Dave Askins

Bloomington’s city council approved two salary ordinances Wednesday night, but not before striking some planned new jobs in the fire department. Three planned new emergency medical technician positions have been put off, at least for now. That leaves the number of budgeted EMT positions in the fire department at

At Wednesday’s regular meeting of the three Monroe County commissioners, jail commander Kyle Gibbons gave what has become a routine update from the sheriff’s office on conditions at the facility. The current jail population is down to 188 people, compared to 192 last Wednesday, Gibbons reported. In the

Rita’s Italian Ice is now set up to establish a Bloomington location—at the southwest corner of Kirkwood Avenue and Dunn Street. A right-of-way encroachment agreement—to put a Rita’s in the old Falafel’s space of Dunkirk Square—was approved by Bloomington’s board of public works

A special event application from the city of Bloomington to sponsor the annual ‘Wrapped in Love’ display by Middle Way House was approved by the board of public works at its Tuesday meeting. Middle Way House is a nonprofit that provides services for survivors of domestic abuse, sexual assault, stalking,

Bloomington wants to sell about 5 acres of downtown land. But the land won’t be sold to just anybody for any purpose. One example of a land use that explicitly won’t be in the mix: undergraduate student-oriented housing. Instead, Bloomington is looking to make good on the investments

At 12:21 p.m. on Tuesday, Isa Pulver pedaled her bicycle eastward on Bloomington’s SR 46 bypass, past Fee Lane, heading for 3rd Street. There she would turn east towards Nashville, Indiana, following SR 46 to Columbus, Indiana. If all goes to plan, she will eventually arrive in