Danvers

The North Danvers Mennonite Church is celebrating its 175th birthday, making it only 20 years younger than the county it stands in. The church still operates as usual, hosting Sunday services, celebrating holidays and sending members out for disaster relief.

Senior Pastor Scott Boerckel said church leadership has strategized on the best ways to support the family right now.

With a natural gas leak from Nicor ruled out, officials said Thursday they're still looking for the cause of a house explosion and fire in rural Bloomington that's left three people critically injured. A GoFundMe has been set up for the Hoefer family.

The City of Bloomington is trying to figure out how it will meet future demands for drinking water.

The village of Danvers is getting a state grant to improve wastewater collection and treatment.

The Village of Danvers was among the more-local municipalities who received notice from the state that the levels of manganese in its water supply was too high.

Small-town officials in McLean County said they were all on board with the proposed Heart of Illinois multicounty regional reopening plan right up until a…