Effective immediately, Monroe Street between Main and Center will be closed to all traffic due to sewer repair work.… MORE
Category Archives: Road Reports
IAA Drive in Bloomington to close
IAA Drive between Rowe Drive and Kurt Drive will be closed to through traffic beginning at 6 a.m. Monday for one day for water main work. … MORE
Bloomington issues snow route parking ban
The City of Bloomington has issued a snow route parking ban starting at 3 p.m. today that will remain in effect until 12 p.m. tomorrow.… MORE
Clinton Street in Bloomington to close
The City of Bloomington Water Department will be making an emergency water service repair on South Clinton Street between Felton Place and East Oakland Avenue.… MORE
Olive St. closed for sewer repairs
The 900 block of W. Olive St. will be closed to through traffic for a sewer repair.… MORE
Market Street, Oakland Avenue in Bloomington to close
The Bloomington Water Department will be making emergency water service repairs in the 2000 block of East Oakland Avenue between Moore Street and Oakland Court.… MORE
Kingsley Jr. High parking lot entrance on College Ave closed
The Town of Normal is performing water main maintenance, closing the College Ave entrance to the north parking lot of Kingsley Junior High today.… MORE
Wood St. closed for sewer repairs
BLOOMINGTON – Effective immediately, Wood St. between Barker and Livingston streets will be closed to through traffic for a sewer repair. Road will be closed until work is completed. Motorists should use alternate routes. … MORE
Intersection of W. Oakland and S. Roosevelt to close
By WJBC Staff BLOOMINGTON – The City of Bloomington Water Department will be conducting an emergency water main repair at the intersection of W. Oakland and S. Roosevelt Ave. Due to the repair, W. Oakland and S. Roosevelt will be closed to thru traffic. The closure will begin Tuesday at 8 a.m. and will remain…… MORE
Alexander Road in Bloomington to close
Effective immediately, Alexander Road between Butchers Lane and Beta Street, will be closed to all traffic due to street repair 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…