Though the area hasn’t quite experienced severe winter weather yet this season, it never hurts to prepare.… MORE
Though the area hasn’t quite experienced severe winter weather yet this season, it never hurts to prepare.… MORE
NORMAL – Adelaide St. will be closed from Major St. to Market St. from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, November 29-30, 2017. The closure is for water distribution system improvements. A suggested detour is to use Market to Emeline to Major Streets to avoid this area.… MORE
Old Farm Road between Fountain Lake and Windmill roads will be closed to all traffic due to sewer repair work.
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Staring Monday, November 20 at 7 a.m., Wood Street in Bloomington, between Mason Street and Lee Street, will be closed to all traffic due to sewer repair work.… MORE
The Bloomington Water Department will be making an emergency water service repairs in the 2000 block of E. Oakland Ave. between Moore Street and Mercer Avenue.… MORE
Beech Street between College Avenue and Mulberry Street will be closed to though traffic from 7 a.m. to noon Thursday for Comcast pole relocation work. … MORE
BLOOMINGTON – Effective immediately, Walnut St. between Elder and Clinton streets will be closed to thru traffic for sewer repairs. Street will be closed until work is complete. … MORE
BLOOMINGTON – The City of Bloomington Water Department will be making an emergency water main break repair in the 1500 block of Six Points Road. Due to the location of the water main break, Six Points between Woodhavens Dr. and Juniper Ln. will be closed to thru traffic. The road closure is scheduled to begin on…… MORE
BLOOMINGTON – Effective Monday, Nov. 16 at noon, the intersection of McClun and Olive streets will be closed for utility work and will be reopened as soon as work is completed. No through traffic.… MORE
Effective at 7 a.m. Friday, eastbound Grove Street between Clayton and Clinton will be closed until inlet work is completed.
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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…