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IU Campus: Kirkwood Hall

IU Campus: Kirkwood Hall

Students in a course taught by Maxwell Fertik, a member of the IU Eskenazi School of Art and Design faculty for Comprehensive Design, built this mini-golf hole. It's one of five holes the students constructed as part of "Vonnegolf," which is an installation that will be

IU Campus: Franklin Hall

IU Campus: Franklin Hall

The statue of Ernie Pyle in front of Franklin Hall on the Indiana University campus is wearing a light purple-and-white knitted hat and holding a bouquet of yellow roses in the hand that is also adjusting the paper feeder knob.

March 7, 2025: Vote centers, convention center, legislative update

A note about scheduling The previous publication schedule for this morning email message, called the Almost Daily Bulletin, was Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. This week it was Tuesday and Friday. In this initial relaunch phase, starting next week, I will try to send on two days—Monday and Thursday. If

Vote center plan for Monroe County to get public hearing, no longer appears dead

Vote center plan for Monroe County to get public hearing, no longer appears dead

There is still a chance that Monroe County could adopt vote centers as a way for voters to cast ballots, and that the centers would be in place for the 2026 election cycle, which is less than a year away. That’s because on Thursday (March 6), Monroe County’s

$2.59M for roads awarded by INDOT to Monroe County, Bloomington, Ellettsville, Stinesville

$2.59M for roads awarded by INDOT to Monroe County, Bloomington, Ellettsville, Stinesville

Based on a news release from area Republican state legislators, four local government units in Monroe County will receive a total of $2,588,220 from Indiana Department of Transportation’s Community Crossings matching grant program in the first round of funding this year. Since 2016, the Community Crossings money

7th Street & Washington Street

7th Street & Washington Street

A Feb. 27, 2025 news release from the city of Bloomington announced the planned re-installation of stop signs along 7th Street based on a 180-day order from the city engineer. The news release said to expect the installation to start Monday. But no work has started here at 7th &

Bloomington council OKs $46.8M bond issuance to help fund $70M convention center project

Bloomington council OKs $46.8M bond issuance to help fund $70M convention center project

At its regular Wednesday meeting (March 5), the Bloomington city council approved the issuance of $46,825,000 in lease rental revenue bonds, to finance the cost of expanding the Bloomington Convention Center. The interest rate for the bonds is 5.0 percent. The term of the bond issuance is