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This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, January 25th, 2024. Later in the program, we have Civic Conversations – a segment in collaboration between the League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County and WFHB. Today, we welcome Dr. Michael Hicks, Distinguished Professor of Economics and Business Research and Director of the Center of Business Economic Research at …

The City of Bloomington is looking to create more energy self reliance by converting composted waste to compressed natural gas. Utilities Director Vic Kelson told the Utilities Service Board last night, a Waste and Energy Task Force will examine the technical merit of the proposal. Kelson said the carbon footprint for vehicles burning natural gas is lower than for those …

The Utilities Service Board will support a water quality initiative, by the Friends of Lake Monroe. Friends of Lake Monroe, a nonprofit, is applying for a federal grant to develop a watershed management plan, which would include the creation of a watershed coordinator position. Sherry Mitchell-Bruker is a hydrologist and founder of the Friends of Lake Monroe. She said the …

Forty to 50 patrons of Brother’s Bar and Grill, in downtown Bloomington, were involved in a brawl over the weekend; A crane impacted the W. Arlington Rd. bridge, along the Bypass this afternoon, on State Road 46, in Bloomington; The Utilities Service Board has voiced its support for an water quality initiative by the Friends of Lake Monroe; Mercury cleanup efforts continue at …

City of Bloomington Utilities plans to demolish its old Griffy Lake water plant. Capital Projects Manager Mike Hicks told the Utilities Service Board last night a recent investigation revealed asbestos at the plant. The Griffy water treatment plant was built in 1925 but went out of use in 1996. Veit Environmental conducted the asbestos investigation. Hicks assured Commission member Jason …

10/04/16 The Monroe County chapter of the League of Women Voters has canceled several forums that were scheduled for this week; Seven year old Liliana Hernandez and six year old Rene Pasztor were found dead in a car in Fort Wayne last week, several hours after an Amber alert was issued for the children; Students at a West Lafayette elementary school started a petition to …