An explosion of coronavirus cases at the Illinois Veterans Home in LaSalle has state Sen. Sue Rezin calling for an investigation. 

The Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs says as of Wednesday 81 residents and 88 employees tested positive for the coronavirus in an outbreak that has already claimed seven residents' lives. Just two residents and two employees had tested positive as of November 2 right after the outbreak began. Rezin believes some safety protocols must have been broken and there's something to learn from the situation.

The Morris Republican says the American heroes who live there and their families deserve an investigation into what went wrong.