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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 35:36 — 48.9MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, May 13th, 2025. In today’s newscast, WFHB Correspondent Mackenzie Lionberger speaks with Alyssa Gallarneau, the lead singer of the Bloomington based Backyard Function. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, the Bloomington City Council approved …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:00 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, September 5th, 2024. Later in the program, local journalist Dave Askins of the B Square Bulletin provides a rundown on the awarding of $16 million dollars from the Lilly Endowment to help develop the Trades District. More in the bottom half …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:00 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Monday, August 26th, 2024. Later in the program, Monroe County has issued an excessive heat watch for Tuesday. Cooling stations will be available throughout the county over the next few days. More in today’s headlines. Eric Weigold, a volunteer for Habitat for …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:19 — 1.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreLocal employer TASUS has decided to postpone building a corporate headquarters in the City of Bloomington Trades District. The automotive parts maker has announced plans to renovate its 30-year old manufacturing plant in Bloomington before moving forward on a Trades District build out. Melanie Walker is CEO …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:52 — 4.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBloomington Mayor John Hamilton struggled to cut the blue ribbon at the launch party for the Bloomington Trades District on Friday. The official opening of the 12-acre portion of the Tech Park is meant to act as a place of, “innovation, attraction and job creation for the …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:54 — 15.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe city of Bloomington will begin demolition of the Fourth Street parking garage this summer. The city is finalizing design plans for the new garage, and has decided on where it will build the new Trades District parking garage. The Fourth Street Parking Garage has been a …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:50 — 40.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Indiana state budget passed through the State Senate, this morning; An Indiana Senate bill that would have legalized “loan shark lending” died on the House floor, yesterday; Bloomington will acquire the Bunger & Robertson property on South College Ave.; Plans to put a four-story boutique hotel …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:21 — 69.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBloomington Redevelopment Commission approves demolition and reconstruction of Fourth Street parking garage; Commission also approves design contract for Trades District parking garage; City of Bloomington continues legal battle with Indiana, over annexation. FEATURE After last night’s debate, we hear from Incumbent Mayor John Hamilton and his challenger, …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 17:10 — 39.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBloomington Mayor John Hamilton announced he’ll stand for re-election, this year. Hamilton spoke with WFHB News Director Wes Martin about Bloomington’s String of Pearls projects along the B-Line trail, the city’s annexation attempt, the city and county’s bicentennial, and the purchase of BPD’s armored vehicle.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 0:54 — 772.0KB)Subscribe: RSS | More The Bloomington City Council did not take a vote over proposed parking garage plans last night. City Council members were ready to kill a plan for the Fourth Street parking garage, in downtown Bloomington, since the city administration signaled they were not ready to commit to …