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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:30 — 37.8MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, February 11th, 2026. That’s Katie Dewey, marketing intern with IU Athletics, sharing behind-the-scenes details on the return of the Bison as the IU mascot. Learn more later in the show in a feature report. Also coming up in the next half …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:01 — 9.9MB)Subscribe: RSSAn owl. A raccoon. An eagle. A collie. A bulldog named “Ox.” All had short-lived stints as the mascot of Indiana University. In 2025, IU re-adopted a bison as its athletics mascot. The bison served as IU Bloomington’s longest-running official mascot, from 1965 to 1969, and has now returned …