Charlie Schlenker
Senior ReporterWGLT Senior Reporter Charlie Schlenker grew up in Rock Island, Illinois, and graduated from Augustana College. He has spent more than four decades in radio and has won numerous state and national awards for journalism. He lives in Normal with his family.
Contact Charlie at ceschle@ilstu.edu.
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The new head of the Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council is addressing past concerns and critiques of the organization as he lays out his vision for the future. -
OSF HealthCare is expanding use of AI to all its hospitals for potential stroke patients, including those at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington. -
Leaders at both Bloomington-Normal universities say they're pleased with their fall enrollment numbers as they confront the long-dreaded "demographic cliff." -
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin questioned direct government investment in private businesses and lamented lost momentum in fixing social security, during a stop in Bloomington. -
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said health care is about more than treating the sick. It's about a healthy society. Durbin was on the Illinois Wesleyan University campus in Bloomington on Tuesday, talking to students and offering them advice. -
More than a year and a half after a dispute over shared sales tax money began, the City of Bloomington, Town of Normal and McLean County have no resolution and no talks scheduled. -
The new permanent CEO of the Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council [BNEDC] is Tyler Cravens. Cravens has been the interim president and CEO since March when previous CEO Patrick Hoban left for another position.
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Bloomington-Normal tourism officials said the Route 66 centennial celebrations have increased out-of-town visits to McLean County by 3% compared to year-to-date figures from last year. -
The Bloomington city manager said a long public forum on data centers this week was just the early part of the discussion about data center policy. -
In all, 655 phone calls came into Bloomington and Normal emergency call centers during recent thunderstorms and high winds. That volume overloaded dispatchers at certain points, but the system functioned as designed.
