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Indiana Schools will have another opportunity to receive metal detectors; An Indianapolis resident has died from West Nile Virus; On Saturday, the US Navy will commission Indiana’s 4th namesake ship; The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana announced James Sweeney II as the latest addition to Indiana’s federal bench; The City of Bloomington awarded $75,000 to four …

Monroe County terminated an agreement with the city of Bloomington yesterday, over the proposed Convention Center expansion; The city’s Commission on the Status of Black Males lined up, outside of Templeton Elementary School, to welcome students back to school; The Indiana State Department of Health has found mosquitoes with West Nile Virus throughout counties in the state, including in Monroe County; The …

Monroe County Commissioners make good on their commitment to help fund weekend operations at Shalom Community Center; An invasive freshwater fish is threatening Midwestern waterways, including those in Bloomington; State health officials are urging Indiana residents to take steps to protect themselves from mosquito bites amid an increase in West Nile virus cases across the state. FEATURE A study by …

Researchers at Indiana University Bloomington have been able to identify a specific gene necessary to block insect-borne pathogens that transmit diseases like Dengue Fever, as well as the Zika and West Nile viruses. The study employed a common bacterium called Wolbachia. It was published last week in the medical journal PLoS Pathogens. Irene Newton, an assistant Professor of Biology and …

10/11/16 A federal judge has ruled against former city of Bloomington projects manager Justin Wykoff in a lawsuit over the terms of his restitution payments to the city; An Indiana State Police investigation into voter fraud in Indianapolis has now grown to include over half the counties in the state. The list of affected counties includes Monroe, Greene, Owen, and …

A pool of mosquitoes has tested positive for the West Nile virus in Greene County. That’s according to the Greene County Daily World, which cited information from the Greene County Health Department. Greene is now one of three counties in the state of Indiana where the virus has been detected. So far, only one case of West Nile has been …