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Split votes on the three-member Monroe County election board are rare. But on Thursday, the board logged two split votes, both of which crossed party lines. One was on the board chairship. The other was on the 2026 budget.

Bloomington is now a Bee City USA affiliate, after action by the Bloomington’s city council at its regular Wednesday meeting. The council’s resolution commits the city to creating and maintaining pollinator-friendly habitats and to public education about the role of bees and other pollinators.

Bloomington’s redevelopment commission approved the key terms of lease termination agreements with Merrill Lynch and Bloomington Health Foundation, which are two tenants of Showers West. That’s the western part of the former Showers Brothers furniture factory building that also houses city hall.

Monroe County sheriff’s deputies are looking for a white man with skinny build, mid- to late 20s, wearing a black T-shirt and black shorts, with dark, curly hair styled in a mullet. The man is accused of assaulting someone on the Karst Farm Greenway Trail near Grandview Elementary School.

At noon on Monday, under clear sunny skies with a temperature around 75F°, an estimated 300 people gathered on the historic Monroe County courthouse lawn for the Bloomington edition of the “Workers Over Billionaires” protest organized by the local chapter of the 50501 Movement.

Since the start of the year, Bloomington residents who get weekly trash service from the city of Bloomington have been getting an accidental 3% discount. The total amount undercharged so far, according to the Bloomington mayor’s office, is around $48,000.

This report includes new property transfers in Monroe County that haven’t previously been reported by The B Square, with dates ranging from Aug. 7 to Aug. 31, 2025. The data in this report comes from the county’s online geographic information system.