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Image courtesy of McLean County NORMAL, Ill. – The third district county board seat for McLean County is open this year. In the primary election on March 19, two republicans are running for the nomination, Incumbent George Wendt and Bloomington farmer and businessman Brian Loeffler. The third district covers a large sector in the southwest […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Last weekend, the Jelani Day Foundation held their second annual memorial dinner for the late Illinois State University graduate student. In 2021, Day was studying speech pathology and he went missing before eventually being found dead weeks later. Now, the Jelani Day Foundation aims to keep his memory alive and help people […]
Image courtesy of the Federal Trade Commission. NORMAL, Ill. – This week was National Identity Theft Awareness Week, an annual event meant to help people avoid getting their information stolen. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), data breaches, lost wallets and hacked online accounts are all potential ways to get your identity stolen. Normal […]
Photo provided by the ISU Graduate Workers Union NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State University Graduate Workers Union is still in negotiations with the university over fair wages after several months of talks. The union, which has over 450 members, represents graduate students who are also employees of the university, including many instructors and TAs. […]
Photo provided by Janessa Williams NORMAL, Ill. – The Normal and Bloomington Human Relations Commission is holding their annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Luncheon in the Brown Ballroom on Saturday, Jan. 20 from 1-3 p.m. The event has been running for the past 48 years and also includes the presentation of the “I Have […]
Image Courtesy of McLean County Democrats NORMAL, Ill. – The McLean County Democrats held their annual Obama Legacy Dinner last Friday, Nov. 10, in the Brown Ballroom of Illinois State University. The event is centered around raising funds for two scholarships for students in the local area. The Obama Legacy scholarship is awarded to one […]
Photo provided by OSF Healthcare BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – Illinois Wesleyan Athletics and OSF Healthcare have announced an official partnership between the two organizations. The two groups have entered into an exclusive three-year long agreement in which OSF will provide medical care for all IWU student athletes with the possibility to renew after the three years […]
Photo provided by Tom Keyser NORMAL, Ill. – The John Green Building has been reallocated and is awaiting renovations for Illinois State University’s upcoming College of Engineering. The John Green Building is currently the home of the university’s Office of Energy Management, across the street from University High School on Gregory Street. It was originally […]
Photo provided by Illinois State University NORMAL, Ill. – Faculty at Illinois State University are in the process of forming a union for tenure-track professors. The process of organizing this group has been going on for over two years now according to Assistant Professor of History Keith Pluymers, a faculty member who has been heavily […]
NORMAL, Ill. – The Normal Town Council held their first council meeting of the month on October 2. The meeting was brief, featuring little beyond regular business under the agenda. The items under this cumulative agenda were passed unanimously. Council Member Chemberly Harris was absent from the meeting. Council Member Kathleen Lorenz asked about the […]