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Live Blog: Friday's tornadoes were Bloomington-Normal's first in 20 years
Here's the latest reporting from the WGLT Newsroom following severe storms and tornadoes that walloped McLean County on Friday, April 17, 2026.
Elizabeth Johnston is chair of the McLean County Board.
Braden Fogerson
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McLean County Board chair is happy shared sales tax fund is starting to live up to original vision
Charlie Schlenker
Tim Ervin speaks at a podium
Emily Bollinger
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Bloomington-Normal Water Reclamation District will expand to Hudson and perhaps beyond
Charlie Schlenker
A progress thermometer showing WGLT has hit the $100,000 Fund Drive goal
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  1. Normal approves Uptown TIF measures and extends tornado emergency declaration
  2. 150,000 Illinois households may lose federal food assistance beginning May 1
  3. Faculty at University of Illinois Springfield reach tentative agreement to end strike
  4. A section of U.S. 150 in Bloomington will be rebuilt for the first time since the '90s
  5. George Wendt remembered as conservative 'stalwart' of McLean County government
  6. How to report damage from Friday's storms in McLean County
  7. National Weather Service confirms 6 tornadoes struck Friday night in McLean County
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