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Hawk: I heard some IU students graduated after taking all their classes on a cruise in the Caribbean?? Fish has an explanation, and it is hilarious as usual.

This report includes new property transfers in Monroe County that haven’t previously been reported by The B Square, with dates ranging from March 20 to May 5, 2026. The data in this report comes from Beacon, the county’s online geographic information system for property and parcel data.

The Monroe County Community School Corporation is preparing to sell the former Herald-Times building at 1900 S. Walnut St., four years after buying it for $2.9 million. Photos with this article document the current conditions inside the building, including the newspaper’s old printing press.

Indiana University and Monroe County Community School Corporation are dealing with the impact from a global security breach involving the Canvas learning platform, which remained offline Friday at both institutions. MCCSC say there is no confirmation that student data was exposed.

Tree Martin Lucas won Tuesday's Democratic Party primary for Monroe County clerk with 47.7% in a 3-way race. Tanner Branham showed some strength in a few Bloomington precincts near the IU campus. Joe Davis won one precinct. This sets up a fall race between Martin Lucas and GOP nominee Julie Hays.

Bloomington’s city council unanimously approved the Hopewell South PUD after months of debate over issues like how much of the project should remain permanently affordable. A compromise set a 35% affordability minimum with a 50% target, while preserving flexibility for financing tools.

Bloomington police have arrested an 18-year-old Bloomington man in one of the two Kirkwood Avenue shootings during Little 500 weekend that injured five young women. Police say tips from released video images identified the suspect, while investigators still seek a second shooter.