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WGLT's Sound Ideas - Thursday 12/4/2025
On today's episode, the argument that private schools in Illinois have a competitive advantage in sports has resurfaced after last weekend's state football finals in Normal, two members of Illinois' highest court laud McLean County's newest problem-solving court, Heartland Community College highlig…
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WGLT's Sound Ideas - Wednesday 12/3/2025
On today's episode, the Town of Normal disagrees with the firefighter union's assessment that the College Avenue needs to stay open; Casper Brewing Company has a new lager inspired by McLean County's beer-making past; and a sit down with Samara Jane, the winner of WGLT's inaugural Highway 309 Studi…
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WGLT's Sound Ideas - Tuesday 12/2/2025
On today's episode, WGLT tracks prices on various goods and services in Bloomington-Normal, a new institute at ISU aims to help students the educators navigate the new world of AI, plus McLean County Toys for Tots has been providing Christmas joy to children for a quarter century.
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WGLT's Sound Ideas - Monday 12/1/2025
On today's episode, U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen discusses healthcare funding, executive power, socialism, the Epstein files and Ukraine; a running shoe store in Normal prepares for its final lap after 30 years in business and students at a sign language class in Normal get a surprise visit from a signi…
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WGLT's Sound Ideas - Tuesday 11/25/2025
On today's episode, the governor's office discusses a 10-year high for Illinois' public universities, a junior high classroom in Normal is getting a makeover after winning a nationwide contest, the latest McHistory takes us back to the time when downtown Bloomington was the premier destination for …
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WGLT's Sound Ideas - Monday 11/24/2025
On today's episode, the family of a seventh-grader who died after a fire finds hope after tragedy, McLean County invests in eye movement and memory therapy training for counselors and social workers, a Lexington man who goes to Starved Rock weekly to clear his mind is honored for his volunteerism, …
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WGLT's Sound Ideas - Friday 11/21/2025
On today's episode, a community survey aims to reveal gaps in mental health and substance abuse treatment in McLean County; research shows education works to rehabilitate incarcerated people, but quality programs don’t exist at every Illinois prison; University High School celebrates a state champi…
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WGLT's Sound Ideas - Thursday 11/20/2025
On today's episode, the last in WGLT's series on a mobile home operator's business practices, McLean County's new mental health plan more help for young adults and a McLean County village turns back time to boost traffic for the Route 66 centennial.
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WGLT's Sound Ideas - Wednesday 11/19/2025
On today's episode, firefighters in Normal say the town's plans to close its College Avenue station will leave an older population at greater risk due to longer emergency response times, the third in WGLT's series on a mobile home operator's business practices and how its Bloomington-Normal tenants…
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WGLT's Sound Ideas - Tuesday 11/18/2025
On today's episode, the second of WGLT's four-part series on mobile home operator Oak Wood business practices in Bloomington-Normal, Bloomington High School students are getting used to a cell phone ban at school and an ISU scholar says CEOs are making a lot more now, but a lot more is asked of the…
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