Jaden Cohn
NORMAL, Ill. — The McLean County Republicans look to make one final push with election season right around the corner. Chairman, Dennis Grundler explained the ideology in which the group will stand behind. “We are for safety in the community, lower taxes and for government oversight,” Gundler said. In order to reach a variety of […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Over the last few weeks, both Bloomington and Normal city councils have updated and implemented new policies for the residents of the community. Bloomington The Bloomington City Council approved an emergency grant to open the Salvation Army’s new indoor facility on Sept. 9. The new facility will help relocate residents who […]
Image courtesy to news.illinoisstate.edu NORMAL, Ill. — Illinois State University’s Wonsook College of Fine Arts will display events for families and residents. The Visual Arts program and the Creative Drama Program are built into the “Saturdays for Creativity” events and will run from Sept. 9 through Oct. 8. Allison Alcorn serves as the director of […]
NORMAL, Ill. — Illinois State University held its annual “Festival ISU” for students on Tuesday and Wednesday. The event has taken place on the ISU quad in previous years, but moved inside the Bone Student Center due to excessive heat. The festival celebrated its 35 year anniversary after it kicked off in 1989. Jacob Rottinghause […]
Image courtesy of Bloomingtonbisonhockey.com BLOOMINGTON, Ill. —Newly appointed Bloomington Bison Head Coach and General Manager Phil Barski spoke at the Bloomington City Council meeting on Monday night. Barski stressed the difficulty of having a new inaugural team in the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) be successful in their first season. He provided a game plan to […]
Image from the Bloomington Council meeting BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — The city of Bloomington approved a new city manager at its final April Meeting. Deputy City Manager Jeff Jurgens was elected to be the representative for the new City Manager on April 18. In a unanimous vote, the council appointed Jurgens to the hot seat. Tim […]
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 […]
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 […]