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Photo: Karen Murphy Sleater-Kinney is back! The band—which now is a duo consisting of Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker—announced their new album Path Of Wellness, coming out on June 11 via Mom + Pop. After The Center Won’t Hold and Janet Weiss’ departure, it’s understandably a weird time to be a Sleater-Kinney fan. The “Hurry On Home” single cover featuring Brownstein’s real butt will forever be seared in our memories of the last pre-pandemic year. But this time, the focus seems to be more on the collaboration between Brownstein and Tucker. According to a press release, t...

Reditus Labs Originally published on March 16, 2021 5:57 pm The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has announced its COVID-19 testing sites in Bloomington, Peoria and eight other locations will scale back to four days a week as demand has declined. IDPH said in a news release the agency plans to shift mobile testing staff from its community-based testing sites to locations that have higher demand for testing, including schools and processing plants. Other sites cutting hours are in Arlington Heights, Aurora, Chicago, Waukegan, Champaign, East St. Louis, Harwood Heights and Rockfo...

Eric Stock / WGLT Bloomington-Normal’s intensive care beds have nearly reached capacity even as the county’s active coronavirus caseload drops to its lowest level in six weeks. The McLean County Health Department (MCHD) said Wednesday 96% of ICU beds are in use, matching the highest mark since the department started reporting hospital data in mid-November. MCHD said 89% of all beds are occupied as 74 people are hospitalized with COVID-19 in the Twin Cities. Eighteen of those hospitalized are McLean County residents. The county reported its 86th COVID-related death, a man in his 90s ...

Emily Bollinger / WGLT UPDATED 12:20 p.m. | McLean County health officials say the rate of new coronavirus cases has dropped in recent weeks, but they are calling for more vigilance as another holiday approaches. The McLean County Health Department (MCHD) reported 75 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Tuesday, while an additional 227 patients have recovered. The McLean County Health Department announced 75 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday. Credit McLean County Health Department Bloomington-Normal hospitals report greater demand for beds in the last 24 hours; 83% are currently in use, inc...

Ryan Denham / WGLT Illinois State University will provide its employees with free on-campus COVID-19 testing for the first time, starting next month. ISU has offered free testing to students since the summer, costing millions of dollars. But faculty and staff have had to go elsewhere, using community options like the testing site at the Interstate Center in Bloomington. Starting Jan. 11, employees can participate in free on-campus COVID testing, too. It will be available at a temporary building in the parking lot between Watterson Towers and Stevenson Hall, and at the former fire station...