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The Richland Bean Blossom School Board established a bond for the School Corporation Treasurer, Deputy Treasurer and Extra Curricular Accounts Treasurer. Planner Drew Myers proposed a buildable area variance for an attached double car garage to the Board of Zoning Appeals. Myers said a single car garage variance was approved for the property in 2019. The events of the past …

First, Bloomington’s near Westside district was granted historic conservation. Historic Preservation Program Manager Connor Herterich spoke at the December fourth city council meeting. He said conservation places three restrictions on homeowners. Monroe County Food and Beverage Tax Advisory Board postponed additional funding approval on December Third for a convention center parking garage. Controller Jeff Underwood requested using approximately 2 million …

Over 100 residents and community members gathered at the Islamic Center of Bloomington on Sunday evening, in memorial for the victims of the terrorist attack on a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand. Sunday’s vigil was organized by ICOB congregants, after receiving an outpouring of support from area residents and organizations. Religious leaders and Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton spoke to the …

Join producer Ryne Shadday and anchors Colin Shassberger and Jeff Poling as they interview the new board engineer Jessie Grubb. They discuss growing up in Bloomington, being accepted as LGBT, and what the future holds for Jessie. The news segment covers issues of being “out” in sports, recent LGBT statistics and upcoming local events. Music from this show includes “Til …

Donald Trump is threatening to increase taxes on a company that is moving jobs out of Indianapolis; Indiana’s bicentennial projects are costing Hoosiers more than former Governor Mike Pence promised; A City of Bloomington press release announced that May is National Bikes Month; This year is the 25th anniversary of the nation-wide “Stamp out Hunger” food drive; Bloomington residents are …

The Sycamore Land Trust has opened a new nature preserve on the shores of Lake Monroe; Activists in Standing Rock, North Dakota are warning that the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline is not over, despite an easement denial from the Army Corp of Engineers; According to the City Clerk, Monroe County experienced strong voter turnout in the November general …

Twenty protesters gathered in front of the South Walnut Street Sunoco gas station to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline; The Monroe County Sheriff’s department is planning to open a substation on the south side of town; Today is the 16th Halloween in a row that Monroe County has required registered sex offenders to attend an event during trick-or-treat hours; …

Police arrested a third suspect today in an apparent robbery that ended in the killing of a 26-year-old Bloomington woman; Five Indiana counties have established syringe exchange programs (SEP), following a change in Indiana law last year; A preliminary plan for reconstructing existing roadways and intersections as part of a Sample Road connection project have been submitted by Butler, Fairman …