B There Indiana Avenue & Kirkwood Avenue Gatorade Hoopbus and the Indiana University women’s basketball team, outside on Kirkwood. Gatorade Hoopbus and the Indiana University women’s basketball team, outside on Kirkwood. (Rachael Jones McAfee, July 15, 2025)
Photos: Ms. Lake Lemon pageant returns with mud dives, lawnmowers, and fancy dresses Saturday’s second annual Ms. Lake Lemon competition mixed fancy dresses with frozen T-shirts, lawnmower driving, watermelon-seed spitting, and mud-pool dives at Riddle Point Park. The quirky fundraiser for Monroe County firefighters went ahead despite threatening skies and light rain.
May 18, 2026: Carless Kirkwood, usafe bridge, extra tax money, rally for housing This morning’s edition includes reports on upcoming road closure decisions by the board of public works (Club House Drive) and Bloomington city council (Kirkwood), extra unbudgeted money for local governments, and a rally to support housing at Seminary Pointe.
New Kirkwood closure proposal could revisit conflict over who controls Bloomington streets Two Bloomington meetings next week will spotlight the question of who controls city streets. One is a board of public works bridge-related road closure on Club House Drive in Lower Cascades Park. The other is a new proposal from the city council for permanent seasonal shutdown of Kirkwood Avenue.
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