Sunday Funnies: Hawk v. Fish
Hawk: How does it feel, to be on your own, with no direction home? More specifically, as a fish-shaped weather vane, how do you figure out where to point your nose? What does Fish say??
Dave Askins
Live-streamed govt meetings now required by Indiana law, state records agency advises banning AI notetakers
A state law now in effect says that live transmissions have to be available for the meetings of some governing bodies.
Included in the new law are: boards of county commissioners, city councils, town councils, township boards, county councils, and elected school boards, among others.
7th Street at IU Auditorium
John Mellencamp’s statue is picking two things this morning—a flower and a guitar.
Woodlawn Avenue & 10th Street
This ID card was sitting on the rock wall where I think someone probably left it so that the owner could find it easily. I did not disturb it. Coach Dale said,“My team’s on the floor” but his ID card is on the rock wall.
Monroe County share of Eagleson Avenue bridge replacement OK’d: $976K
The bridge on Eagleson Avenue just south of Law Lane on the Indiana University campus will get replaced next year. That’s based on an agreement with INDOT, approved by Monroe County commissioners, which involves a payment of $976,146 by the county toward the project.
Wording still in flux: Letter from Monroe County to Indiana legislators, prompted by jail funding worries
Based on a 20-minute discussion at the end of their regular Thursday meeting, Monroe County commissioners are still hoping to win support from county councilors for a letter they want to send to state legislators, asking for revisions to state law to help finance the planned new Monroe County jail.
Monroe County sheriff: Driver of truck that rear-ended tractor arrested, charged with OWI
In a news release issued on Thursday (July 10) morning, the Monroe County sheriff’s office announced earlier the same morning, the driver of a pickup truck that rear-ended a farm tractor west of Bloomington had been arrested for driving while intoxicated that caused serious injury.