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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 …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 26:48 — 25.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Indiana State Department of Health denied an abortion clinic’s application in South Bend yesterday; The Bloomington Commission on the Status of Women is accepting nominations for the 2019 Woman of the Year; The Bloomington City Council voiced unanimous support last night for extending height and density …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:34 — 1.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe first flu death in Indiana came unusually early this year. The Indiana State Department of Health reports the state’s first victim died on November 2nd. ISDH reports the victim was 65 years old or older. They do not release personal details about flu victims. The death came …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:48 — 3.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOne year ago, the Lawrence County Commissioners voted to discontinue their needle exchange program. Lawrence County was the second Indiana county to discontinue needle exchanges, which service areas hit particularly hard by the ongoing opioid epidemic. Needle exchanges are typically non-governmental agencies that offer clean syringes to …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:01:07 — 57.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOn August 27, Hoosiers for a Commonsense Health Plan sponsored a candidate and community health care forum on the Franklin College campus. Moderated by Dr. Rob Stone, the panel included local health care experts Dr. Mary Beth Hensley and Michael Kolenda Ph.D., the Director of WindRose Health …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:49 — 2.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Indiana Recovery Alliance and the Shalom Community Center handed out Hepatitis A vaccinations in Bloomington this afternoon. Indiana Recovery Alliance Founder and Director Chris Abert said the area organizations handed out around a dozen vaccinations for the disease. Abert said people experiencing homelessness and drug addiction …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:39 — 20.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreMonroe County terminated an agreement with the city of Bloomington yesterday, over the proposed Convention Center expansion; The city’s Commission on the Status of Black Males lined up, outside of Templeton Elementary School, to welcome students back to school; The Indiana State Department of Health has found mosquitoes …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:33 — 1.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Indiana State Department of Health is working with the Wayne County Health Department to inform people who may have eaten food prepared at Casey’s General Store in Centerville about a possible exposure to Hepatitis A. The warning about possible exposure comes after the state’s first victim …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:25 — 19.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreLieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch is slated to attend the soft opening of Hard Truth Hills Distillery, later this week; The opening of Hard Truth Hills in Nashville is the latest development in an ongoing water dispute; Richland Bean Blossom Community School Board unanimously approved lowering its tax …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:23 — 2.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Indiana State Department of Health recorded a net increase in the number of abortion procedures carried out in the state. ISDH has yet to release their 2017 Induced Terminated Pregnancies Report to the general public. But both Pro-choice and pro-life agencies confirm the report documents an increase …