This newscast aired at 8:32am on 6-10-2025 on WGLT.
From the WGLT newsroom, I'm John Norton. A move by the city of Bloomington to place new regulations on massage establishments and adult-oriented businesses is on hold for at least 2 weeks. Council member Molly Ward says the city didn't get enough input from legitimate massage business owners and unfairly ties them in with illicit activities.
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need to go through this with a fine tooth comb and let the people who know their business.
Advise us on this. That's how professionals treat each other.
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proposed amendments to city code would increase license and application fees on such businesses in an effort to halt human trafficking. OSF Healthcare plans to center its cardiac care in the Twin Cities as the hospital system shifts priority toward.
health services in Urbana. JT Barnhart is the president of OSF Hospitals in Urbana and Danville. He says they're working to relocate heart specialists to OSF St. Joseph's in Bloomington. We've just done a huge capital expansion at that facility around the cath lab, around the OR, around the ICU.
So we feel like a regional alignment around cardiac in Bloomington is going to make the most sense. Urbana and Danville will continue limited cardiac care through virtual visits and satellite clinics. All surgical and specialized care will take place in Bloomington. A federal court ruling to restore grant funding for AmeriCorps may mean those providing legal help at the McLean County courthouse can continue. 11th Circuit.
Administrator Will Scanlon says statewide funding filled the gap and kept legal aids in place through mid-August. Now they wait and see if the federal government will restore AmeriCorps funding. Justice Corps members help people in civil trials find and fill out the correct forms and get procedural guidance. In Home Sweet Home Ministry's request for $1.3 million in shelter, village funding moves forward.
Follows approval from the McLean County Board Executive Committee. Home Sweet Home CEO Matt Burgess told the committee he expects residents to stay between 3 and 6 months at what's being called the bridge. It's an estimate based on other shelters. The full McLean County Board will vote on the proposal June 12. Sunny skies in the Twin Cities today and expected high near 78. I'm John Norton, WGLT News.