Michele Steinbacher
CorrespondentMichele Steinbacher is a WGLT correspondent, joining the staff in 2020.
Steinbacher previously worked as a reporter at The Pantagraph in Bloomington, and taught communication at Heartland Community College.
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Mental Health and Public Safety Fund awards range from $30,000 to $650,000, and will go to groups such as Home Sweet Home Missions, Lifelong Access, and The Baby Fold. -
The Normal Town Council has a new code of ethics, and though it’s mostly symbolic, the resident who proposed the idea says it is needed in today’s political climate. -
The program, focusing on the phrase “Life and Liberty,” was at the McLean County Museum of History and is part of the Democracy Dialogues series of public discussions this year, marking the museum’s celebration of America 250. -
Este año, la carretera más famosa de America cumple 100 años. El hito de la Route 66 se celebrará durante todo el año, desde Chicago hasta Los Angeles. -
Leaders gathered Tuesday in Downtown Bloomington to announce a yearlong celebration for the 100th anniversary of Route 66. Organizers expect an influx of tourism tied to the celebration of the famed American highway.
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SunVest’s plan calls for a solar energy generating site, as well as a battery energy storage system [BESS], at 2105 W. Oakland Avenue in Bloomington Township, and the area immediately east of Oakland Avenue, about a third of a mile north of Six Points Road. -
Edder Díaz, estudiante de la Secundaria Parkside, quien falleció a principios de este mes por lesiones sufridas en el incendio de una casa, fue recordado el sábado durante eventos que celebraron su tiempo en el equipo de cross-country de la escuela. -
Parkside Junior High School student Edder Diaz, who died earlier this month from injuries suffered in a house fire, was remembered Saturday during events celebrating his time on the school's cross-country team.
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Los nuevos datos del boletín de calificaciones publicados el jueves muestran que más escuelas públicas de Bloomington-Normal han sido marcadas (señaladas) por tener ciertos grupos de estudiantes con bajo rendimiento y menos escuelas se encuentran en el Top 10% a nivel estatal. Esto ocurre incluso cuando los estudiantes locales se unieron a sus pares estatales para mostrar mejoras académicas. -
New report card data released Thursday show more Bloomington-Normal public schools are flagged for certain underperforming student groups and fewer schools are in the Top 10% statewide, even as local students joined their statewide peers in showing academic gains.
