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Coping with COVID-19: Local Food Pantries

The pandemic is causing financial hardships across the country, bringing overwhelming numbers to food banks. Before the pandemic, according to the Food Research and Action Center, nearly one in seven households with children cannot buy enough food for their families in America. This is now creating pressure for local food banks like the Wesley Distribution Ministry, to help their communities. The distribution holds a monthly paper distribution including paper towels, […]

todayMay 4, 2020

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Local Garden shop Opens Today Under Pritzker’s Modified Order

Photo courtesy to Casey's Garden Shop Facebook page BLOOMINGTON, Ill.- This local garden shop is putting the "bloom" back Bloomington by implementing a full e-commerce site since the modified Stay-At-Home order was put into place. Opening today, May 1, Casey's Garden shop has relocated to a greenhouse up the street to do their curbside pick-ups out of. "We can reopen for customers to walk around and shop," said Horticulturist Kelsey […]

todayMay 1, 2020

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Heartland’s Art Exhibit goes Virtual

Photo courtesy to Heartland Community College  NORMAL,Ill.- Some renown natural lands in the United States, will now be viewable virtually through a new exhibit presented by Heartland Community College. Originally scheduled for presentation on Heartland’s campus, "mother•land" will move online to www.heartland.edu/artGallery beginning April 26. Heartland’s Joe McCauley Gallery presents an exhibit of still images by Monica Estabrook. Estabrook describes her color prints in the exhibit as anti-sublime landscapes. Featuring […]

todayApril 27, 2020

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Pritzker extends and modifies stay at home order

Photo courtesy of J.B. Pritzker Facebook page. CHICAGO - After announcing 1,826 new cases of COVID-19, the governor is extending a modified stay at home order. Illinois Department of Public Health reports a total of 36,934 cases of COVID-19, including 1,688 deaths. Gov. J.B. Pritzker will be signing a modified version of the stay at home order. The order will go into effect on May 1st. Illinois projects to see […]

todayApril 23, 2020

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Heartland Community College expanding Agriculture program

 Photo courtesy to Audrey Stickrod NORMAL, Ill.- Heartland Community College is taking steps to expand Agriculture programming for students in District 540. Heartland launched the Agriculture program in the Fall of 2015. Since that time the College has built a program that is designed to transfer Agriculture students toward a four-year degree. The creation of new certificate programs will also allow students to advance into the workplace directly from Heartland. Working […]

todayApril 23, 2020

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The Ecology Action Center hosts a virtual Earth Day

Photo courtesy EAC Facebook page NORMAL, Ill.- Despite the cancellation of a full month of previously planned events to mark Earth Day, the Ecology Action Center (EAC) has shifted to online and social distancing events and activities in order to ensure that Earth Day does not go unnoticed. Earth Day 1970 launched the modern environmental movement and resulted in landmark legislation including the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act […]

todayApril 21, 2020

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Two children now diagnosed with COVID-19 in McLean County

Photo courtesy of McLean County Health Department Facebook page. BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - McLean County Health Department is reporting two children under the age of 10 diagnosed with COVID-19. The county reports the two cases as 'household contacts," which means the children live in a house with another diagnosed individual. This brings the county to a total of 85 confirmed cases. The county reports 72 individuals have recovered from the virus […]

todayApril 19, 2020

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Pritzker closes all Illinois schools for the rest of the Year

Photo courtesy to Pritzker Facebook page CHICAGO- Following careful consideration of the science and close consultation with public health leaders and experts in Illinois and across the nation, Governor J.B. Pritzker announced that in-person learning in schools will not resume during the 2019-2020 school year, with remote learning days to continue for all pre-k through 12 grade students. "My decisions are hard ones, but they will follow the science and the […]

todayApril 17, 2020

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Black Lives Matter calling for visitation fees to be removed at McLean County Jail

Photo courtesy to BLM Facebook page  BLOOMIGTON, Ill.- Last night Black Lives Matter (BLM) had their fifth community call,  where they discussed how they can work to help the most vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis. "As you know, decarceration has been a focus of BLM Blono as COVID-19 continues to reach every corner of our society. We know that inmates are unsafe and unable to protect themselves from the […]

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