Dave Askins

Bloomington’s city council has set a work session for this Friday (April 5) at noon, to discuss a project that has been in the works for a few years—the renovation and expansion of the Monroe Convention Center. The current convention center stands on the southwest corner of 3rd

The now vacant former Bloomington Convalescent Center at 714 S. Rogers will have entrances and windows boarded up in the next few days to secure it against intrusions. The building, which is now owned by Bloomington’s redevelopment commission (RDC), sits in the area of the planned new Hopewell neighborhood,

Both races for Monroe County commissioner are contested this year. In one race, incumbent Democrat Julie Thomas is competing with Peter Iversen for the party’s nomination. Iversen currently serves on the county council. In the other race, incumbent Democrat Penny Githens is competing for the nomination with Jody Madeira,

At its Tuesday meeting, the Monroe County council voted to adopt a procedure to start using a consent agenda in the course of its regular business. A consent agenda is a subset of actions that could be voted on separately, but that are collected as a single item on the

On Wednesday morning, representatives of Cassady Electrical Contractors and  Huston Electric announced their merger, effective on April 1. The venue for the announcement was the historic Monroe County courthouse rotunda. About the choice of location to release the news, Cassady Electric’s Randy Cassady described the rotunda to The B

On Wednesday night, Bloomington’s city council just barely passed a resolution opposing the construction of a pipeline in north central Indiana for the diversion of water from the Wabash River. The resolution, which had been put forward by Andy Ruff, got support from just five councilmembers, which is a