The LaSalle Veterans’ Home is pictured in 2020. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

A report released Thursday by Auditor General Frank Mautino found Illinois Department of Public Health officials did not take reports of a 2020 COVID-19 outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home in November 2020 seriously, refuting an earlier state investigation that blamed the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (IDVA) for the crisis.