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Alleging 'unlawful conspiracy,' Country Financial sues American Farm Bureau Federation (opens the original)
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Country Financial is suing the American Farm Bureau Federation, the latest move in a series of escalating legal trouble tied to the insurer's decision to drop its requirement that some policyholders be farm bureau members. In legal documents obtained by WGLT, Bloomington-based Country Mutual Insurance Company [CMIC, the legal name of Country Financial] alleges the American Farm Bureau Federation [AFBF] has "openly engaged in an unlawful conspiracy to violate Illinois law through anticompetitive
State Farm to add 3,000 more jobs across the country in the next year (opens the original)
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State Farm, by far the largest employer in McLean County, announced Friday that it is ramping up hiring for its Claims workforce. Over the course of 2027, State Farm intends to increase its Claims team by approximately 10% — or 3,000 jobs. Due to regular workforce attrition, State Farm will actually hire closer to 5,500 new Claims employees throughout 2027, which balances out to approximately 3,000 net new jobs. A review of State Farm's current job postings shows multiple full-time claims roles
Heartland Bank and Trust to acquire First State Bank (opens the original)
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Heartland Bank and Trust plans to acquire First State Bank, the latest in a series of acquisitions by Heartland Bank as it grows its regional footprint. Heartland is headquartered in Bloomington and currently has 86 branches. The majority are in Illinois, with a few bordering Illinois in eastern Iowa and Missouri. First State is headquartered in Mendota — about 80 miles north of Bloomington on Interstate 39. First State is smaller than Heartland, with 19 branches throughout Central and Northern
2 Peoria Carle Health hospitals to become one this fall (opens the original)
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The current Carle Health Proctor Hospital on Knoxville Avenue in Peoria will be known as the Carle Health Methodist Hospital-Proctor Campus," effective Nov. 1. It's a merger Carle said will strengthen health care services in the Peoria area. There are no changes to the name of the current Carle Health Methodist Hospital on Glen Oak Avenue. The two separate hospitals will begin operating as one hospital, but on two campuses. Carle Health said there will be no impacts on staff and no disruptions t
Recalling David Foster Wallace's iconic essay on the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 (opens the original)
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As the nation marks the 25th anniversary of the attacks on Sept. 11, Bloomington-Normal literary enthusiasts are also marking 25 years of David Foster Wallace's essay The View From Mrs. Thompson's. It's not often that Bloomington, Ill., is the setting for a story in Rolling Stone. But it was in the disorienting weeks following 9/11. The eyes of the world were on New York City and Washington, D.C. But Wallace, an Illinois State University English professor and Bloomington resident, covered 9/11 t
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