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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:16 — 1.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreMonroe County is investing in the health of its employees with on-the-job exercise equipment. On Tuesday, the Monroe County Council got its first look at a $40,000 project to put stand-up desks, treadmills, and recumbent bikes in county office buildings. Administrator Angela Purdie told the council many …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:48 — 19.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by public education advocates against Seven Oaks, in Ellettsville; The federal Food and Drug Administration dismissed a warning letter it issued to Cook Medical; The City of Bloomington Utilities is performing fire hydrant maintenance this week. FEATURE Unemployment across …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:12 — 4.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreMonroe County Emergency Management Director Allison Moore is working to ensure county residents receive help in the wake of a disaster. Moore presented the Monroe County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan to the Bloomington City Council, last week. The federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, requires that counties have …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:13 — 21.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Monroe County Sheriff’s Department announced they will  release officers’ body camera footage, today; The Monroe County Community School Corporation is continuing a public debate over whether it should deploy metal detectors at schools in the district; Flags across the state will be at half-mast, for the rest of …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:18 — 41.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe city of Bloomington released its proposed annual budget, on Friday. The 300-page document outlines 90 million dollars worth of expenditures; A new wheel tax is being considered to help the Town of Ellettsville pay for infrastructure; Lawrence, Green, and Monroe Counties are all among counties with …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:15 — 20.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreSenator Joe Donnelly stopped in Ellettsville this afternoon. The incumbent Democrat is up for re-election this Fall; A statewide law, concerning the identity of parents who surrendered their children for adoption, went into effect yesterday; The Indiana State Department of Health recorded a net increase in the number of …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 32:10 — 23.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana Republicans reaffirmed ‘marriage’ as the union between a man and a woman, during their state convention, on Friday; MCCSC is looking to adopt new curricula for its middle and high schools students, after racist materials in the district’s elementary schools Social Studies curriculum generated controversy, earlier this …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:22 — 5.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe town of Spencer resisted being named a Superfund site by the EPA. According to EPA documents obtained by WFHB, Spencer officials pushed back on the EPA’s designation, due to fears that being named a Superfund site would negatively affect property values. The town’s aquifer was named …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:14 — 18.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreFood Truck Fridays are coming to Ellettsville; In other Ellettsville news, the town Council is taking preliminary steps to acquire land for a second entrance for a planned subdivision; In their meeting last week, the Bloomington Board of Zoning Appeals denied a variance request for parking that …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:58 — 6.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this episode of The Bicentennial Journal, Darby McCarty tells her story about growing up in Ellettsville. Support for The Bicentennial Journal and WFHB comes from Monroe County and Visit Bloomington. More information about Monroe County’s Bicentennial is available on their website. The Bicentennial Journal is produced by …