Courthouse Square on College Avenue
A small motorcycle, some kind of vintage model I think, is parked at a bicycle hoop. It got an orange parking ticket tucked under its seat strap. Rain started falling about a half hour later.
Dave Askins
May 8, 2025: Alley vacation, IU election lawsuit, auto theft, outside baseball
Weather
Based on the National Weather Service forecast in text and charts here's some advice:
Thursday: No need to worry about staying warm, but think about staying dry, especially after noon, when chances of rain and thunderstorms go up to 60%. The high temperature will be around 71°
Bloomington city council gives up right-of-way for easier development of Trades District hotel
The vacation of an alley in Bloomington's Trades District was approved by the city council at its regular Wednesday meeting.
Giving up the government's right to the public right-of-way in the form of an alley will make it easier for Alluinn IU Trades District Hotel to
Bloomington resident files suit, questions constitutionality of law that nixes elected alumni as Indiana University trustees
Indiana's recently enacted state budget bill includes an amendment to state law that eliminates the three alumni-elected seats on the Indiana University board of trustees. The law makes all nine board members appointees of the governor.
But on Wednesday, Bloomington resident Justin Vasel, who is one of six
6th Street & Walnut Street
The scaffolding that had been in place in connection with the Princess Theatre facade repair is getting swapped out with different scaffolding. It likely means some kind of progress.
$22K in neighborhood grants awarded by Bloomington
A little under $22,000 in neighborhood improvement grants was approved by Bloomington's redevelopment commission (RDC) at its regular meeting on Monday.
The annual grants allow for $30,000 in funding to be allocated, but this year the three neighborhoods that asked for grant funding made applications that
2 leases OK'd by Bloomington: K23 Films, Weddle Bros.
Two leases were approved by Bloomington's redevelopment commission (RDC) at its regular Monday meeting, which reflected incremental moves on two big projects, even if the dollar amounts were small.
In one case the dollar amount was zero—a temporary lease to Weddle Brothers, to use part of the