R.F.D News & Views
— July 21, 2025Big news in agriculture to talk about lately, including the ramifications of the “Big, Beautiful Bill” on the upcoming farm bill, beef prices continuing to surge and the anticipated…
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Extreme heat watch, warning issued
— July 21, 2025The National Weather Service has issued an extreme heat watch for portions of northern and central Illinois from Wednesday morning through Thursday evening. Forecasters say that dangerously…
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Possible traffic hassles loom for fair patrons
— July 12, 2025The good news is that the gates to the 2025 McLean County Fair open July 23 for five days of festival entertainment and food: the not-so-good news is that road construction will likely…
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Bloomington man sentenced to 72 years in prison for child porn
— July 11, 2025A Bloomington man has been sentenced to 72 years in prison following a 2023 child-pornography investigation. Wesley Noonan was sentenced Monday. On July 12, 2023, Noonan was indicted…
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R.F.D. News & Views
— July 7, 2025With sincere apologies, this week’s column is heavy on the politics of agriculture. While we’d like to focus on crop progress and the weather — two of the farmer’s favorite…
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Prep clay target league booms in popularity
— July 16, 2025With virtually none of the media fanfare associated with Illinois high school basketball or football championships, 1,188 students from 74 Illinois high school clay target shooting…
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Bloomington man killed in truck crash
— July 12, 2025A Bloomington man died from injuries sustained Wednesday morning when his truck hit a tree. Richard Thoennes, 66, died at Carle BroMenn Medical Center. Bloomington police officers responded…
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Illinois to roll out direct admission to most state universities
— July 10, 2025CHICAGO — Illinois students won’t need to fill out applications for most state universities to be admitted — if they have high enough grades. With his signature, Gov. J.B….
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