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$370K for security in 2025 OK’d by Bloomington park commissioners, will push total since 2021 to $1M+

$370K for security in 2025 OK’d by Bloomington park commissioners, will push total since 2021 to $1M+

On Tuesday, a $370,000 contract with Marshall Security, Inc (MSI) was approved by Bloomington’s board of park commissioners at its regular monthly meeting. Based on payments recorded in Bloomington’s online financial system, from 2021 through mid-November 2024, the city of Bloomington has paid $950,019 to MSI

Photos: 2024 Veterans Day flag raising on Indiana University Bloomington campus

Photos: 2024 Veterans Day flag raising on Indiana University Bloomington campus

On Monday morning, a traditional Veterans Day flag raising ceremony took place on Indiana University’s Bloomington Campus, under clear skies and a temperature of about 42 F degrees. Delivering remarks was Lieutenant Colonel Stephanie Baugh, who is an army foreign area officer serving as the current US Army War

Week 12: Protestors of IU free speech policy declare victory, now to shift focus from Sunday-night events

Week 12: Protestors of IU free speech policy declare victory, now to shift focus from Sunday-night events

Sunday night was the 12th and likely final week in a row for a protest at Sample Gates in Bloomington, against Indiana University’s new “expressive activities” policy, which was effective Aug. 1. Sample Gates is the spot where Kirkwood Avenue dead ends at the western edge of the Bloomington

Monroe County 2024 results: GOP wins Election Day tally for commissioner, other notable nuggets

Monroe County 2024 results: GOP wins Election Day tally for commissioner, other notable nuggets

Monroe County numbers from the Nov. 5, 2024 election delivered overall outcomes that were mostly expected. [.pdf file of results] [.csv file of results] Even the possible exception, which was the District 62 state representative race, between Dave Hall (R) and Thomas Horrocks (D), was not a complete surprise. Monroe

Bloomington mayor rebukes city council for lack of public deliberations on HPC appointment

Bloomington mayor rebukes city council for lack of public deliberations on HPC appointment

This past Wednesday, at Bloomington’s city council meeting, mayor Kerry Thomson used her time at the mic to make a clarion call for applications to serve on the city’s historic preservation commission (HPC). Appointments to positions on the HPC are somewhat unusual, because they are the mayor’s

Monroe County BZA to appeal court ruling against denial of variance for logging road near Lake Monroe

Monroe County BZA to appeal court ruling against denial of variance for logging road near Lake Monroe

On Oct. 15, special judge Erik Allen ruled against the Monroe County board of appeals (BZA) in a lawsuit filed by William and Nicole Huff, about the denial of a use variance for a logging road near Lake Monroe. But at a Friday morning meeting, Monroe County’s board of

Bean Blossom won’t join Monroe Fire Protection District until 2027 at the earliest

Bean Blossom won’t join Monroe Fire Protection District until 2027 at the earliest

Bean Blossom Township, in the northwest corner of Monroe County, has been following a process that could have made the township a member of the Monroe Fire Protection District (MFPD) starting in 2026. But now, the earliest the township could be included in the MFPD will be in 2027. That’