year and has right of first refusal on the land.

Not a single person, out of the more than 50 in attendance, spoke on record in support of the proposed DeKalb County Rehab and Nursing Center sale to a private company during a public hearing on Tuesday.

The latest step needed to finalize a sale of the DeKalb County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center will take place on Tuesday in DeKalb, as the DeKalb County government awaits state OK for the plan, already approved by the DeKalb County Board.

Residents and staff were treated to a fun day of root beer floats and cars at Franklin Grove Assisted Living. Trophies were handed out for a contest of decorated wooded cars by the staff and residents as well as a display of vehicles on the grounds brought in by locals.

DeKalb County Board unanimously approved the final step in the sale of the DeKalb County Rehab and Nursing Center on Wednesday, a week after learning the two companies to bid on the facility joined forces.

Once the approximately $8.3 million sale of the DeKalb County Rehab and Nursing Center is finalized, possibly later this year, both health care companies who sought to buy it will now have a hand in running it, county officials confirmed.

It was a chance for everyone to show appreciation for a treasured member of their community.

Staff and residents at Heritage Woods in Sterling celebrated one of their favorite friends, Margie Mathias, with a teddy bear tea party Friday, March 31, 2023.

Closing of OLA comes ahead of March 1 target date

According to county documents, DeKalb County paid $150,000 to keep the rehab and nursing center solvent. Gregory estimates $200,000 will be necessary in December and if the sale doesn’t finalize before Dec. 31 another $200,000 could be required from the county in January.

During 2022, developments have expanded in DeKalb County, buildings have been sold, community amenities have come and gone and several high-profile court stories have made more than just our headlines.