State of Illinois is throwing your money away

By:  Diane Benjamin I reported in this story the McLean County Nursing Home was forced to repay $244,195 to the State of Illinois as a result of an audit. The Illinois Department of Public Health claimed the State overpaid them.  https://blnnews.com/2020/04/27/mclean-county-nursing-home-fact-left-out/ The County was upset and blamed the Administrator (who has since resigned) for failing […]

Resignation letter only a few saw

By:  Diane Benjamin I wrote this story about the McLean County Nursing Home in April:  https://blnnews.com/2020/04/27/mclean-county-nursing-home-fact-left-out/ It recaps what I knew at the time about the long time administrator resigning.  Yesterday I finally received my FOIA.  It contained the resignation letter submitted by Cindy Wegner. As stated in the previous article, the County Health Committee […]

McLean County Nursing Home-Fact left out

By:  Diane Benjamin I filed a FOIA request this morning for communication about the Nursing Home.   The long time Administrator quit.  She gave 30 days notice, evidently the County hasn’t found a suitable replacement:    Job posting I spent most of the morning listening to the last County Health Committee meeting held April 6th.  I […]