Dave Askins

When the Jan. 6 deadline passed for submitting remonstrance petitions against Bloomington’s annexation ordinances, the Monroe County auditor’s office was able to provide only a preliminary raw tally of signatures. That’s because several signatures were submitted on the final day. Based on the now final but still

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

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

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

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