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YMCA receives $7K grant

Mercer Avenue, Bloomington — The 900 block of South Mercer Avenue, between Kemmer and Benjamin lanes, is closed to through traffic until 3:30 p.m. Friday for emergency water main repairs.

Friday

BLOOMINGTON — A Bloomington nursing home has been fined by the state because of inadequate staffing and lapses in resident care that, in some cases, resulted in hospitalizations.

Belt Drive, Normal – Belt Drive, between Maplewood Drive and Ethell Parkway, will be closed Thursday through March 15 for repair work on the bridge over Sugar Creek.

NORMAL — More training and resources are needed to recognize and help victims of human trafficking, according to participants in a round-table discussion on the subject on Tuesday at Heartland Community College.

Exhibitor expo registration open

Wednesday

BLOOMINGTON — Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti, co-chair of the Governor's Opioid Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force, wants to reduce opioid deaths in Illinois by one-third in three years.

$25 matches OK'd for LINK users