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Candidate Questionnaire: Jackie Gunderson

These responses were submitted by Jackie Gunderson, the Democratic candidate for McLean County Board in District 9. See more candidate responses.Why do…

Lovell Resigns As McLean County Museum of History Director

The McLean County Museum of History has announced Adam Lovell has resigned as its executive director after only a year and a half on the job.“Adam has…

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Kathleen Lorenz testifies in marathon public hearing about McLean County GOP's $28K campaign contribution to her mayoral campaign

Kathleen Lorenz defended a campaign contribution from the McLean County Republican Party in her 2025 run for mayor of Normal during a marathon hearing Friday at the Illinois State Board of Elections' offices in Chicago. Lorenz's attorney called the hearing "smoke and mirrors."

Durbin Endorses Richards; Calls County Clerk 'Traffic Cop' For Democracy

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin took a break from Supreme Court fights and White House crises Monday to endorse Democratic candidate for McLean County clerk Nikita…

Protesters marching and holding signs outside the McLean County Jail.

Sheriff Sandage 'Aggravated' County Delays Demonstration Ordinance

McLean County Sheriff Jon Sandage is speaking out for the first time about a proposed ordinance to regulate protests and other demonstrations on county…

YWCA McLean County Adding Labyrinth Outreach To Service Offerings

Two Bloomington women's social service agencies will become partners. YWCA McLean County will add Labyrinth Outreach Services to Women to its list of…

Rusty water tower with the word McLean inscribed at the top

Group hopes it can save the McLean water tower, even after the village voted to move it

Water towers are the skyscrapers of many smaller communities that dot the countryside. But do these structures have any value when they are no longer is use? A group in one McLean County village believes they do, but their efforts to save their water tower may be too late.

FILE - A Republican election challenger at right watches over election inspectors as they examine a ballot as votes are counted into the early morning hours, Nov. 4, 2020, at the central counting board in Detroit. A review by The Associated Press in the six battleground states disputed by former President Trump has found fewer than 475 cases of potential voter fraud, a minuscule number that would have made no difference in the 2020 presidential election. (AP Photo/David Goldman, file)

Faction of McLean County GOP continues to embrace discredited election fraud claims

Donald Trump was just the second Republican presidential candidate in the last 50 years to lose McLean County. But the defeated ex-president still has sway over some GOP candidates seeking office in McLean County.

A lawsuit challenging the use of license plate readers by Illinois State Police was dismissed by a federal judge Monday.

Police departments in McLean County say camera data not shared with immigration officers

Police departments in McLean County that use automatic license plate reading cameras [ALPRs] say none of their data has been shared with federal immigration officers. This comes after Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said camera company Flock shared data with those federal agencies.

WGLT's Sound Ideas 03/04/20

McLean County Sheriff Jon Sandage takes issue with the Governor's proposal to eliminate cash bail. Sandage and other law enforcement leaders say there are…

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