From the WGLT Newsroom, I'm Jon Norton, a young woman from Normal who's starting her own home-based daycare says she's meeting a big need in the community. Wren McMorris opened her Little Love Bugs Daycare earlier this year. She's going through DCFS licensing now in hopes of expanding to care for more children.

From the WGLT Newsroom, I'm Jon Norton, a young woman from Normal who's starting her own home-based daycare says she's meeting a big need in the community. Wren McMorris opened her Little Love Bugs Daycare earlier this year. She's going through DCFS licensing now in hopes of expanding to care for more children.

I have gotten so many Facebook messages about families who need daycare

I have gotten so many Facebook messages about families who need daycare

right now because their child isn't in a good area or doesn't feel safe at their current daycare and it just like it breaks my heart to see that.

right now because their child isn't in a good area or doesn't feel safe at their current daycare and it just like it breaks my heart to see that.

McMorris grew up helping at her mother's home-based daycare and has long wanted to open her own space. Only a small number of new licensed daycares open in McLean County every year, including 4 so far in 2025.

McMorris grew up helping at her mother's home-based daycare and has long wanted to open her own space. Only a small number of new licensed daycares open in McLean County every year, including 4 so far in 2025.

Connect Transit's expanded service to rural McLean County launches today. The service is called Connect Go. It provides door to door transportation for McLean County residents living outside Bloomington Normal in Tawanda. The service is currently offered at no cost to customers. Reservations for Connect Go's.

Connect Transit's expanded service to rural McLean County launches today. The service is called Connect Go. It provides door to door transportation for McLean County residents living outside Bloomington Normal in Tawanda. The service is currently offered at no cost to customers. Reservations for Connect Go's.

accessible vans must be made before noon the day before a scheduled ride. Connect Go replaces show bus, which previously operated buses on a route system from Weston, Saybrook, Chenoa, and Gridley to Bloomington Normal. McLean County withdrew from an intergovernmental agreement with Show Bus last year.

accessible vans must be made before noon the day before a scheduled ride. Connect Go replaces show bus, which previously operated buses on a route system from Weston, Saybrook, Chenoa, and Gridley to Bloomington Normal. McLean County withdrew from an intergovernmental agreement with Show Bus last year.

And experts say a lawsuit targeting the farming machinery company John Deere could make it easier for farmers to fix their own equipment. The Federal Trade Commission in several states, including Illinois, are suing Deere. The filing claims the company is monopolizing its repair business by forcing producers to go through authorized dealers. Ryan Hanrahan is an editor for Farm Policy News. He tells the 21st Show farm implements.

And experts say a lawsuit targeting the farming machinery company John Deere could make it easier for farmers to fix their own equipment. The Federal Trade Commission in several states, including Illinois, are suing Deere. The filing claims the company is monopolizing its repair business by forcing producers to go through authorized dealers. Ryan Hanrahan is an editor for Farm Policy News. He tells the 21st Show farm implements.

have become more computerized.

have become more computerized.

What we're hearing from farmers and is just that these things are, are becoming unnecessarily complex and and certainly could be and have been in the past easier to repair, but as these softwares get more and more difficult to navigate, that's becoming an issue.

What we're hearing from farmers and is just that these things are, are becoming unnecessarily complex and and certainly could be and have been in the past easier to repair, but as these softwares get more and more difficult to navigate, that's becoming an issue.

Advocates for farmers say if the lawsuit succeeds, it would expand options for repairing their equipment. Sunny today with a high in the mid 80s. I'm Jon Norton, WGLT News.

Advocates for farmers say if the lawsuit succeeds, it would expand options for repairing their equipment. Sunny today with a high in the mid 80s. I'm Jon Norton, WGLT News.