Sunday Funnies: Hawk v. Fish
This week Hawk and Fish are all about expletive infixation—that's the name linguists give to formations like fan-blooming-tastic.
Dave Askins
4th Street & Walnut Street
WFHB station live music is the Emmylou Harris rendition of "If you needed me" by Townes Van Zandt. She sings it wrong—"who could ill agree." The original Van Zandt words are a reference to his pet parakeets—"Loop and Lil agree."
Democratic Party chair pauses before making long-term appointment to Monroe County election board, puts himself in seat for one month
On May 22, Monroe County Democratic Party chair Samuel Ujdak announced his intention to appoint former county commissioner Penny Githens to the party's seat on the election board. But on Thursday, it was Ujdak himself who was sworn into office—which is a move he says will be temporary.
Discomfort zone: County commissioner rips Bloomington chamber; Spoonmore fires back
On Thursday, Monroe County commissioner Julie Thomas exercised a point of personal privilege at the end of the board of commissioners regular meeting, to condemn the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce. Chamber president Eric Spoonmore later responded.
June 5, 2025: Convention center groundbreaking, vigil for ICE detainees
Eye surgery update
Based on the post-op inspection on Wednesday morning, my eye surgery two weeks ago is on a normal healing course. I can start reading screens with words on them. Vision out of my broken eye is still blurry and will stay like that for a few
Bloomington area leaders reflect on long path to groundbreaking of convention center expansion
On Tuesday at the southeast corner of 3rd Street and College Avenue, a ceremonial groundbreaking took place for the Bloomington Convention Center expansion, with remarks from a half dozen local leaders.
Tens of millions of dollars from Bloomington could support convention center host hotel; legal pressure mounts for Showers West 'public purpose'
To push along a potential deal with Dora Hospitality for development of a host hotel for the soon-to-be-expanded Bloomington convention center, the city's redevelopment commission (RDC) has approved $300,000 for preliminary architectural designs.