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Back on Bloomington’s city council agenda for this Wednesday (June 21) will be two different ordinances, both affecting firefighters. One ordinance is a change that adds three EMT positions to the fire department, in addition to making some changes to other city departments. Among the other changes is a

A suspect in a Friday night shooting (June 16) on South Madison Street on the south side of the city, has been arrested, according to a news release from Bloomington police. According to the news release, 47-year old Bloomington resident Quentin R. Farmer, Sr. was arrested around 9 p.m.

Monroe County’s health department has released the reports for inspections of food service operations that were conducted in May 2023. About 42 percent of the 86 places that were inspected in May had no violations. Recording at least one non-critical violation, but no critical violations were 13 establishments. Recording

Political news from the end of this week included city as well as county campaigns for office. Sydney Zulich has filed her paperwork to stand as a candidate in the Democratic Party’s city council ballot vacancy caucus, according to election office staff. The city council vacancy on the Nov.

On Wednesday night, Bloomington’s city council approved the allocation of $323,000 in social services grants to 32 different agency programs. Those were the recommended allocations made by the seven-member Jack Hopkins committee  after reviewing about $965,000 in grant requests from about 45 different agency programs. Last year

On Wednesday, Bloomington’s city council voted down a proposal from mayor John Hamilton’s administration to increase monthly trash cart pickup fees by at least 58 percent. The tally on the vote was 3–5. Dave Rollo was absent. Voting in favor were: Matt Flaherty, Kate Rosenbarger, and Isabel