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The McLean County Regional Planning Commission is moving to put its housing recovery plan into practice. After briefing the Bloomington and Normal councils, and soon the county board, commission director Ray Lai said an implementation committee will be formed with more than just governmental stakeholders.
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Ahead of the summer swimming season, the Bloomington-Normal YMCA and American Red Cross are promoting the importance of water safety for both children and adults.
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Scammers have targeted recent McLean County jurors, attempting to intimidate or scam them out of personal and credit card information over the phone.
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The closure of small-town grocery stores across the Midwest leaves communities with a hole to fill. A family in rural Benson is building a way to help.
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Members of both the Democrat and Republican parties on campus want Illinois State University leaders to close the campus on Election Day on Nov. 5. They issued a joint statement asking the university to make the change, citing long lines that have become common on election days at ISU.
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A citizen petition requires the City of Bloomington Township to consider a potential referendum that calls for stopping military aid to Israel over the war in Gaza.
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Reverberation Vinyl owner John Anderson is largely detached from the mega-music industry, which has capitalized on the resurgence of vinyl and squeezed some independent artists out. Anderson sticks to his musical values and passions, stocking deep cuts and undiscovered gems. Each spring, he hosts a concert in the shop.
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The Bloomington City Council heard reports Monday on the affordable housing situation in McLean County, and on progress being made in the first phase of the downtown streetscape plan the council approved last month.
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The Town of Normal is helping the National League of Cities observe its centennial. A century ago, most mid-sized and small cities and towns were agriculture support centers, in essence market towns.
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Even for those who are on board about recycling in McLean County, there’s confusion about what can be recycled — and perhaps some laziness about contamination. Those are among the results of a survey by the Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development for the Ecology Action Center in Normal.
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Department of Corrections officials lay out closure, rebuild timeline to lawmakers