Walnut Street & Davis Street
Flowers, balloons and candles have been placed outside the Perry Township offices as a memorial to township trustee Dan Combs, who died on Tuesday.
Dave Askins
4th Street & College Avenue
Digital signs have been placed on College Avenue alerting motorists to the upcoming closure of the street for two weeks starting Jan. 26. The sign alternates between “South College Closed” and the dates of the closure.
Live Report: Election Central candidate filings (Jan. 7, 2026)
This is where live reports will be filed from Election Central, starting 8 a.m. on Jan. 7, 2026 to document the filing of declarations by candidates for elected office this year.
Bloomington to consider establishing future residential areas as TIF districts
Bloomington’s redevelopment commission is considering carving two future residential areas—Summit District and Hopewell—out of the city’s consolidated TIF area to form separate “residential TIF” districts. No decisions are final yet. A multi-step public approval process begins Feb. 5.
Stalwart Perry Township trustee Dan “Carp” Combs dies at 73
Dan “Carp” Combs, who served as Perry Township trustee since 1986 and was among Monroe County’s longest-serving township officials, has died at 73. A Democrat, Combs was in the final year of his 10th term. A party caucus will fill the vacancy.
Public art: Bloomington grants site access for Trades District soil tests, Lilly Endowment grant used
Bloomington’s RDC approved site access for geotechnical soil borings at up to 10 locations in the Trades District, clearing the way for early planning tied to a $16M Lilly Endowment CCC grant. The work will inform future public art and other district improvements, with no cost to the RDC.
College Avenue & 3rd Street
There is a tower of scaffolding under the corner of the steel skeleton that is being erected for the convention center expansion with wooden blocks to support the corner where the beams come together. It’s a precautionary measure to deal with a 30-foot cantilever.