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Bloomington City Manager Tim Gleason said the city of Decatur approached him “unexpectedly” about coming back, adding he pursued job in the Phoenix, Arizona area where he has family, but that fell through after he was named a finalist.
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Six years after leaving the top administrator job in Decatur, Bloomington City Manager Tim Gleason is set to return for a second act in the same position.
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The City of Bloomington has announced this year's winners of its annual Black History Essay Contest. They are all students attending Unit 5 and District 87 schools in Bloomington-Normal.
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Last year, the city paid $750,000 for an engineering firm to design the plan that includes improved walkability, lighting, expanded public art and significant infrastructure improvements.
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McLean County Board Chair Catherine Metsker suspended meetings for the behavioral health advisory committee. She's given little detail about what that might mean for committee members or the public. Here's what WGLT knows so far.
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As Bloomington mayor, Judy Markowitz led a successful campaign to add sexual orientation to the city's anti-discrimination ordinance in 2002.
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Bloomington City Manager Tim Gleason is the finalist for a job in Florence, Arizona. The Florence Town Council has an executive session scheduled about Gleason's candidacy Friday morning.
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The mayor of Normal said a potential ban on more smoke shops in Uptown relates to the purpose of the district. Mayor Chris Koos said the idea behind Uptown is to have an area that gets used 18 hours a day, and not just by university students but by the community. That requires a mix of businesses.
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The City of Bloomington may want more out of the sales tax money it sends to McLean County.
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The Bloomington Planning Commission will take up a proposal next week for a 51-unit apartment project on the site of the old Coachman Motel at Washington and Gridley Streets downtown. The Laborer’s Home Development Corporation (LHDC) has asked for a variance to reduce the amount of required parking.