Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 7.4MB)Subscribe: RSSJennifer Crossley believes citizen input is crucial for effective government. As Bloomington’s deputy clerk of communications and outreach, she urges local residents to participate in the more than forty boards and commissions that advise city leaders. Jennifer explains how you can provide critical oversight and input on the issues …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 7.0MB)Subscribe: RSSMichelle Moss is the coordinator of the Bloomington Volunteer Network, a resource hub connecting volunteers to local organizations needing their help. The Volunteer Network website has free tools nonprofits can use to recruit and manage volunteers. People seeking to volunteer in the community can set up a profile with …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.9MB)Subscribe: RSSElla Thompson and Lukas Redmond are interns with the City of Bloomington Urban Greenspace program. They help take care of the “green parts” of Bloomington Parks & Rec properties. Volunteers can sign up for “weed wrangles,” removing invasive plants from common areas. This week is the last big push …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:40 — 42.2MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Monday, October 13th, 2025. In today’s newscast, WFHB News Correspondent Katrine Bruner speaks with Bob Arnove and Jack Comforty about a documentary they made which screened over the weekend at the Buskirk Chumley Theater. More from the filmmakers behind Freedoms Under Assault …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 7.3MB)Subscribe: RSSLisa Osmon has suffered the unimaginable loss of family and friends to suicide. If your life has been touched by such tragedy, or if you have ever felt like suicide is the way out, Lisa wants you to know that you are not alone. Lisa leads our local chapter …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.8MB)Subscribe: RSSNot so long ago, it was totally legal to put a restriction on your property deed preventing Black people from buying your house. This shadowy chapter in local history was the subject of a fascinating presentation hosted by the Monroe County History Club. Founder Michael Carter recounts how the …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 8.3MB)Subscribe: RSSWonderlab is Bloomington’s nonprofit hands-on learning center. Don’t call it a children’s museum – education director Kelli Debikey says Wonderlab empowers people from ALL generations to discover and learn. As a former schoolteacher Kelli loves going beyond rigid classroom curriculum to deliver hands-on science experiences. Activate! is a partnership …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.9MB)Subscribe: RSSTinker. Hack. Repair. Nothing is trash at Bloominglabs, a nonprofit “makerspace” where anyone can learn how to fix broken stuff. Go there on a Wednesday night and you might see Jason Brown. Jason fixed a broken rake at Bloominglabs and now he loves hanging out with other creative do-it-yourselfers. …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.7MB)Subscribe: RSSGot a bat in your attic? Baby possum crying under your porch? Your local animal control cannot help with these things but WildCare can. This local non profit rescues sick, injured, and orphaned wildlife and cares for them until they can be returned to the wild. Jules Erwin is …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.7MB)Subscribe: RSSThe Brown County Humane Society calls itself the little shelter with big results. Despite having resources that are more limited than nearby cities like Bloomington and Columbus, this shelter headquartered in Nashville, Indiana is able to offer help to the community that bigger shelters do not, like free pet …
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