By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON – The city of Bloomington’s Water Department temporarily switched its water source from Lake Evergreen to Lake Bloomington on Tuesday. The city announced the switch last week to help treat the algae bloom affecting Evergreen Lake and help further improve water quality, city spokeswoman Katherine Murphy said. Treatment of Lake Evergreen began…… MORE
Heartland Community Collage announced that it will be hosting a large-scale emergency response exercise on Friday.… MORE
The judge ruled Sean Grayson’s first-degree murder trial can be moved to Peoria County Tuesday afternoon.… MORE
On Monday morning, the Illinois State Redbird community honored the lives of the ‘Redbird 7.’… MORE
The City of Bloomington is encouraging residents to double-check their utility payments after an error on their Cycle 1 utility bills.… MORE
The public transportation system that serves Bloomington and Normal could soon expand to rural McLean County areas.… MORE
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) — The Normal Fire Department has announced the death of one of their probationary firefighters. Ethan Jeffreys, 23, died Monday after a battle with a “serious illness,” according to a post on the department’s Facebook page. “While he was only with us a short time, he had a bright and promising career ahead…… MORE
The city of Bloomington’s Water Department announced it will temporarily switch its water source from Lake Evergreen to Lake Bloomington next week.… MORE
On Thursday afternoon, Veteran’s Parkway will be t… MORE
On Tuesday, longtime public servant Dan Brady won the Bloomington mayoral seat, beating out incumbent Mboka Mwilambwe and Ward 6 Alderman Cody Hendricks. … MORE
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.” …
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…
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…
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…