The Bloomington Water Department will be making an emergency water service repair in the 800 block of South Center Street between Oakland Avenue and Wood Street.… MORE
Category Archives: Road Reports
Raab Road near NCHS to close
Raab Road will closed to all traffic between Normal Community High School and the entrance to the Apostolic Christian Church located just west of Towanda-Barnes Road until mid August.… MORE
Road closure in Dry Grove Township
Road repairs are scheduled to begin on Monday and last for three days on McLean County 900 East Road between Old Peoria and Yuton roads in Dry Grove Township west of Normal. … MORE
Washington Street in Bloomington to close
Washington Street between Allin and Howard streets will be immediately closed to all traffic for sewer repairs and it will be reopened as soon as work is completed. … MORE
Normal plans road closures for high speed rail work
The Town of Normal has received a schedule of road closures related to the Illinois High Speed Rail project.… MORE
Creek Side Road in Bloomington to close
Creek Side Road, between Monterrey and Long Cove, will be closed to all traffic immediately for street panel repairs.… MORE
Connect Transit to move to electronic fare system
Connect Transit has announced plans to install electronic fare boxes on all Connect Transit buses by June 3.… MORE
Market Street at rail bridge closure
Market Street between Western and Morris Street and Morris between Mulberry and Market Street will be closed in both, eastbound and westbound directions for sewer camera inspection work and it will be reopened as soon as work is completed. … MORE
Bloomington to close part of Locust Street
Starting immediately on Monday, the westbound lane of the 1300 block of W. Locust St. at Western Avenue will be closed due to sewer repairs. … MORE
I-74 road work to begin next week
The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced that, weather permitting, work is scheduled to begin May 2 for the cleaning and painting of the structure carrying Morris Avenue over I-74 south of Bloomington.… 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…