9th Street & Morton Street (Election Central)
Monroe County chief deputy clerk Tanner Branham stands outside the early voting election location at 9th and Morton streets in a Halloween costume. Election Knight has arrived four days early!
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Oct. 29, 2026: Monroe County GO bonds, food and beverage tax, ICE detainers, dispatch tax, health department
This morning's edition includes a report on a $3.1M GO bond package and a possible plans for food and beverage tax money to support a convention center host hotel. A judge weighs ICE detainers. Bloomington rejects a dispatch tax increase. The county health department reopens with an interim officer.
Madison Street & 6th Street
Two new businesses are launching here in the structure that housed the old (Small Favors restaurant. One is Planted, which is making a bricks-and-mortar location for their food truck. The other is Side Yard Social, which is an outdoor sauna.
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