The Downtown Bloomington post office has abruptly closed three weeks ahead of schedule, leaving downtown merchants and residents without access to its facility ahead of the postal service’s busiest week of the year.

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Just after dusk in LeRoy, the Merkle home at 305 E. Elm St. becomes something else entirely. Lights swirl across the yard, soft music drifts between the trees and seven tiny houses glow as if warmed from within.

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Electric automaker Rivian has unveiled new technology it says will put it at the forefront of autonomous vehicles.

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On today's episode, Rivian makes a run at Tesla in self-driving vehicle technology, Downtown Bloomington loses its post office just before the holiday shipping season, McLean County is waiting for guidance on how to regulate the sale of hemp-infused drinks and a LeRoy couple turns their home into a Winter Wonderland.

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The second part of WGLT's interview with retiring President of Carle BroMenn and Carle Eureka medical centers Colleen Kannaday.

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The City of Bloomington's police accountability panel took four months to resolve its most recent complaint against the department—a decision slowed by the group's inability to meet regularly. And now it's considering meeting even less often.

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On today's episode, Bloomington's police accountability panel considers fewer meetings after one complaint took months to resolve, Bloomington's mayor says the new property maintenance enforcement is really about education, plus Carle BroMenn's retiring president hopes to see better efforts to coordinate mental health care in McLean County.

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University High School graduate Destiny Ramsey, 29, has combined her love for basketball and business acumen to own and operate Royalty Hoops Etc. in Bloomington-Normal.

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Visit BN is looking for help from Bloomington-Normal to help shape the future of tourism in the Twin Cities. The organization was formerly known as the Bloomington-Normal Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.

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The health care industry has come a long way in 35 years, and retiring President of Carle BroMenn and Carle Eureka medical centers Colleen Kannaday has seen all of it.

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