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On Dec. 3, Bloomington’s city council will consider an ordinance raising the septic dumping rate at the Dillman Road plant from about 2 cents to 8 cents per gallon—a four-fold increase. A study showed current charges no longer cover treatment costs.

Bloomington police and other local agencies will boost traffic enforcement from Nov. 26 through year’s end, staffing sobriety checkpoints and conducting saturation patrols as part of Indiana’s Safe Family Travel campaign. A B Square review found about 5% of recent jail bookings involved OWI charges.

Bloomington’s convention center expansion has used about 13% of its $2.4M contingency as steel goes up on the $52M project. The CIB also heard an update on the $520K public-art effort, which drew 180 applicants and is expected to be narrowed to five finalists by mid-December.

Hawk: How can you tell the city of Bloomington is concerned about the safety of little pumpkins as they walk around town? What does Fish say in reply?

This report includes new property transfers in Monroe County that haven’t previously been reported by The B Square, with dates ranging from Oct. 30 to Nov. 18, 2025. The data in this report comes from Beacon, the county’s online geographic information system for property and parcel data.

Monroe County has posted three public-health nursing jobs and is pursuing a short-term interlocal agreement with Morgan County to help cover vaccinations and screenings after a contract with IU Health ends Jan. 1, 2026. The board was updated at is Thursday meeting.

Bloomington South’s season ended Friday with a 42–0 semi-state loss to undefeated New Palestine. The Panthers struggled on both sides of the ball and could not repeat their recent comeback wins. South finishes 11–2, claiming Conference Indiana, Sectional, and Regional titles.