Ward 8 Alderman Diana Hauman says she won’t seek re-election to the Bloomington City Council.… MORE
Category Archives: Local News
Normal Council to vote on recycling mandates for landlords
The Normal Town Council will decide Monday night whether local government should require owners of apartments and mobile homes to offer on-site recycling for their residents.… MORE
IDNR: Leave fireworks displays to pros
Professionals should be the only ones to put on fireworks displays according the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.… MORE
From produce to bug bites, here’s how to stay safe this summer
As people tend their gardens and visit Farmer’s Markets, there are important things to remember to stay safe and healthy to enjoy these coming summer months.… MORE
Illinois surrounded by states with legal fireworks
The cost of getting fireworks in any of Illinois’ neighboring states depends on what kind of buy-one, get-one sales that fireworks stands are running. In Illinois, the cost of getting fireworks could land you behind bars.… MORE
Danvers Town Band introduces summer concert series
Sounds of the Summer will hit the streets of Danvers, as the Danvers Town Band introduced their summer concert series.… MORE
County board’s Rankin sees Knapp and Woods ‘rising to the top’ in state’s attorney’s search
A McLean County Board member is revealing a couple of the leading candidates being considered to replace State’s Attorney Jason Chambers, who’s leaving his job in August to become a circuit judge… MORE
Three endangered Red Wolves born at Miller Park Zoo
Zoogoers in Bloomington now have the chance to see new born pups that were once endangered.… MORE
Annual Spanish convention set to bring $1 million to local economy
More than a million dollars of economy boost will come to the ‘Twin-Cities’ this weekend when the Jehovah’s Witness welcomes all to the 2018 “Be courageous”! Spanish Regional Convention.… MORE
BPD’s Wheeler speaks out on officers’ stress, pain of grieving families
A pair of shootings that left five people dead and three others wounded over an eight day period has taken its toll on Bloomington Police, but the department’s new chief said the stress his officers have experienced is nothing compared to the suffering of grieving family members and friends.… MORE
Blogs
Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all
By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year. It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …
Is federal mobilization the answer?
By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city. Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…
In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans
By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…
Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life
Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University. We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk. Going to work every day for some people means…