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2,756 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Indiana on Monday, according to the Indiana State Department of Health. There were 126 newly reported deaths. Locally, Monroe County saw 79 new confirmed cases yesterday and no new confirmed COVID-19 deaths. Lawrence County reported 18 new cases and 1 confirmed death. Brown County reported 2 new cases, and 1 death. The …

The park is designed to encourage pollinating wildlife, like birds, bees and butterflies, within the city, and will occupy 2.5 acres, near Cummins. The area the proposed pollinator park would occupy was flooded in 2008. The Republic reports 48 homes on the east side of Columbus were damaged in the floods.  The proposed project was approved in September, by city …

Over 500 Monroe County Community School Corporation high-schoolers walked out of class this morning at 10 a.m., as part of a national protest for gun reform. The students gathered at the Monroe County Courthouse, in downtown Bloomington, before marching to Third Street Park. Seventeen year-old Caleb Poer, a Bloomington High School North student, was one of the primary organizers of …

The Bloomington Redevelopment Commission approved spending $34 million to construct Switchyard Park, yesterday. The Commission approved over $25 million worth of ‘additional features,’ that go beyond the original park plan, including a skate park, limestone concert seating, and a 90-space overflow parking lot off of Rogers Street. Parks Operations Director Dave Williams said some elements have been pulled out of …

Indiana Senators Joe Donnelly and Todd Young are collaborating on legislation to designate Indianapolis’ Kennedy-King Park as a National Historic Site; Bloomington was named one of the Top 100 Best Places to Live by Livability. com’s list for 2018; and Brown County Water Utilities and the Nashville Town Council reconvene in court, after the private water company filed a federal …