To increase access to the COVID-19 vaccine, the McLean County Health Department will be offering evening clinic hours and its first drive-through clinic next week. … MORE
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About 77% of McLean County residents 65 and older have received one dose
While vaccination numbers have slightly improved in McLean County, the health department’s administrator says more COVID-19 vaccines are needed.… MORE
Congressman Davis tours mass vaccination site in Bloomington and calls it ‘bittersweet’
Central Illinois Congressman Rodney Davis toured the mass vaccination site at Grossinger Motors Arena on Tuesday and called the visit ‘bittersweet.’… MORE
Illinois National Guard members being deployed to McLean County to assist with COVID-19 vaccination
Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday announced the deployment of additional Illinois National Guard members to assist with COVID-19 vaccination efforts in McLean County.… MORE
McLean County announces new dates for COVID-19 vaccine clinics canceled last week
The McLean County Health Department has received last week’s shipment of COVID-19 vaccines which got delayed by winter weather.… MORE
LaHood heading to Washington hoping to secure more vaccines and funding
Congressman Darin LaHood (IL-18) toured Grossinger Motors Arena vaccine distribution center Monday afternoon before his trip to Washington DC and said his top priority headed there is securing more vaccines.… MORE
Plea deal has final arena fraud defendant paying $21K restitution to Bloomington taxpayers
A former top executive of the taxpayer-owned indoor sports arena in Downtown Bloomington paid almost $21,000 to the city government on Friday after his guilty plea to a misdemeanor theft charge.… MORE
Hundreds including mom and daughter get first COVID shots at Bloomington arena
A mass vaccination site is now open in McLean County for seniors and frontline workers.… MORE
Bloomington council to fund water study, okays $600K in parking deck repairs
The City of Bloomington is hiring an engineering firm to determine whether there will be a water rate increase.… MORE
Downtown Bloomington arena seen as county’s voting center on election day
Bloomington’s city owned Grossinger Motors Arena will become the voting center for all McLean County residents if county and city officials sign off on an intergovernmental agreement.… 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…