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Situation Desk

This section includes inclement weather, action by first responders (police, fire, and ambulance), occasionally demonstrations and protests—anything with an element of urgency.

Predicted storm causes cancellation of MCCSC school board vacancy interviews

Predicted storm causes cancellation of MCCSC school board vacancy interviews

All after-school activities and meetings for Wednesday (April 2) have been cancelled by Monroe County Community School Corporation (MCCSC), the district announced on its website. But schools were to be dismissed for the day at their regular times. The reason for the cancellation is the forecasted severe weather, which includes

Starting late afternoon April 2: All hazards possible, according to NWS—floods, thunderstorms, hail, tornadoes

Starting late afternoon April 2: All hazards possible, according to NWS—floods, thunderstorms, hail, tornadoes

A flood watch has been issued by the National Weather Service for a big swath of the Midwest, including Bloomington, Indiana, starting Wednesday evening (April 2) and lasting through Sunday morning (April 6). The impact of the system could be felt early Wednesday afternoon, before any storms hit, as wind

Monroe County: NWS warns of severe thunderstorms, hail, 60 mph winds until 7:15 p.m. March 30, 2025

Monroe County: NWS warns of severe thunderstorms, hail, 60 mph winds until 7:15 p.m. March 30, 2025

7:14 p.m. Around 3,000 Duke Energy customers are now without power in the Ellettsville and Bloomington area. 7:01 p.m. Around 1,000 Duke Energy customers are without power in the Ellettsville and Bloomington area. 6:47 p.m. Based on Monroe County alert system, NWS

4:56 a.m. March 15, 2025: Tornado Warning for Monroe County, Indiana

4:56 a.m. March 15, 2025: Tornado Warning for Monroe County, Indiana

5:41 a.m. Duke Energy outage map shows about 500 customers without power in the Monroe County area. 5:24 a.m. Scanner traffic indicates the tornado warning has been cancelled. 5:18 a.m. Tornado sirens sound for the second time. The one piece of additional information is

Tuesday’s tornado sirens: Time for Monroe County residents to test their severe weather plan—and resist storm-watching urges

Tuesday’s tornado sirens: Time for Monroe County residents to test their severe weather plan—and resist storm-watching urges

All 37 of Monroe County’s tornado sirens are supposed to go off tomorrow at 10:15 a.m. (Tuesday, March 11) as a part of a statewide test that’s been set up by Indiana’s Department of Homeland Security. That’s on top of the regular first-Friday monthly

A person holds a military style rifle in front of a government building. The plaza is made of brick.

Armed protester at Bloomington city hall prompts concerns about street homelessness, comms protocols, security

Late Tuesday afternoon (Feb. 25), on the bricked plaza in front of Bloomington’s city hall, a person with an AR-15-style rifle was passing out flyers for the Rainbow Panther Party with a call to “combat the city’s fascist policies against the unhoused.” The one-person demonstration reportedly lasted a