Dave Askins

Monroe County’s health department has released the reports for inspections of food service operations that were conducted in March 2024. Almost half (22) of the 48 places that were inspected in March 2024 had no violations. Recording at least one non-critical violation, but no critical violations were 7 establishments.

At its regular Monday meeting, Bloomington’s redevelopment commission (RDC) approved a total of $30,000 worth of neighborhood improvement grants to help fund four different neighborhood projects. Here’s the breakdown of projects awarded funding, sorted from largest to smallest. 2024 Neighborhood Improvement Grant Awards Neighborhood Project Amount Awarded

A rezone request for about 140 acres in the southwest part of Bloomington will get continued discussion from the city council at its May 1 meeting. At its meeting this past Wednesday, the city council heard the presentation on the Summit District PUD proposal from development services manager Jackie Scanlan,

An attempted murder suspect was arrested Friday night by Bloomington police, working with Monore sheriff’s deputies and Indiana state police, after a 55-year-old Bloomington man was shot several times on the city’s west side, south of 3rd Street on South Curry Pike. That’s according to a news

Based on required pre-primary filings by Democrats in Monroe County races, about $82,000 has been raised by nine candidates for county commissioner or county councilor in the May 7 primary. The pre-primary reporting period ended April 12. The required CFA-4 documents were due by noon on Friday. The four

Bloomington mayor Kerry Thomson’s veto of a resolution opposing a potential water pipeline, from the aquifers of the Wabash River to Lebanon in Boone County, has been overridden by the city council. Wednesday’s vote tally was 7–0 with one abstention, by Kate Rosenbarger. Matt Flaherty did not