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The actual “H” in the word “Johnson’s”—which is spelled out in the brick on the Johnson’s Creamery historic smokestack, off 7th Street in downtown Bloomington—is now visible. Until Monday, the letter had been obscured by some AT&T telecommunications equipment that was installed at the

On Earth Day this year, The B Square spotted a red-tailed hawk perched on top of the Monroe County courthouse. In the last three months, several more  downtown hawk sightings have been made. These shots are from the Monday morning (Aug. 8, 2022). It was perched on the courthouse weathervane,

Friday’s news conference of leaders in the Bloomington area is one indicator that the local spread of COVID-19 virus is up. It was the first such news conference since March, a time when IU Health south central region president Brian Shockney described a “sense of calm” after two years

The initial potential term sheet that has been floated by the city of Bloomington for the acquisition of the Monroe County convention center is now public. The key points of the proposal include the transfer of the convention center at 3rd Street and College Avenue to the city of Bloomington—

A couple dozen members of the AFSCME Local 2487 attended Bloomington’s Wednesday city council meeting, to highlight for councilmembers their ongoing collective bargaining negotiations with mayor John Hamilton’s administration—without getting into details of those talks. As Local 2487 president Bradley Rushton put it, “I cannot discuss any

At the Aug. 1 meeting of Bloomington’s utilities service board (USB), utilities director Vic Kelson told USB members that the current Miller Drive service center is “bursting at the seams.” That was not new information to the board—because city of Bloomington utilities already has a master plan for