LINCOLN — The winter weather storm moving through Illinois has been heavier in the southern and eastern regions of the state, according to the National Weather Service in Lincoln.
A couple of the heavier bands of snow have been dumping about an inch per hour, said Alex Erwin of the National Weather Service.
“For the roadways, if you don’t have to be out in this, don’t be out. Stay home. Let the road crews try to get their job done and stay off the roadways, I know I’ve been hearing lots of reports that they’re very hazardous,” Erwin said.
At least 2-4 inches of snow has fallen in Bloomington and the surrounding communities since about noon, while about 3-4 inches of snow is forecasted to accumulate throughout the rest of Monday night.
A total of 5-7 inches is expected to accumulate from Monday, with some areas reaching up to 9 inches.
10 photos of the downtown State Farm building
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Workers completed first-floor brickwork and windows in the State Farm Insurance Building in downtown in 1929. State Farm announced that the building will be demolished after a sale fell through.
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The State Farm Insurance Company's downtown office building towers over downtown Bloomington in 1935.
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The lobby of the State Farm Insurance Building in downtown Bloomington included elevator operators in 1930.
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Office workers typed and filed paperwork in an upper floor of the State Farm Insurance Building in downtown Bloomington in 1930.
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Construction of the State Farm Insurance Building in downtown Bloomington was close to completion in 1929.
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Workers climbed on the roof of the State Farm Insurance Building in downtown Bloomington about 1929.
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Construction of the top floor of the State Farm Insurance Building in downtown Bloomington neared completion in 1929.
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Insurance agents marched through downtown Bloomington during a parade that swept to the State Farm Insurance Building in 1935.
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A book keeping machine at State Farm Insurance in downtown Bloomington was all the rage in the 1930s.
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Traffic passes the former State Farm headquarters building Thursday, July 18, 2019, on North East Street in downtown Bloomington.
Kade Heather
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