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Reports of bad tasting Bloomington water continue, CBU says good taste will take a while to work its way back through pipes

Reports of bad tasting Bloomington water continue, CBU says good taste will take a while to work its way back through pipes

On Monday, reports of Bloomington’s tap water tasting and smelling bad continued to come into the city’s uReport system. One example: “The smell and taste of the water has been absolutely disgusting for at least three weeks. Has the cause been found yet? It makes me nauseated to

Water rate increase: Bloomington reaches settlement “in principle” with IU, other rate case opponents

Water rate increase: Bloomington reaches settlement “in principle” with IU, other rate case opponents

A planned water rate increase for Bloomington utilities (CBU) customers will likely be put in place as planned on Jan. 1, 2022. That was the big news out of Monday’s regular meeting of Bloomington’s utilities service board (USB). At Monday’s meeting, CBU director Vic Kelson told the

Convention center expansion talk picks back up: “People want to be together.”

Convention center expansion talk picks back up: “People want to be together.”

Two recent meetings of Monroe County officials featured renewed enthusiasm to start thinking again about the convention center expansion project. The downtown project, which Bloomington and Monroe County officials have been pursuing for a few years now, had hit yet another rough patch in early March 2020, just before the

COVID-19 impact: No recycling pickup in Bloomington for week starting Sept. 27

COVID-19 impact: No recycling pickup in Bloomington for week starting Sept. 27

Recycling pickup by the city of Bloomington will be canceled for the week starting Monday, Sept. 27 according to a news release issued by the city on Sunday afternoon. The reason for the interruption in service, which will last at least a week, according to the news release, is a

Budget notebook: Final 2022 Bloomington budget released, $1,000 “retention pay” for police in 2021

Budget notebook: Final 2022 Bloomington budget released, $1,000 “retention pay” for police in 2021

The final 2022 budget, on which the Bloomington city council will be expected to take action in mid-October, was released late Friday afternoon. It’s possible to find among the documents in the meeting information packet for Sept. 29 an additional $5,000 in pay for police officers. But that

Continued calls for vaccination against COVID-19: “There’s no reason to be ‘right’—we all just want to be happy here.”

Continued calls for vaccination against COVID-19: “There’s no reason to be ‘right’—we all just want to be happy here.”

The percentage of eligible Monroe County residents who have been vaccinated against the COVID-19 pandemic virus is still just under 60 percent. At the current pace of vaccinations in the county, which is around 60 additional people a day, it will take another week or so to eke out the

Appeal denied: Mask violation citation of Seven Oaks Classical School upheld by county commissioners, fine waived

Appeal denied: Mask violation citation of Seven Oaks Classical School upheld by county commissioners, fine waived

A citation given to Seven Oaks Classical School for a violation of the county’s Aug. 5 mask mandate was upheld on Thursday afternoon by a unanimous vote of the three Monroe County commissioners. Although commissioners denied the school’s appeal, they waived the $250 fine. The citation was appealed