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So far this year, significantly fewer rides have been taken on Bird electric scooters this year than in 2024, despite the fact that Bird no longer faces any competition in Bloomington's shared scooter market. That's based on the numbers available in the city of Bloomington'

The first big fundraising event of the year for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Bloomington was held on Thursday night in the gymnasium of the Ferguson Crestmont Club. Fundraising is the bridge between the membership fee of $20 and the $750 per child that it takes to provide BGCB

The Earth is now awake—beans busting out in garden beds, trees budding. And the wind has been alerted to bring some rain. The Earth has risen from its slumber, because on Thursday at dawn, a team of Morris dancers summoned the spring season from a spot on the Monroe

According to a Wednesday afternoon news release from the Monroe County sheriff's office, a silver hatchback was stopped and all four people detained on the west side of Bloomington—after several reports came in about a vehicle with occupants who were waving a gun at bystanders. During the

April has to count as a busy month of court filings in Bloomington's two main annexation cases, even if no decisions have been handed down. Any decisions in either case likely several months away. In the constitutional case, which involves the status of a 2019 law, the city

More than three weeks ago, at Bloomington’s State of the City event, Bloomington police chief Mike Diekhoff reported a 24.3% drop in violent crime over the last year. On its face, that percentage drop doesn’t look consistent with the numbers reported to the board of public safety

On Friday afternoon, Monroe County's health department hosted an open house at its location at 7th Street and College Avenue, kitty corner from the jail in downtown Bloomington. The former post office, which was built in 1912, serves as the county's health services building. The event