7th Street at IU Auditorium
John Mellencamp’s statue is picking two things this morning—a flower and a guitar.
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April 16, 2026: Flock cameras, North Park jail, Student IDs, Host hotel, Apartment site plan, Trashion runway
This edition includes reports about Bloomington’s non-renewal of its Flock camera contract, the North Park jail site dispute, a court ruling restoring student IDs as voter ID, a Greystar apartment approval, a convention center host-hotel land transfer, and the Trashion Refashion runway show.
Bloomington Flock camera contract expired March 5, mayor reveals non-renewal 6 weeks later
Bloomington did not renew its contract with Flock Safety for automated license plate readers, mayor Kerry Thomson announced April 15—six weeks after the contract expired. The city says it is transitioning away from Flock while continuing to evaluate other vendors.
Bloomington city hall
In city council chambers before the start of tonight’s work session, temporary council staff attorney Larry Allen extracts a spider from the nook of a chair armrest using a clipboard, and escorts it from the building, releasing it unharmed into to the outside world.
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