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Greenwood man's body recovered from Lake Lemon Tuesday morning
Indiana conservation police and the Monroe County Sheriff's Office are investigating the death of a 23-year-old Greenwood man whose body was found near Riddle Point Beach at Lake Lemon Tuesday morning. Nathan Stout was reported missing about 6:30 a.m. in a 911 call saying Stout disappeared from a group of...
Prosecutor won't charge 55 arrested at Dunn Meadow protests
The Monroe County Prosecutor’s Office announced Friday afternoon it will not file charges against 55 people arrested on suspicion of criminal trespass during protests at Indiana University’s Dunn Meadow last month. “The Monroe County Prosecutor’s Office, having reviewed all reports, affidavits, videos, and photographs submitted by the Indiana...
Abortion providers in Indiana seek broader exemptions, no hospital-only requirement
Abortion providers are asking an Indiana trial judge this week to broaden access to abortions under the state's near-total ban. Indiana law allows for abortion in rare circumstances, including when the health or life of the woman is at risk, but only at a hospital. Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers are asking a Monroe County judge for a preliminary injunction expanding the medical exemptions and blocking the hospital-only requirement. The bench trial before special Judge Kelsey Blake Hanlon is scheduled for Wednesday through Friday.The Indiana Supreme Court upheld the ban in June, ending a broader legal challenge brought by...
Federal program awards nine Indiana schools districts funding for electric buses
Nine Indiana school districts will receive federal funding for new electric school buses. The Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Program awarded more than $11 million for electric school buses in Indiana this year. The funding is part of a federal program that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,...
Draft city council letter on convention center causes friction
Tensions stirred among elected officials in Monroe County this week as the result of a draft letter from the Bloomington City Council regarding the convention center expansion project. Members of the city council, county council, the board of commissioners and Mayor Kerry Thomson met Thursday to discuss the letter, which...
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