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NIU releases crime data 2014-15 report includes domestic violence-related categories for 1st time By ANDREA AZZO aazzo@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Northern Illinois University police Chief Tom Phillips thinks the statistics on stalking, domestic violence and dating violence recently released for the first time will give officials a better idea of how to help victims. NIU released its 2014-2015 Annual Safety and Security Report on Tuesday and, for the first time, statistics now
include domestic violence-related crimes. The information was included in accordance with the federal Violence Against Women Act, which requires colleges and universities to Tom Phillips report domestic violence, dating violence and stalking, adopt student discipline procedures and adopt policies to address and pre-
vent campus sexual violence, according to NIU Today. “We can look at the areas we need to focus on,” Phillips said. “The information allows us to look at areas and target our prevention and education to those areas, and providing resources to victims of domestic violence.” The safety report is released each year as part of the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act,
which requires colleges and universities to release public safety information. Overall, numbers show statistics for 2013 were comparable to those in 2012. Noteworthy changes included a decrease in burglaries and increase in liquor law violations, which include underage drinking. The report shows a total of 34 burglaries in 2012, but only 15 in 2013. Meanwhile, there
By the numbers 2014-2015 Annual Safety and Security Report domestic violence-related statistics for 2013 n Stalking: On campus 1, Off campus 0 n Domestic violence: On campus 29, Off campus 3 n Dating violence: On campus 1, Off campus 0
Source: 2014-2015 Annual Safety and Security Report
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Farmer Ray Heinisch maneuvers his combine to harvest his soy bean crop Tuesday in DeKalb. Heinisch said there are precautions both motorists and farmers should take when it comes to driving on the roads. “It’s important to be patient and stay in your lane,” he said.
Drivers must watch for farm machines at harvest time By JESSI HAISH jhaish@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Ray Heinisch considers himself lucky that he hasn’t been in a farm-related accident in his 37 years of farming. Heinisch farms ground outside DeKalb, north of Northern Illinois University’s campus near Bethany and Glidden roads. He said the four-way stop near his home can get busy, so moving equipment during harvest can be dangerous. He’s already started gathering soybeans
this month. “This time of year is a busy time for farmers,” Heinisch said. “A while back they put in a four-way stop here, which increased safety, so I guess we’re lucky to have that. But people still need to be aware.” Mariam Wassmann, DeKalb County Farm Bureau director of information, said county residents can expect to see farm equipment on the roads from now through mid-November, as long as farmers continue to have good weather. “Farmers at this point have
gotten a good start on harvest this week,” Wassmann said. “Harvest is underway as some are harvesting soybeans and corn. It’s contingent on which of those grain crops is ready.” According to the Farm Injury Resource Center, tractor collisions with motor vehicles account for about 50 deaths annually in the United States. The center also states that in crashes involving farm vehicles and motor vehicles, farm
Stay safe Safe driving tips from a local farmer for harvest season, which is now through November: • Reduce speed when encountering farm equipment • Be patient and stay in proper lane, passing only when the driver has clear visibility and safe conditions • Leave for work or an appointment 10 to 15 minutes early
Source: Ray Heinisch, DeKalb farmer
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Hospital: Man with Ebola was sent home ER missed signs despite history of travel in W. Africa By LAURAN NEERGARD and PAUL J. WEBER The Associated Press DALLAS – The airline passenger who brought Ebola into the U.S. initially went to a Dallas emergency room last week but was sent home, despite telling a nurse that he had been in disease-ravaged West Africa, the hospital said Wednesday in a disclosure that showed how easily an infection could be missed. The decision by Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital to release the patient, who had recently arrived from Liberia, could have put others at risk of exposure to Ebola before the man went back to the ER a couple of days later, when his condition worsened. A day after the diagnosis was confirmed, a nine-member team of federal health officials was tracking anyone who had close contact with him after he fell ill Sept. 24. The group of 12 to 18 people included three members of the ambulance crew that took the man to the hospital and a handful of schoolchildren. They will be checked every day for 21 days, the disease’s incubation period. “That’s how we’re going to break the chain of transmission, and that’s where our focus has to be,” Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told The Associated Press Wednesday. The CDC reminded the nation’s health care providers to ask patients with symptoms if they’ve traveled recently. The American College of Emergency Physicians planned to alert its members as well. The patient explained to a nurse Sept. 25 that he was visiting the U.S. from Africa, but that information was not widely shared, said Dr. Mark Lester, who works for the hospital’s parent company. “Regretfully, that information was not fully communicated” throughout the medical team, Lester said. Instead, the man was diagnosed with a lowrisk infection and sent home. He was prescribed antibiotics, according to his sister, Mai Wureh, who identified her brother, Thomas Eric Duncan, as the infected man in an interview with The Associated Press. Duncan has been kept in isolation at the hospital since Sunday. He was listed in serious but stable condition.
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