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At Tuesday’s Monroe County council meeting, former Bloomington mayor John Hamilton read a letter that he and Charlotte Zietlow wrote in opposition to a new jail for Monroe County. The council unanimously voted down an appropriation to fund the purchase of North Park as a new jail site.

With one week already down in the 2025 Indiana High School Athletic Association Sectionals, both Bloomington South and Bloomington North start their hunt for a state championship at home this Friday. The squads both play in the Class 5A, Sectional 15 bracket.

On Monday, state representative Matt Pierce hosted a town hall about the GOP push for mid-decade redistricting in Indiana. Pierce’s event came after governor Mike Braun earlier in the day announced a special legislative session, starting Nov. 3, to address congressional district boundary changes.

Around 50 people gathered in the Meeting Room of the UU Church on Sunday afternoon for a town hall focused on Monroe County’s new jail and justice center proposal. On Tuesday, the county council is set to vote on an appropriation to pay for North Park, site of the planned new project.

Last Wednesday, Bloomington resident Greg Alexander wanted to support his three minutes of public comment with six photographs, to be projected onto the screen in council chambers. But the council departed from the guidance on its website that allows for this, and did not let him use the photos.

Former Indiana University (IU) Media School director of student media Jim Rodenbush says he plans to sue the university for wrongful termination, after being fired Oct. 14 for refusing what he describes as an order to censor the Indiana Daily Student (IDS).

This report includes new property transfers in Monroe County that haven’t previously been reported by The B Square, with dates ranging from Oct. 9 to Oct. 22, 2025. The data in this report comes from Beacon, the county’s online geographic information system for property and parcel data.