17+ hour, 46+ min ago   (402+ words) Monroe County’s jail population fell from 247 to 227 over 25 days. But the snapshots mask heavy turnover: 220 people left, with a median stay of 3 days. The Aug. 14 count dipped below the ACLU’s 229-person capacity estimate, but remained 41 above Sheriff Ruben Marté’s 186-person…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (904+ words) On Monday, Bloomington’s city council begins four nights of departmental budget presentations covering mayor Kerry Thomson’s $165.7-million proposal for 2027. Written questions already target a $5.47-million general fund gap, vacant positions, and evidence that spending produces measurable results On Monday (Aug....

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (425+ words) This morning's edition includes reports on Joe Davis’s blocked write-in bid for Monroe County clerk, an IOSHA visit to the justice building over sewage complaints, Bloomington zoning changes and a legal dispute over housing incentives, and plan commission approval of…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (684+ words) Monroe County commissioners pushed back against a councilor’s criticism of their response to sewage damage at the justice center, saying remediation began promptly. They also approved about $118,000 in carpet and building-controls work while describing the aging building as in poor…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (57+ words) The B Square Bulletin Planted, which is likely familiar to Bloomington residents as a food truck, is set to put down brick-and-mortar roots. It joins a line of businesses that have occupied the space (with gaps) since 2002, including Neannie’s Cafe,…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (507+ words) Monroe County’s election board voted 3–0 to bar Joe Davis from running as a write-in candidate for clerk under Indiana’s “sore loser” law. Davis argues the restriction violates constitutional rights of candidates and voters and says he will seek review in…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (506+ words) IOSHA inspectors visited Monroe County’s justice building Tuesday after sewage-related employee complaints. County councilor David Henry said responsibility for fixing building conditions rests with commissioners and warned they could face tough questions when budget hearings start in September. Prompted by…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1369+ words) Bloomington’s plan commission voted 8–1 to approve Hopewell South’s primary plat after the city withdrew a disputed 1st Street tree-plot waiver. The vote moves the 98-home project closer to construction after months of debate over affordability, street design and city process. Bloomington’s…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1230+ words) Bloomington’s plan commission voted 6–2 to recommend UDO changes that ease small-scale housing development and end parking minimums. The commission heard two different legal opinions about the city’s existing affordable-housing incentives and whether they violate Indiana law. A package of changes…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (550+ words) This morning's edition includes reports about IOSHA sewage complaints at the justice center, the Powerline Camp closure, jail turnover and Brown County transfers, election-board hearings, and a Bloomington survey that downplayed college students. This week’s puzzle is another 10-question news…...