Miller Park to host Special Olympics Polar Plunge
February 14, 2019Polar Plungers will brave the frigid water at Miller Park Lake in Bloomington, on Saturday, Feb. 23. The funds raised from the Law Enforcement Torch Run Polar Plunge® will benefit…
Polar Plungers will brave the frigid water at Miller Park Lake in Bloomington, on Saturday, Feb. 23. The funds raised from the Law Enforcement Torch Run Polar Plunge® will benefit…
This week in your farm and rural news roundup: Illinois set a new yield record for corn and soybeans in 2018, but no one knew it until the delayed USDA production summaries were finally…
It contains a mere 24 words, but each scribed letter contains enormous significance to documentarians of bygone events, including staffers at the McLean County Museum of History. Museum…
McLean County Lunch and Learn program to focus on stroke rehab Abigail Kerr, assistant professor of psychology at Illinois Wesleyan University, will serve as the next guest of the…
This week’s farm and rural news rundown will focus on the first USDA crop reports issued in several weeks, and the ramifications of the recently ended partial federal government shutdown…
McLean County Mental health focus of next WGLT Community event WGLT-FM, 89.1, will convene a panel of experts to discuss urgent mental health needs for Bloomington-Normal…
Back by popular demand is the fascinating mechanical tour coming up Saturday, Feb. 23 at David Davis Mansion in Bloomington. Ever wonder about the behind-the scenes mechanical workings…
There are two things Dr. Andrew Morgan is passionate about — theater and people with special needs. So, 15 years ago, he and his wife Kathy combined the two and founded the Penguin…
Rockford Fire Chief Michele Pankow has been picked to serve as state fire marshal, pending state Senate confirmation. Chief Pankow has spent more than 32 years in Illinois fire service,…
SPRINGFIELD — Giving almost no time for public review, Illinois Democrats pushed through a $55.2 billion budget for next fiscal year late Saturday, bolstering coffers with new taxes…
Two of the country’s largest collections of Native American human remains are held by museums in Illinois. To the director of one of the museums, the work to rebury those remains…
This week in ag, the fallout continues from RFK’s “Make America Healthy Again” report that recommends sweeping changes to how farmers produce food. We’ve also got info on big…
The Illinois State Fair will offer a little something for everyone this year. Fans of the fair and its food gathered at the state fairgrounds in April to celebrate the countdown of…
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office is projecting state revenues to come in about a half-billion dollars below the baseline projections assumed during his February budget…