Dave Askins

This week, Bloomington’s city council will again consider an ordinance proposed by the administration that would require occupancy affidavits for many rental properties in the city. At their Wednesday meeting, councilmembers could be hearing from some renters whose voices they haven’t heard before. That’s because on Sunday

A push for people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 was again a main talking point at Friday’s weekly press conference of local leaders on pandemic response. Among the local sites for free vaccine distribution is Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall at Indiana University. The message for people to take advantage

At a Tuesday press conference held on the back porch of the Bloomington Housing Authority’s community center on Summit Street, some new information was announced about support from the federal government for local housing programs. Bloomington’s mayor, John Hamilton, also announced that in July he’d be making

On Wednesday, Monroe County commissioners rejected a request for a rezone of 37 acres south of Bloomington for a housing project called Southern Meadows, a proposed development of 95 paired townhomes for a total of 190 housing units. In that configuration, a townhome sits on its own lot with its

Additional details are emerging about the helicopter-based military training that was conducted the night of Monday, June 7, in the city of Bloomington. The geographic focus of the exercise was 1730 S. Walnut, site of the former Night Moves strip club, and future site of a city-supported affordable housing development,

The thwacka-thwaka thrum of military helicopters on a training exercise drowned out the buzz of cicadas on the south side of Bloomington on Monday night. According to the Monroe County sheriff’s office, a similar scenario will unfold on Tuesday night in Richland and Bean Blossom townships. According to the