Tag Archives: historic preservation

WFHB Local News – February 3rd, 2026

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026. In today’s newscast, protesters convened for a walkout and rally outside city hall Friday, demanding the city cut its contract with Flock Safety – a company whose technology has been used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for surveillance. …

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A District of One: John Butler’s Cottage Grove Crusade

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:17 — 7.6MB)Subscribe: RSSImagine your childhood home is about to be demolished. If you’re John Butler, you buy it…and convince the city to deem it a one-house historic district. Butler is the new owner of 115 East 12th Street. This modest bungalow is not architecturally significant, but in December the Bloomington city …

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WFHB Local News – August 19th, 2025

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:59 — 42.6MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, August 19th, 2025. In today’s newscast, WFHB’s Youth Radio brings you Government.exe, a show that explains what’s happening in state government. In the final edition of the series, City Council Member Sydney Zulich joins the program to discuss civic engagement. More …

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WFHB Local News – October 7th, 2024

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:02 — 37.2MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Monday, October 7th, 2024. Later in the program, our weekly segment with Dave Askins, local journalist of the B Square Bulletin. Today’s installment focuses on the procedures of the Bloomington City Council. More in today’s feature report. That’s Jason Brown from Bloominglabs, …

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WFHB Local News – April 1st, 2024

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:10 — 41.5MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Monday, April 1st, 2024. In today’s feature report, local journalist Dave Askins of the B Square Bulletin reads an item from his weekly newsletter for the WFHB Local News. More in the bottom half of tonight’s newscast. Local high school students Sophia …

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Daily Local News – October 23, 2019

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:52 — 63.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn today’s segment we brought you news that the owners of a historic home on west 7th St. are appealing an $83,500 fine for demolishing it. The City of Bloomington has announced its grand opening of its new Switchyard Park. Early voting began Monday for City of …

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Daily Local News – June 11, 2018

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:31 — 20.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreMonroe County’s primary election has been certified, with no recounts. That’s despite some close races; The Bloomington City Council will debate proposed guidelines for the use of the Police Department’s armored vehicle purchase; The city of Bloomington is dropping their proposed moratorium on new addictions treatment facilities within the …

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Matlock Heights Merits Historic Designation

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:20 — 4.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Matlock Heights Neighborhood has received a historic designation from the Bloomington Historic Preservation Commission. It’s the first neighborhood of Mid-Century Modern homes in the State of Indiana to receive this classification.

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