Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 34:11 — 47.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreGood afternoon. This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, June 17, 2020 Later in the program, WFHB News Correspondent Aaron Comforty reports on the future of the 24-acre Bloomington Hospital site on Second Street. He talked to Deputy Mayor Mick Renneissen. Also coming up in the next …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:59 — 33.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWelcome to the WFHB Local News for February 28th, 2020. Here’s your local headlines: The Bloomington Board of Park Commissioners approved new Community Farmers’ Market Rules of Behavior. During the February 25th meeting, Market Coordinator Marcia Veldman said the Rules of Behavior outlines market and protest areas, …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:22 — 5.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreLast night, Bloomington’s Board of Park Commissioners had their meeting on the rules for the 2020 Community Farmers’ Market. The board voted 2-1 on market rules “behavior”, with Parks Board members Kathleen Mills and Les Coyne voting for the rules and Israel Herrera voting against. Commissioner Israel …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 23:28 — 49.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreToday’s Local Headlines: In early March, pay stations will be installed in two downtown Bloomington parking lots. Ellettsville Planning Director Kevin Tolloty presented Building Department text amendments during the February 24th Ellettsville Town council meeting. The Monroe County jail will see the addition of a psychiatric nurse …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:47 — 8.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreLaw firm Mallor Grodner LLP filed a tort claim notice against the City of Bloomington representing activist and academic Cara Caddoo. A tort claim is a civil case brought against a party if it caused the plaintiff suffering, loss or harm – resulting in legal liability. The …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 17:16 — 15.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MorePart I: Reactions to the Mayor The announcement came yesterday from Mayor John Hamilton: the city will not privatize the farmers market in 2020. The Board of Parks Commissioners voted to remain under city leadership by a unanimous vote on Thursday. Parks Commissioner Lisa Thatcher said at …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 23:26 — 21.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreCorrection: Bloomingtonian Editor Jeremy Hogan did not call Sarah Dye on the phone. He used Facebook Messenger to reach out to Dye. Correction: Abby Ang was not the first person to break the story. While her letter to the Farmer’s Market Advisory Council helped to bring the …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 33.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreFor this week’s episode, we share a conversation between Melanie D. Newport and Anne Gray Fisher. They talk about the history of Cook County Jail- the largest facility in the country. Melanie D. Newport is an Assistant Professor of US History at the University of Connecticut-Hartford. Her …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:49 — 2.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Bloomington Farmer’s Market Advisory Council is scheduled to meet tonight. Those normally quiet meetings are expected to be more lively tonight, as community members ask the advisory council to ban a Brown County vendor from the farmers’ market, due to their alleged ties to a white …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:10 — 1.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Bloomington Farmer’s Market is facing a public petition, demanding the expulsion of two individuals who operate as vendors for Schooner Creek Farm. The petition alleges the individuals are connected to the White supremacist movement, Identity Evropa, and encourages both the Bloomington Farmer’s Market and the Nashville …
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