Country Financial

Country Financial Trail will allow access from Raab Road, Vermillion Way and Heartland Community College's The Corn Crib parking lot. The trail will wrap around Birky Pond and run alongside 13 acres of soon-to-be restored prairie land.

The exhibit commemorates 100 years since the founding of Country Financial by McLean County farmers. It includes details of the company’s history and artifacts from the Illinois Farm Bureau archives.

The American Farm Bureau Federation has backed off a deadline to eject the Illinois Farm Bureau from the federation. That deadline would have been this coming Friday.

In addition to connecting Constitution Trail to Heartland's campus, the project includes the restoration of 13 acres of prairie, an atrium-style classroom and two bird-watching stations.

The American Farm Bureau Federation has kicked the Illinois Farm Bureau out of the federation in a dispute over member dues. The bureau responded by saying it is challenging the move in court.

Damage claims from Hurricane Helene continue to trickle in even as assessments from Hurricane Milton mount.

Mayor Mboka Mwilambwe says Illinois State University's future presence on Bloomington's east side may spark development of Country Financial’s remaining 26 vacant acres at GE and Hershey roads.

At a contentious meeting, Illinois State University's governing body approved the purchase of property from Country Financial, finalizing a plan to house the forthcoming College of Engineering on G.E. Road in Bloomington.

At Friday's board of trustees meeting, ISU's administration will seek approval of a plan to spend no more than $17.5 million to purchase property at 1709 and 1711 G.E. Road in Bloomington. The purchase would mark a pivot away from long-held plans to renovate two, on-campus buildings for the new College of Engineering.

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