This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, December 18th, 2023. In today’s feature report, local journalist Dave Askins of the B Square Bulletin discusses the Polar Bear Plunge at the Paynetown State Recreation Area at Lake Monroe. More in today’s feature report. That’s Lauren Fulford from the Bloomington office of Big Brothers Big Sisters. She’s got a waitlist of …

What some kids really want this holiday season is a true friend. Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central Indiana has a waitlist of “littles” hoping Santa will bring them a “big.” Lauren Fulford works to match those kids with local volunteers willing to give the greatest gift of all: quality time. Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the …

Christy Crandall joins Melanie to play music and discuss news. Melanie presents another episode of Interviews In Cars (with Queens!), this time, State Senator Shelli Yoder talks before her Campaign Kickoff Party at Switchyard and talks about her philosophy and upcoming legislation. Catch Christy and others at Sleeper’s Bar! Check Them Out! BloomingOUT is one of the nation’s longest-running LGBTIQ-focused …

El día de hoy nos acompaña Hector Ortiz Sánchez, Subdirector de Operaciones en City of Bloomington Utilities, para hablarnos sobre los servicios de agua y drenaje de la Ciudad de Bloomington, así como de la transcisión de Puerto Rico a Bloomington que junto con su familia vivieron al mudarse a Estados Unidos, y además nos platica de la experiencia que …

Hello and welcome to Eco Report. For WFHB, I’m Cynthia Roberts. And I’m Robert Shull. Coming up later in the program, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze speaks with Hank Duncan of the City’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Commission about potential changes to bike infrastructure on the south edge of the University and to find out which organizations were awarded this year’s …

They’re starting a new business in Bloomington but they’re not looking to become rich. Hannah Airiess and Micol Seigel are part of a collective opening a new book shop and gathering place in January 2024. They’ll open the doors of Redbud Books at 408 W. Kirkwood Ave. The nonprofit Redbud Books will be a community-curated book shop as well as …

This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, December 14th, 2023. In today’s feature report, we have Prescription for Healthcare, a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana. More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming up in the next half hour, the Bloomington City Council unanimously rejected the sale of the city’s …

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, December 13th, 2023. Later in the program, the Bloomington Board of Public Works met on Friday for a public hearing on the sale of the city’s police building on Third Street. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, Better Beware – your weekly consumer watchdog segment …

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, December 12th, 2023. In today’s feature report, host of WFHB’s Firehouse Theater Richard Fish reports on Matilda the Musical presented by Constellation Stage and Screen. The show will be on stage December 14 – 31 at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, …

WFHB welcomes the long-awaited return of the celebrated songwriter Tim Grimm to Saturday’s Child on Saturday, December 9, from 11am to noon. Tim’s grippingly complex simplicity, delivered with passionate voice and powerful picking, is lauded by folk critics worldwide. You can listen on air or as part of our live audience, free of charge, in the History Center in downtown …