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Ault Mayor Butch White stands on a road dividing two farms, one irrigated and one dried up.

In Colorado, Farmers and Cities Battle Over Water Rights

In 1985 the city of Thornton, Colo. bought up nearby farmland and water rights from its farms. Now, some of those farms are drying up.

Mayor: First Coliseum Contract Was 'Death Sentence'

Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner said Tuesday that the allegations against the former managers of the U.S. Cellular Coliseum were “not at all surprising” to…

Protesters stand arm-in-arm as they block an entrance to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in San Francisco, Calif., on May 1. San Francisco sued the Trump administration over its threats to cut grant money to cities that don't fully cooperate with federal immigration authorities.

Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Punishing 'Sanctuary Cities'

A judge in California has issued a permanent injunction against an executive order that promised to withhold federal funds from jurisdictions that didn't cooperate with immigration authorities.

A man looks at a Confederate monument in Linn Park this summer in Birmingham, Alabama. Alabama's attorney general sued the city of Birmingham in 2017 for covering the inscriptions at the base of the monument.

Confederate Monument Law Upheld By Alabama Supreme Court

The Alabama Supreme Court said the lower court erred earlier this year when it ruled the city of Birmingham had constitutional rights to free speech. The city must now pay a $25,000 fine.

Abdullatif Al-Humaym, the head of Sunni Muslim endowments in all of Iraq, places the cornerstone for the rebuilding of the Great Mosque of Al-Nuri in Mosul. The historic mosque and its leaning minaret were destroyed in 2017 when Iraqi forces reclaimed the city from the Islamic State.

Iraq Lays Cornerstone To Restore Al-Nuri Mosque, As Mosul Rebuilds

Iraqi religious leaders officially initiated the restoration of Mosul's al-Nuri mosque yesterday. The mosque was destroyed as Iraqi forces reclaimed control of the city from the Islamic State in 2017.

Virtual Democratic Convention Keeps Milwaukee Out Of The Spotlight

Hosting the Democratic convention should have been Milwaukee's chance to shine. But the city's hopes were dashed by the coronavirus when health safety required the convention to go virtual.

Many birds can find more to eat in cities than they can in rural areas, according to biologist Given Harper of IWU.

Sometimes it’s better to be a city bird than a country bird

Bloomington-Normal is not a bad place to be if you are a bird. That's according to a study done by Illinois Wesleyan University biologist Given Harper.

In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, an Army missile is fired during a joint military drill between U.S. and South Korea at an undisclosed location in South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022.

A South Korea missile blows up in a drill and panics a nearby city

A malfunctioning South Korean ballistic missile blew up as it plowed into the ground Wednesday during a live-fire drill, panicking and confusing residents of the coastal city of Gangneung.

The Bloomington City Council meets Oct. 10, 2022, at the downtown Government Center, 115 E. Washington Street.

Bloomington water treatment plant to get $1.5M upgrade with focus on safety measures

On Monday, the Bloomington City Council OK’d a $1.5 million contract with G.A. Rich & Sons, Inc. to handle chemical system improvements at the facility.

Thousands of nurses in New York City began striking today for a fair contract

Thousands of nurses began striking Monday at two of New York City's biggest hospitals. They have already disrupted patient care, but nurses say they won't return until they get a fair contract.

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