The Bloomington Water Department will be making an emergency water service repair in the 800 block of North Lee Street.… MORE
Category Archives: Road Reports
Clearwater Avenue in Bloomington to close for water main repairs
The City of Bloomington Water Department will be repairing an emergency water main leak on Clearwater Avenue between Hershey and Dallas starting Wednesday morning.… MORE
Lane closures on Main Street in Normal
Ameren has started performing utility work at Dry Grove and northbound Main Street.… MORE
Euclid Ave at West Grove St to close
Effective Tuesday, December 12, the intersection of Euclid Avenue and West Grove Street will be closed to thru traffic for sewer repairs.… MORE
Adelaide St. closing Tues. and Wed. for water system work
NORMAL – Adelaide St. will be closed from Kern St. to Market St. from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday, December 12-13, 2017. The closure is for water distribution system improvements. A suggested detour is to use Market to Howard to Kern Streets to avoid this area.… MORE
West Division Street in Bloomington to close
The Bloomington Water Department will be making an emergency water service repairs in the 200 block of West Division Street starting Monday.… MORE
Fell Avenue north of Emerson Street to close
Effective December 4, Fell Avenue just north of Emerson Street will be closed to thru traffic for sewer maintenance work.… MORE
Santa’s Station to open after Uptown Normal mini parade
Santa Claus is coming to town. Uptown actually.… MORE
IAA Drive in Bloomington to close
IAA Drive between Kurt and Rowe drives will be closed to through traffic for road maintenance work starting Thursday.
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Police ask drivers to ‘chill out,’ take extra time this winter
Though the area hasn’t quite experienced severe winter weather yet this season, it never hurts to prepare.… 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…