Dave Askins

The number of daily COVID-19 cases recorded in Monroe County has grown steadily in the second week of May after leveling off in late April. Through May 13, the rolling 7-day average of daily cases in Monroe County stands at about 42. That is greater than 39.9—

It’s a planned $50 million investment to create a fiber-to-the-home network for most of Bloomington. That’s the way an announcement from Bloomington mayor John Hamilton’s office on Friday afternoon framed some local broadband internet access news. According to the city of Bloomington news release,

Wildlife drama unfolded Saturday evening at Miller-Showers Park, which is wedged between Walnut Street and College Avenue on Bloomington’s north side. In the early evening hours, a great blue heron flew in and landed near the east bank of the southernmost stormwater detention pond, towards the spillway to

At its Friday meeting, the three-member Monroe County election board voted to accept as valid 19 out of the 32 provisional ballots from the Tuesday, May 3 primary elections. Provisional ballots are those that are cast by a voter, but set aside due to some question about whether they

A little more than a week after Tuesday’s primary elections concluded in Monroe County, work has started on preparation for voting in the Nov. 8 general election. On Thursday morning, the county’s new election operations building, at the corner of 3rd and Walnut streets, started a planned cosmetic

The past practice used by Monroe County to make a cost of living adjustment (COLA) for employees could lead to a historic fiscal impact on the 2023 budget. That’s because the county’s fiscal body—the seven-member county council—has typically tried to key its COLA to the