Dave Askins

At its Monday meeting, exactly eight months after Bloomington’s plan commission gave its initial approval of the city’s transportation plan, commissioners approved 40 amendments to the plan made by the common council. The transportation plan, with final approval from the plan commission, now replaces the 2002 Master Thoroughfare

Given site plan approval by Bloomington’s plan commission at its Monday meeting was The Mill, a five-building, 130-unit apartment complex in a development in the southwest part of town, near Summit Elementary. Construction is expected to start by August or September. Completion of the project is targeted

They pointed to increased stress on dogs, cats and kids who are trying to sleep. Also a part of the mix is the impact of fireworks on military veterans who suffer from post traumatic stress syndrome. Similar complaints are reflected in the archives of the Herald-Times at least since

The Monroe County fair runs through Saturday, July 6. On the Fourth of July, the grandstand featured the Three Bar J rodeo, an event sanctioned by the International Pro Rodeo Association Opening ceremonies started at 8 p.m. As the rodeo got underway, the sun was still well above the

At noon on Wednesday, the expiration of candidate deadlines set the ballots for city elections in Bloomington—where a diminished number of candidates means no elections in most parts of the city this fall. Eight hour later, the weekly balloting that is taking place this summer through the end of