Welcome Curiosity

If you’ve recently moved to this area, you may have some questions about Downtown Bloomington and Uptown Normal. WGLT’s Welcome Home series is here to help.

If you ever had to describe Bloomington-Normal's best features to someone who's never been here, the Constitution Trail would certainly be near the top of the list. Which is interesting, because it almost didn’t happen.

Bloomington-Normal was dubbed the "trapeze capital of the world," with many of the best flyers hailing from and training in the area. The places they trained are gone, but evidence of the Twin Cities' circus past is hidden around every corner.

In the last 15 years, McLean County has gone from one craft brewery to eight, and another just over the county line in Fairbury. There are six in Bloomington-Normal alone. At some point, craft brewers will start competing and there won't be room for more — but not yet.

Amid a nationwide increase in dangerous driving behaviors, Bloomington-Normal’s police departments say staff shortages have limited their ability to do traffic enforcement.

Here’s the story of a strange strike in which everybody went to work, and everybody got paid, and everybody went to jail.

Chase Cavalera, aka the Local Tarzan, has become Bloomington-Normal’s unofficial go-to helper for those who spot an injured squirrel in their backyard or a pregnant opossum in their dumpster.

Retiree Barb Dallinger and university archivist April Anderson-Zorn will explain via a virtual Zoom talk that ISU didn't always have school colors — and why the institution made the change after student activism.

As Bloomington plans a multimillion dollar redesign of downtown, some who work there say they don't feel safe parking their vehicle in certain places.

The “Halloween” movies take place in fictional Haddonfield, Illinois. Clues sprinkled throughout the movies reveal that if Haddonfield really existed, it would be located near Pontiac right along Interstate 55. Other hints suggest it’s something of a doppelganger for Bloomington-Normal.