Dave Askins

On Tuesday, Monroe County’s health department released its next iteration of online restaurant inspections. The 34 inspections completed in January are now available through Monroe County’s OpenGov interface. In January, 22 restaurants had zero violations: Arby’s #5679, Bowls 4 Boots, Café Pizzaria Inc., Circle S Food Mart

Two sidewalk projects are supposed to get constructed and another two designed in 2023, based on the Bloomington city council’s approval of its sidewalk committee recommendations at Wednesday night’s meeting. In other business, the city council postponed for two weeks its approval of what has become an annual

[Ed. note: As of Tuesday, all of the very good boys and girls in the photos above are available for adoption at the Bloomington’s animal shelter.] “If you’re looking for that furr-ever, friend, we have them down at the shelter right now,” public works director Adam Wason reported

When the Monroe County board of health convened its regular meeting last Thursday (Feb. 9), Sarah Ryterband was seated at the table, instead of Ashley Cranor. Ryterband had been appointed to the board of health, as the replacement for Cranor, just the day before—by the  county board of commissioners

At last Thursday’s unveiling of the city’s annual public safety report for 2022, Bloomington mayor John Hamilton took the occasion to announce a few new incentives that are meant to help recruit and retain firefighters and police officers. Among those incentives is a $100,000 no-interest housing down

On Saturday, the city of Bloomington hosted a “Black Market” at city hall as part of its celebration of Black History Month. The event was an homage to the Black Market of the late 1960s, which was firebombed by a man with ties to the Ku Klux Klan. The market