BLOOMINGTON – Wood Street between Madison Street and Lee Street will be closed immediately. This closure is for a sewer repair. The road will reopen when the repairs are complete. Drivers should use an alternate route.… MORE
Category Archives: Road Reports
Mulberry, Front streets in Bloomington to close
Mulberry Street between Mason and Oak streets will be immediately closed to all traffic due to street repairs.
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IDOT prepping for Veterans Parkway, I-74 resurfacing
The Illinois Department of Transportation is scheduled to begin pavement resurfacing work April 3 on Veterans Parkway from Hamilton Road / Fox Creek Drive to Bunn Street.… MORE
Sewer repairs planned at Mason and Walnut steets
Effective immediately, the intersection of Mason and Walnut streets will be closed for sewer repairs.… MORE
Oakland and Florence avenues to close
Effective at 7 a.m. Tuesday, Oakland Avenue will be closed from Woodland Avenue to Kreitzer Avenue and Florence Avenue from Taylor Street to Maizefield Avenue will be closed to thru traffic for sewer repairs.… MORE
Normal extends Adelaide Street closure
Adelaide Street from Gregory Street to College Avenue was closed on March 3 for utility work associated with the ISU Softball Complex Improvement project.
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Lutz Street in Bloomington to close
Effective 7 a.m. Thursday, Lutz Road between Luther Oaks and Morris Avenue will be closed to thru traffic for sewer construction. … MORE
Lafayette Street in Bloomington to close
Effective immediately, Lafayette Street between Main Street and Berenz Place will be closed to thru traffic for sewer repair.
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Jefferson Street closed for sewer repairs
BLOOMINGTON – Jefferson Street from Main Street to East Street will be closed starting immediately, due to a sewer repair. There will be access to the parking garage only. For more information, please contact Jeff Raines, Engineering Tech. at 309-434-2225.… MORE
Mulberry, Cloud streets closing for sewer work
BLOOMINGTON – Two Bloomington streets will close on Monday, March 6 and Tuesday, March 7. Mulberry St. between Mason and Oak streets and Cloud St. between Ryan and Vale streets will be closed both days for contractor sewer work.… 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…