Originally Posted by Trsnrtr

The town gets it's name from Illinois State University which was originally a "normal" college.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_school

The university is still a teaching college, my wife graduated from there but my son graduated from there in legal studies.

My son had a 1995 Eagle Talon also known as that P.O.S. Of course, Mitsubishi closed the plant some years ago and it's now owned by Rivian. It's also where they stored thousands of VWs when they had to buy them back. They've only recently been removed.