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BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — The Bloomington City Council held its first meeting of April on Monday night at the government boardroom and approved phase one of the Downtown Streetscape plan. On a fairly crowded night, four residents voiced their opinion on the approval for the phase one project for the streetscape program during the public comment […]
NORMAL, Ill. — The town of Normal held its first meeting of the month on April 1. Council Member Kevin McCarthy motioned to pull agenda items H and I from the agenda to kickoff the evening’s festivities. The motioned was passed with 9 ayes to no nays. Agenda item H discussed the approval of the […]
NORMAL, Ill. — ISU softball fell short two games to one in their weekend feud with the Drake Bulldogs at Marian Kneer Stadium. Game One: DU 10, ISU 3 The Redbirds held the lead until the Bulldogs tied up the game at three apiece with a solo home run by Desti Lewis. ISU pitching struggles […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – Becca Wagner was hired as the new Sports Director for the YMCA as of Feb. 26. Wagner has experience with organizing NCAA tournaments for sports such as baseball, soccer, softball, track and a variety of others. She helped with her first tournament with her father in 2005. Wagner explained how sports were […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – The Bloomington City Council held its final meeting of the month on Feb. 26 at the government center boardroom. Mayor Mboka Mwilambwe recognized firefighter Donovan McIntire for completing one year of a probationary period for the Bloomington Fire Department to start the meeting. “Donovan said he always wanted to have an active […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State women’s basketball rolled on to four straight wins in Sunday’s victory over Evansville 78-50 at CEFCU. ISU held its annual Play for Kay game which recognized and raised money to those who battle against breast cancer. “As good as it is to get a win, I think the community won […]
NORMAL, Ill. – The School of Communication at Illinois State University has been given authority for a new major of sports communication, it was approved Board of Trustees approved at their meeting on Feb. 16. The next step for this major is getting approved by the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) for it to […]
Image Courtesy of the Bloomington City Council BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – The Bloomington City Council held their first meeting of the month on Feb. 12. Mayor Mboka Mwilambwe started the meeting off by granting a proclamation to the Hindu Swayamskevak Sangh (HSS) organization for the Health for Humanity Yogathon. HSS is a non-profit organization that is […]
Image courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill – Raleigh DeRose filled the role as the new Illinois State soccer head coach on Dec. 13 of last year. DeRose carries experience as a player serving her undergraduate at Knox then transitioned to be an assistant coach – she later took the job at Brown University for […]
Photo provided by the Illini Cat Club BLOOMINGTON, Ill – The Illini Cat Club will host its annual cat show on March 2-3 at the McLean County Fairgrounds. This will be the first time the event will be held in Bloomington and this year’s theme will be March Madness. The cat show is expected to […]