Dave Askins

Bean Blossom Township, in the northwest corner of Monroe County, has been following a process that could have made the township a member of the Monroe Fire Protection District (MFPD) starting in 2026. But now, the earliest the township could be included in the MFPD will be in 2027. That’

The existing stop signs for traffic on 7th Street at the intersection of Dunn Street are now included in Bloomington’s city code, after they were physically re-installed a year and a half ago. The codification of the 7th-and-Dunn stop signs came on a unanimous vote of Bloomington’s city

Election Day polls for Nov. 5, 2024 have now closed in Monroe County The cutoff time was 6 p.m., which made for a 12-hour voting day. But anyone in line by 6 p.m. has to be allowed to cast a ballot. Voters who joined the line just before

At 6 a.m. sharp came the announcement from the front door of Monroe County’s election operations building at 3rd and Walnut streets: “Hear ye, hear ye, the polls are now open!” Such an announcement is a requirement of Indiana state election law. Standing in line when the door

In Monroe County, Indiana, the final tally for early in-person voting in the Nov. 5, 2024 election is 30,625. That’s about 13 percent better than the 27,024 voters who cast a ballot early in person in 2016. There are about 95,000 registered voters in Monroe County.

Sunday night was the 11th week in a row for a protest at Sample Gates in Bloomington, against Indiana University’s new “expressive activities” policy, which was effective Aug. 1. Sample Gates is the spot where Kirkwood Avenue dead ends at the western edge of the Bloomington campus. On the