Greg Koos News Today

The Town of Normal and the Old House Society will host an award ceremony next week for outstanding achievements in historic preservation.

Only seven years ago, an empty shell of a worn and shuttered Mitsubishi automobile plant sat on the edge of Normal, waiting for rodents, spiderwebs and atrophy.

The band includes the guitarist from Vanilla Fudge, Frankie Vallis musical director, and more. Theyll cruise the Twin Cities next week to help kick off a Route 66 conference.

Lets test your knowledge with todays quiz from Bill Flick.

The Illinois State Historical Society is giving a lifetime achievement award to a McLean County man. Greg Koos is the retired Director of the McLean County Museum of History.

The last serious history of McLean County came out in 1908. That's about to change with the book, “Freedom, Land, And Community: A History of McLean County, Illinois 1730 to 1900.” The author is Greg Koos, the retired director of the McLean County Museum of History.

A new history of McLean County is coming. It's the first such comprehensive book in more than a hundred years. And it's the first to situate central Illinois residents amid broader global and national moments (other than the civil war). The history of Mclean County is more than just Abe Lincoln, Beer Nuts, and State Farm. There's this massacre of native Americans too which happened in 1730 when two French fur trading companies got into a competition and used different native tribe...