Courthouse Square
A squirrel sits on top of the sign that spells out the allowable uses of the courthouse grounds. It appears that using your hind leg to scratch your ear and generally acting squirrelly conforms with the regulations.
Dave Askins
North Dunn subdivision fight: Judge weighs stay of Bloomington BZA variances
A Monroe County judge expects to rule Monday on whether to pause three Bloomington BZA variances for a proposed 14-lot subdivision on North Dunn, while a full judicial review is undertaken.
Monroe County judges underscore support for co-located jail, justice system
Monroe County judges Catherine Stafford and Mary Ellen Diekhoff urged jail planners to keep courts, jail, sheriff, clerk, prosecutors and public defenders close together, citing safety, cost, constitutional access, remote-hearing limits and the county’s commitment to alternatives to incarceration.
After losing in court, Bloomington RDC files appeals, preps Showers West mediation
Bloomington’s RDC voted Monday to authorize its president, or a designee, to settle two Showers West lease disputes in mediation. The cases involve Warrant Technologies and the Bloomington Board of Realtors, whose leases the city sought to terminate after buying the building.
Bloomington’s trash cart rate hikes up for discussion based on ‘alarming numbers’
Bloomington’s curbside rates for trash pickup could rise sharply as sanitation costs outpace user fees. A city council fiscal committee discussed phased increases, possible recycling charges and whether more costs should be covered by users, but endorsed no specific plan.
June 15, 2026: Possible Kirkwood veto, $500K in grants, new planning director, jail-site group, Seminary Pointe demolition clock
Today's edition includes reports about Mayor Kerry Thomson’s Kirkwood veto decision process, $500K in Jack Hopkins grants, Lynn Coyne’s planning-director appointment, a new city-county jail-site working group, and Seminary Pointe demolition notices amid land-swap hopes.
Indiana Avenue & 6th Street
Two photos. Left: Flooded sidewalk after rain. If sidewalks were judged to be in good repair or not right after a heavy downpour, fewer would pass. Right: An “engineered” puddle in the street—by which I mean it will stay that way until it evaporates. The storm drain is not blocked.