Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 35:46 — 49.2MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, January 29th, 2026. In today’s newscast, you’ll hear Bloomington State Representative Matt Pierce, frustrated that he could not get lawmakers to cover food benefits for low-income Hoosiers during the government shutdown. Learn how close some Hoosiers came to going hungry at …
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WFHB Local News – December 29th, 2025
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:00 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Monday, December 29th, 2025. In today’s newscast, we look back at our reporting on two ‘No Kings’ protests that took place this year. The No Kings protests were a series of political demonstrations against what the organizers describe as authoritarian policies of …
Read More »Charlotte Zietlow, Longtime Local Civic Leader, Remembered for Decades of Public Service
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 19:40 — 27.1MB)Subscribe: RSSCharlotte Zietlow, longtime local civic leader and women’s rights pioneer, died yesterday at the age of 91. Zietlow was the first woman elected to the Bloomington City Council in 1971 and served as the council president the following year. For decades, she has championed local activism and progressive causes. …
Read More »WFHB Local News – November 6th, 2025
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:00 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, November 6th, 2025. In today’s newscast, Charlotte Zietlow – local activist and civic leader – passed away on Wednesday at 91-years-old. We will revisit two archived segments with Zietlow on WFHB during today’s broadcast. Also coming up in the next half …
Read More »WFHB Local News – September 2nd, 2025
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:59 — 41.2MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025. In today’s newscast, we have coverage from yesterday’s Workers Over Billionaires protest on the Monroe County Courthouse square. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, Lil Bub’s Lil Show – a co-production …
Read More »WFHB Local News – July 3rd, 2024
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:52 — 43.8MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024. Later in the program, Monroe County Government offices will be closed until Monday, July 8th due to a server error. Also, the City of Bloomington has issued a precautionary Boil Water Advisory for 72 addresses. More in today’s …
Read More »WFHB Local News – June 11th, 2024
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, June 11th, 2024. Later in the program, WFHB News Correspondent Annika Harshbarger continues the third and final installment of her series of reports on the arrests made at the Dunn Meadow protests earlier this year. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in …
Read More »Commitments Part One
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:57 — 39.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWelcome to Part One of our Commitments Episode of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio! Hearabouts is produced by WFHB and Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center. We ask critical questions about identity, culture, community and shared assumptions. On today’s episode, we feature an interview with Pallavi Rao, activist …
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