This newscast aired at 1:04pm on 5-30-2025 on WGLT.
From the WGLT newsroom, I'm John Norton. A Bloomington therapist says the supply of mental health professionals is not meeting demand. Kerry Company is a licensed counselor with good company counseling and coaching. It looks like only 24.
of the people who are seeking mental health services in 2023 in the state of Illinois with the number of therapists are able to get help. Company says those who cannot find help can join a waitlist with a mental health provider.
The McLean County Museum of History yesterday marked the 169th anniversary of an Abraham Lincoln speech in downtown Bloomington by dedicating a new mural near the site of the speech that would be lost to history. The unveiling included music from the 33rd Illinois Regimental Civic War Band, along with several speakers.
Including an Abraham Lincoln impersonator, the world
will little note nor long remember what we say here. We are remembering an occasion and a speech where that is literally the case.
Historians say the speech was likely an intense condemnation of slavery. The mural now covers the east side of Rosie's pub. The beach at Kam Lara Park north of Bloomington Normal is expected to remain closed until early next week. McLean County Park's director Mike Steffa says testing shows the water at Glasner Beach.
Has high levels of E. coli bacteria likely caused by Canada geese droppings. Stepha says Park staff has tried to keep the geese away with bottle rockets and owl and coyote decoys, but none of them work very long.
A new urgent care clinic in West Normal will open within the next month, mostly for Rivian employees at the start. Ivan Rees is chief operating officer of Pentas Health, who owns the clinic. Rey says it should take up a year for all phases of the clinic construction to be complete. We're phase one now.
And this is the primary urgent care side. Then we have diagnostics and then we'll have the surgery center coming in. Reyes says the 35,000 square foot clinic will be open to all in the Bloomington Normal area when complete. Sunny skies in the Twin Cities all day today with a high near 80 degrees. I'm John Norton, WGLT.