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Bloomington’s three-member board of public works voted at its regular Tuesday meeting to reject the sole bid for a major infrastructure project at the site of the former IU Health hospital, now known as the Hopewell neighborhood. The $13.5 million bid, from Milestone Contractors, was about 30 percent

A week has passed since new Monroe County sheriff Ruben Marté, chief deputy Phil Parker and jail commander Kyle Gibbons, gave a presentation on the horrific conditions at the jail, which confronted them when Marté was sworn into office at the start of the year. A slide deck depicting current

At last Wednesday’s city council meeting, several speakers during general public commentary time objected to the previous week’s re-appointment of Greg Alexander to the city’s traffic commission. The commission is an an advisory board that, among other things, recommends to the city council and other city officials

The now open space in downtown that’s roughly bounded by 10th and 11th streets, and Rogers and Madison streets, will get some renewed focus and attention for development. The area is known as the Trades District, which is a 12-acre portion of a larger area comprising Bloomington’s certified

According to the National Weather Service snowfall map, only about 3 inches of snow  fell on Bloomington, Indiana, from Tuesday night at 7 p.m. through 7 a.m. on Thursday. It was a gloppy, wet snow that came with the above-freezing temperature of around 34 F on Wednesday morning.

On Wednesday night, Bloomington’s city council took action that will, as councilmember Dave Rollo put it, shape the city’s public safety building footprint “for decades to come.” The council split 5–4 on a vote to approve the Bloomington redevelopment commission’s purchase agreement with CFC Properties—for