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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:38 — 1.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe U.S. Department of Labor is offering grants to both recruit female applicants into apprenticeship programs. The goal is to help women get into careers in industries such as manufacturing, construction and cyber-security, where they are under represented.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:21 — 4.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreCo-Founder Jeff Mease speaks with WFHB News Director Wes Martin about One World Enterprises’ opening of a new banquet space in the historic Woolery Mill in Bloomington. Mease also updated listeners on upcoming renovations to Lennie’s, and the latest opening of Hive, near 10th and the Bypass. …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:46 — 23.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana Democrats submit a letter to Speaker of the House Brian Bosma, calling for an investigation into sexual assault allegations against Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill; Bloomington residents cancel a planned ‘die-in,’ at Mayor John Hamilton’s residence; The Indiana Department of Environmental Management finds the bacteria E. Coli prevalent …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:52 — 1.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBloomington residents near the Grimes and Walnut Street sewer replacement project will have to bear another month of night time drilling. Last week, the Bloomington Board of Public Works gave its permission for contractor ISI Incorporated to work 24 hours a day for two weeks, excluding weekends. …

A construction sign on the corner of Grimes Lane and South Woodlawn Avenue in Bloomington was hacked this morning. Instead of displaying construction and traffic pattern information, the hacked sign read “BURN THE BEARCAT,” in reference to the city’s acquisition over the weekend of an armored vehicle for its police department. The Lenco Bearcat armored vehicle has continued to be …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBloomington’s housing market continues to outpace the rest of the state. The city already has the most expensive housing market in Indiana, and recent economic data shows housing market growth at double the state average. Property values in Monroe County jumped 12% in the last year, nearly …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:13 — 19.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana Governor Eric Holcomb declared last week “Immigrant Heritage Week at a press conference, today; Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson sent statements to federal lawmakers, asking them to bolster elections security throughout the country; Owen, Greene, and Monroe Counties boast some of the highest unemployment rates in the …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:03 — 21.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Bloomington Police Department is dropping their investigation into vandalism at the Islamic Center of Bloomington; A northern Indiana college has won its long-running lawsuit, seeking a religious exemption from paying for employees’ birth control; Construction on Section 6 of Interstate 69 is expected to start next …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:00 — 21.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana Republicans will consider changes to their party platform this weekend, including taking out language that defines marriage as between a man and a woman; The City of Bloomington announced its plans to pave and improve 20 miles of city-maintained streets in the coming months; Night time paving will …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:35 — 19.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe latest FEMA Disaster Recovery Center opens today in New Albany, Indiana; Emergency response officials say residents in all 92 Indiana counties are now able to text 911 messages during emergencies; The Islamic Center of Bloomington has asked the Bloomington Police Department to investigate two possible incidents of …