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Normandy Village hosted its first Festi-Fall celebration Sunday, Nov. 8, at 1100 N. Beech St. in Normal. The festival, which ran from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., featured pumpkin painting, wood-fired pizza, live music and more. Hundreds of people attended. Illinois State University Alumnus Dylan Hile-Broad and his mother coordinated the event. “It is a celebration […]
NORMAL, Ill. — The Normal Public Library has put out a survey for the community to participate in the creation of a new strategic plan for the public library. This survey comes at a time when the previous strategic plan expired and a new plan needed to be created and implemented. John Fischer, the Director […]
The Town of Normal, established in 1865, has a rich history behind it. The town preserves that history through the three historic districts: Cedar Crest, Highland and Old North. Normal has a historic preservation code in the town’s zoning code to protect architecture. “The main mission of the code is to preserve our architectural history […]
Photo Courtesy from Enjoy Illinois before COVID NORMAL, Ill.- The town of Normal will highlight local businesses that are in town to help the start this upcoming holiday season. The Town of Normal Communications Specialist Rachelle Cantero spoke about the event and what the local businesses are doing. “We like to think that Holiday Open […]
Photo courtesy of @IllinoisStateU Twitter NORMAL, Ill. – October usually signals the coming of Halloween costumes, vibrant orange and red leaves, and chilly temperatures. And while the costumes will still be prominent this fall, the latter two may not. Due to climate change, this October has been unseasonably warm– breaking or almost breaking temperature records […]
Illinois News Broadcasters Association held an event in which they named Bloomington-Normal native and U.S. Representative Adam Kinzinger as Illiniosan of the Year. The event primarily consisted of Kinzinger talking about his experience during the January 6 insurrection. During the event, Kinzinger touched on certain topics that occurred during the summer of 2020. He brought […]
NORMAL, Ill.-On Monday students and residents of Normal gathered together in Uptown after a mural of ISU graduate student Jelani Day was taken down. There were key speakers at the event ranging from residents, employers of the area, students, and more. The community took time to commemorate the life of Jelani Day and Black Lives […]
Photo courtesy to Crunch Fitness Facebook NORMAL, Ill.- Starting a business, doing yoga or working hard at school are some items on people’s New Year’s resolutions lists. A popular goal that individuals try to reach each year is going to the gym or staying in shape. Recently, Crunch Fitness has opened a new location in […]
Photo courtesy to Normal Town Council YouTube NORMAL, Ill.- On the agenda was the resolution to award the bid for the Main Street Water Main Extension Project to SNC Construction, at the cost of $417,505.59. Plus up to a Potential $5,000 bonus for early completion. The resolution also authorizes City Manager to execute agreements with Union Pacific and RailPros. Put […]
Photo courtesy to ISU NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State University students share their concerns regarding returning to campus and the new implication of ProctorTrack. In the beginning of the semester, some students felt strongly that ISU’s response to COVID-19 was not enough. One ISU student and SGA member, Jaman Lewis says that from the beginning […]