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A new Indiana law requires professors to promote "intellectual diversity" to receive tenure. Critics worry the measure will dissuade academics from staying in the state.

Fischer Farms in Saint Anthony, Indiana, has seen a lot of operational changes since its inception during the Civil War. The farm, owned and operated by Joseph Fischer and family for six generations, decided in 2004 to switch from conventional beef production to a process requiring fewer antibiotics.

Chris Tempel’s family farm in St. Croix, Ind., deals in all the Indiana staples; corn, soybeans and cattle. The Tempels also deal in the typical hardships that come with the job, from flooded fields to droughts. “We planted a couple hundred acres of corn May the fourth and May the fifth this y

The Bloomington Wheeler Mission Shelter announced earlier this month it will stop shelter services for women starting Sept. 1.

On the evening of March 31, 200 families in Sullivan, Indiana were displaced by an EF-3 tornado.

A new rule prohibits tents or other enclosed structures in Bloomington parks during the daytime. Bloomingtons Board of Parks Commissioners passed the rule at a meeting last week, and police began enforcing it Wednesday.

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Residents in Sullivan, Indiana are trying to move forward after a March 31st tornado killed three people and damaged or destroyed more than 200 structures. If you traveled to Sullivan in the last week you’ve seen furniture, destroyed vehicles, and debris strewn everywhere. And all around that

Data gathered by the DEA shows xylazine-positive overdose deaths in the Midwest rose from 57 in 2020 to 351 in 2021.

The nursing shortage has led to a greater reliance on travel nurses — who come with big price tags — at hospitals around the country. According to leading travel nursing agency Aya Healthcare, there are nearly 1,500 openings for travel nurses in Missouri and 340 in Kansas. That’s causing some hospitals to rethink their nursing staff retention efforts.