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The origin story for the image might make the cartoon a little funnier, if you're a reader who does not instantly recognize the fish. On top of the historic Monroe County courthouse there is a weathervane featuring a metal fish crafted by blacksmith Austin Seward, which is called

If you don't pay your water bill, the City of Bloomington Utilities (CBU) will eventually disconnect your service. That was not a surprise to one B Square reader who recently had his water shut off. But he was surprised that he didn't get the kind of

Aja Jester has been appointed to fill the District 7 vacancy on the MCCSC (Monroe County Community School Corporation) board. Making the appointment were the six members who remained, when the seat was left vacant after the resignation of Brandon Shurr on March 14. Jester is a finance specialist with

The south wall of the former Showers Brother Furniture building that houses The Mill in Bloomington's Trades District is unstable—because it's as much as 4 inches out of plumb. That means the event space next to the wall is temporarily shut down, and no one

At Monday night's meeting of Bloomington's redevelopment commission, five bids were opened for the public offering that was made in November 2024 for land in the future Hopewell neighborhood. That's the former site of the IU Health Hospital, and the area around it. The

The ground-floor office spaces in both of the city of Bloomington's two relatively new parking garages—at 4th Street and in the Trades District at 10th Street—could soon finally be occupied. In the Trades District, Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) moved into the ground-floor space at the start

Monday's public hearing (April 7) on the idea of establishing vote centers for Monroe County was a focus of conversation at last Thursday's county election board meeting. Vote centers are different from the kind of precinct-based polling locations that are currently used by Monroe County. At