Bloomington Ice Center

To create enough adequate space for continued growth would take "tens of millions of dollars," according to city staff who operate the only public ice rink the Twin Cities. The space crunch has meant getting creative with less-than-ideal facilities, but that's not kept people from coming.

Grossinger Motors' naming rights expired in 2022. The city is still looking for a sponsor to give the arena a new name.

Illinois Wesleyan's English Department hosts a cover-to-cover reading of Milton's 1667 epic—with angel and devil's food cake as fuel.

Manager of Bloomington Ice Center Michael Hernbrott will be inducted into the Illinois Hockey Hall of Fame under the coaches category in January.