Normal Avenue between Gregory Street and Grant Street will be closed to thru traffic for sewer repairs starting at 7:00 a.m. Tuesday, weather permitting.… MORE
Category Archives: Road Reports
County Highway 30 closing for road repairs
County Highway 30 between Harvest Hill Road and Old colonial Road will be closed to through traffic on Monday and going through Aug. 6, weather permitting, for road repairs.… MORE
Butchers Lane in Bloomington to close
Butchers Lane from Morris Avenue west to Sweetbriar Street, will be closed to thru traffic. … MORE
Gridley Road closing for culvert work
By WJBC Staff BLOOMINGTON – Gridley Road between PJ Keller Highway and Kappa Road will be closed to through traffic on Thursday and Friday, weather permitting, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The closure is due to culvert work in the area.… MORE
Road closure for Kappa to Towanda Barnes
Kappa Road, which is also CH 6, will be closed between 1850 East Rd to Towanda Barnes Rd, which is also CH 29 or 1925 East Rd, to through traffic.… MORE
Jackson Street sewer work to begin
Weather permitting, McLean Street will be closed to through traffic on Jackson Streets starting Monday for sewer construction. … MORE
Danvers Yuton Road to close for rail maintenance
Due to Northern Southern railway maintenance, there will be a road closure will occur at the rail crossing on Danvers Yuton Road (which is also CH 18 or 1700 North Road) to through traffic on Wednesday through Friday weather permitting.
… MORE
Gridley Street closed for railway maintenance
Due to Norfolk Southern Railway Maintenance, road closures and sidewalk closures will occur at the rail crossing on Gridley Street between Mission Drive and Oakland Avenue Wednesday through Friday.
… MORE
Street resurfacing planned in Bloomington
Street resurfacing operations will occur on Hershey Road immediately south of Empire Street, Prospect Road immediately south of Empire Street and at the intersection of Prospect Road and Washington Street next Monday through Friday. … MORE
Lee Street closed for rail maintenance
Due to Norfolk Southern railway maintenance, road closures and sidewalk closures will occur at the rail crossing on Lee Street between between Taylor and Olive streets next Monday through Wednesday. … 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…