This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, May 20, 2020. In today’s program, our weekly consumer watchdog segment, Better Beware Hosted by Richard Fish. Also, WFHB News Director Kade Young talks to the founder of Quarantine Buddies – a Google form started by an IU student to connect those in isolation. But first, your local headlines. The Bloomington Redevelopment …
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Good morning. Welcome to your WFHB Local News Brief for Monday, March 23rd, 2020. Latest Numbers: The Indiana State Department of Health reported three cases of COVID-19 in Monroe County as of 10 a.m. today. State health department reports the total number of positive cases jumps to 259 people, as the number of those tested increased to almost 2,000 people. …
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On today’s segment we brought you news about Taiwanese delegation visited Indiana as part of a multi-state agricultural trade goodwill mission; The Richland-Bean Blossom Community School District will be holding their 2020 budget hearing September 16, 2019; This Friday, September 20th, students will be on strike, demanding action on climate change; The Bloomington Planning and Transportation Department will be holding …
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The Richland Bean Blossom Community School Board has approved contracting with investment bankers George K Baum and Company to assist with its finances. In last night’s school board meeting, Superintendent Mike Wilcox acknowledged the budget is his responsibility. But, he said “a second pair of eyes is greatly appreciated.” According to School Board Vice President Dana Kerr, the R-BB school …
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Indiana University will be redeveloping Crosstown Plaza, on 10th street in Bloomington; The influential pop artist Robert Clark, later known as Robert Indiana, died this weekend; The Richland Bean Blossom Community School Board has approved contracting with investment bankers George K Baum and Company to assist with its finances. FEATURE A revision to the federal Farm Bill failed in Congress …
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The Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corporation may hire a national private investment banking firm to assist with it’s finances. The recommendation comes after R-BB superintendent Mike Wilcox made an error when filing the district’s financial documents. That error caused property taxes in the R-BB school district to increase and resulted in $1.1 million in surplus for the school district. The …
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Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb is in Bratislava, Slovakia today discussing potential economic opportunities with the Slovakian government; Indiana is heading into Memorial Day weekend tied with California for the largest gas price increase in the U.S. over the past year, according to the Associated Press; The Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corporation may hire a national private investment banking firm to …
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