Dave Askins

The number of positive COVID-19 cases across Indiana and in Monroe County has continued its steep rise. The big case numbers form part of the background to Thursday’s U.S. Supreme ruling on the OSHA emergency temporary standard set forth by the Biden administration. It’s the standard that

I will miss Steve and Arlyn Llewelyn as owners of Function Brewing. It’s the brewpub downstairs from my 6th Street apartment in downtown Bloomington, Indiana. They have sold the business to Endeavor Hospitality Group, a Bloomington firm that owns several other local restaurants. Sadie Clark, director of operations at

At its Wednesday meeting, Bloomington’s city council made Ron Smith its appointee to the city plan commission for the coming year. The other councilmember who had asked to be appointed was Isabel Piedmont-Smith. For Piedmont-Smith it was the second year in a row that she was not the council’

In a news release issued early Thursday morning, the city of Bloomington announced that it has issued an “Unsafe Building Order to Repair” to the owners of the the old Johnson’s Creamery building on 7th Street, across the B-Line Trail from city hall. The building is owned by Peerless

At its Wednesday meeting, Bloomington’s city council approved an agreement with the other governments in the county that spells out how Bloomington’s cost is covered for animals surrendered to the city shelter by non-city county residents and county animal control officers. On the county’s side, the interlocal

At its Tuesday meeting, the Monroe County council dealt with the news that the state grant that has historically funded the pretrial public defender program had been cut in half for the coming year. Instead of the $183,390 that had been requested, the county received $92,038. That leaves