This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, May 27th, 2020. In today’s show, Sydney Foreman and Kade Young provide an update on the Bloomington hospital site. Indiana State Department of Health reported 370 new positive cases and 21 new deaths from Covid-19. Also coming up in the next half hour your weekly consumer-watchdog segment, Better Beware, hosted by Richard …
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When the federal government shut down in January, SNAP benefits began to dry up. The state agency which handles SNAP benefits – the Families and Social Services Administration – issued this month’s benefits early, in an effort to mitigate the effects of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The Federal Government shutdown ended in January, but impeded the availability …
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Bloomington residents near the Grimes and Walnut Street sewer replacement project will have to bear another month of night time drilling. Among the proposed changes in a new traffic plan for Bloomington is an idea to replace the existing north and south one ways of Walnut and College, in downtown Bloomington, with two-way streets. The city of Bloomington is removing addresses …
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An affordable housing development planned for the former Thomson plant property is moving forward, and Commissioners declared Friday, May 11th as Housing for Hoosiers Day. The National Association of Letter Carriers’ annual “Stamp Out Hunger” campaign takes place this Saturday, May 12, and benefits the Hoosier Hills Food Bank. Indiana residents voted in favor of 12 school referendums during this Tuesday’s primary …
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