Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:49 — 22.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreMonroe County is investing in the health of its employees with on-the-job exercise equipment; The Crosstown Shopping Center on 10th Street will look vastly different in about two years; The City of Bloomington Utilities is performing fire hydrant maintenance this week; Some Indiana residents are criticizing Governor Eric Holcomb’s call …
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Lake Monroe Friends Secure City Backing
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:34 — 2.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe 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 …
Read More »Daily Local News – August 21, 2018
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:10 — 19.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreForty 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 …
Read More »Daily Local News – July 24, 2018
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 25:47 — 17.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | More369 Indiana schools — and 94% of the state’s public schools — are requesting hand-held metal detectors for the coming school year; Researchers at Indiana University have developed a new tool to help first-responders determine when and where a landslide may strike; City of Bloomington Utilities Director …
Read More »Daily Local News – July 18, 2018
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:42 — 20.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAttorneys representing Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill are bringing a defamation lawsuit against Hill’s alleged sexual assault victims; Monroe County signs a memorandum of understanding with the City of Bloomington, outlining mutual commitments to the Monroe County Convention Center expansion; The Hoosier National Forest is adding over 100 acres …
Read More »Daily Local News – July 11, 2018
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:15 — 20.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWomen’s reproductive rights advocates and religious conservatives traded arguments at the Monroe County Council’s Sophia Travis Grant distribution; County Council allocated $25,000 to the Monroe County Solid Waste Management District to distribute 30,000 reusable plastic shopping bag. FEATURE City officials met yesterday to address public demand to …
Read More »Armored Vehicle Arrives
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:28 — 1.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe City of Bloomington received its new armored truck over the weekend. Residents are invited to see the vehicle first-hand, at the city’s new parking facility on 1611 south Rogers Street, at the former site of Artisan Alley, next to the Warehouse. The armored vehicle has been …
Read More »Daily Local News – July 10, 2018
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:43 — 20.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreCriticism over the city of Bloomington’s use of private information led officials to call a meeting, today; The City of Bloomington received its new armored truck over the weekend; The Ellettsville Town Council is voicing support for increasing a tax break it gave affordable housing developers, last …
Read More »City to Demolish Griffy Lake Water Plant
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:17 — 1.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreCity 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 …
Read More »Daily Local News – June 26, 2018
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:38 — 21.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Monroe County Republican party is holding their party caucus tomorrow; The Indiana Center for Recovery is appealing a fire-code violation it received in late May; State officials are broadening their Silver Alert requirements; The state of Indiana is seeking public input on newly-proposed child support guidelines; …
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