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Students participate in the science experiment expo March 23, 2019, during the Monroe County Community School Corporation's third annual Girls in Engineering, Math, and Science Conference at Bloomington High School North. About 90 girls and nonbinary students will extract DNA from wheatgrass, meet women in the STEM field and make their own bouncy balls at the 2021 GEMS virtual event Saturday.

Online GEMS conference invites girls, nonbinary students to experiment, meet women in STEM

Apr 4, 2021 4:07 pm

GEMS stands for Girls in Engineering, Math and Science.

The Trade District Garage is located at the corner of Tenth Street and Rogers Street. The garage will open with a ribbon cutting ceremony April 17 at 10 a.m., according to a City of Bloomington press release.

Trades district parking garage to open April 17 with ribbon-cutting ceremony

Apr 1, 2021 7:53 pm

The garage will be located between the B-Line and City Hall.

The Monroe County Courthouse is located at 100 W. Kirkwood Ave. Three City of Bloomington workers have tested positive for COVID-19 since March 25, the city announced in a press release Thursday.

City of Bloomington employees test positive for COVID-19 for first time in 4 weeks

Apr 1, 2021 4:54 pm

The city employees worked in public transit, parks and recreation and public works.

The exterior of Morgenstern Books is pictured. The Bloomington bookstore will reopen its doors in June after nearly 25 years of being closed.

Bloomington bookstore Morgenstern’s to reopen in June, former customers excited for return

Apr 1, 2021 3:05 pm

The store will have a cafe and will be located at 849 Automall Road.

Restaurant customers sit at tables Aug. 29, 2020, on Kirkwood Avenue. Some downtown Bloomington restaurants expanded outdoor seating into blocked-off parking spaces, or parklets, Wednesday.

Bloomington restaurants expand and add outdoor dining space

Apr 1, 2021 12:05 pm

Fourteen downtown restaurants now have outdoor seating in place of parking spots.

An illustration shows one possible rendering of a building complex under consideration by the Bloomington City Council. The proposed site sits adjacent to Switchyard Park and is a multi-building complex that contains townhomes, apartments and commercial outlets.

Bloomington City Council to consider complex near Switchyard Park after committee vote

Mar 31, 2021 10:52 pm

The development would include townhomes, apartments and commercial spaces.

Soo Sup Cha poses outside of Rogers Elementary School on Wednesday. Soo Sup is a first grade teacher who has been teaching virtually during the 2020-21 school year.

Empty chairs at empty tables: First grade teacher is lonely but hopeful

Mar 31, 2021 6:46 pm

Soo Sup Cha, 26, teaches a fully online class at Rogers Elementary School.

Bloomington 16-year-old charged as an adult for murder, attempted murder, robbery

Mar 30, 2021 9:24 pm

An 18-year-old was shot and killed Thursday.

Mayor John Hamilton addresses a crowd on May 31, 2019, at the Dimension Mill for the Bloomington Trades District launch party and ribbon cutting ceremony during Food Truck Friday. After a year-long break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Food Truck Friday will make a comeback in Bloomington.

Food Truck Friday plans for return this summer

Mar 30, 2021 3:27 pm

The free community event intends to take place Fridays at Switchyard Park.

A duplex appears at 420 E. Sixth St. The Bloomington Plan Commission voted 5-4 Monday to allow duplexes to be developed in certain neighborhoods.

Bloomington commission narrowly recommends duplexes by right, city council to vote next

Mar 29, 2021 10:23 pm

The narrow 5-4 recommendation requires approval from the Bloomington City Council.

Nikki Nails employee Kevin Nguyen gives a manicure to a customer. Nikki Nails on West Third Street is an appointment-only salon that offers manicures, pedicures, full acrylic sets and gel nails. Kevin Nguyen

Looking to support Asian-owned businesses in Bloomington? Here are some options.

Mar 28, 2021 5:33 pm

Bloomington has over 25 Asian-owned businesses you can support.

Bloomington residents see energy bill spike due to colder weather, more time at home

Mar 28, 2021 4:17 pm

One resident’s bill increased from $150 per month in the fall to over $300 during the winter.

The Monroe County Courthouse is located at 100 W. Kirkwood Ave. Representatives of the state prosecution and Christi Bennett’s defense will appear in a pretrial conference at 1:45 p.m. on April 27. Bennett allegedly drove her car into a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters on July 6.

Woman who drove into Bloomington BLM protest scheduled for another pretrial conference

Mar 25, 2021 10:11 pm

Christi J. Bennett was arrested in July after hitting two protesters with her car.

18-year-old Bloomington woman fatally shot while driving early Thursday morning

Mar 25, 2021 4:17 pm

The suspect, a 16-year-old male, is in custody.

Bloomington Delta Music Club rehearses its first single, a cover of "Sour Candy" by the band Melt, in September, 2020, inside Bloomington DIY venue "The Cabin." The group is an IU student run organization dedicated to giving local musicians who aren’t involved in Jacobs or a full-time band an opportunity to continue playing despite not being involved in music at IU.

Bloomington Delta Music Club releases cover of ‘Sour Candy’

Mar 25, 2021 2:05 pm

The organization will release more pre-recorded covers in the coming weeks.

A traffic light flashes in Seattle, Washington. A proposed Bloomington ordinance would restrict drivers from turning right on red at 78 additional intersections throughout the city in an effort to keep pedestrians and cyclists safer.

Bloomington City Council recommends eliminating right on red at 78 red lights

Mar 24, 2021 10:09 pm

Multiple intersections on IU’s campus would be affected by the ordinance.

Bloomington High School South is one of multiple buildings in the Monroe County Community School Corporation. The MCCSC Board approved a resolution Tuesday to spend an estimated $5,000,000 to renovate MCCSC facilities.

MCCSC Board recommends $5 million school renovations project

Mar 23, 2021 10:42 pm

Board members also encouraged each school to incorporate social justice standards into its curriculum.

The inside of My Sister's Closet is pictured, consisting of clothing, garments and jewelry. My Sister’s Closet has set up a relocation fund to raise $750,000 before the end of 2022.

Dressing up for a better life: My Sister’s Closet empowers women in poverty with clothes

Mar 22, 2021 3:38 pm

The nonprofit hopes to raise $750,000 to help with relocation after its current lease ends.

People gather together for March To End The Madness on March 18 in Dunn Meadow. Demonstrators gathered in solidarity with the city's unhoused community.

IU students, Bloomington groups begin 3-day protest of city’s treatment of unhoused population

Mar 18, 2021 9:20 pm

Three demonstrations will take place over three days, ending in a march.

Co-owner Tonya Plachy poses with Nigerian Dwarf goats Thursday at the Goat Conspiracy farm in Bloomington. Goat Conspiracy will have goat yoga classes in the spring.

The Goat Conspiracy to again offer spring goat yoga classes

Mar 11, 2021 10:02 pm

The farm has about 145 goats and offers goat landscaping and farm tours.