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A fake pipe bomb found in an apartment at Bradford Place Collegiate Residences gave authorities a scare yesterday afternoon; The Indiana State Police and the state Board of Accounts say Deputy Trustee April Eagon-Dorsett stole more than $150,000 from Shawswick Township over the last five years; Brown County Veterinarian James Brester’s troubles with the Indiana Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners are over – maybe; A proposed student apartment complex along State Road 46 between Bloomington and Ellettsville met heavy opposition last night; Baron Hill plans to pound the pavement looking for votes during the month of August; This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act; Indiana University’s environmentally-friendly Microsteam Power System has now produced more than a gigawatt-hour of electricity since its installation in January; Democratic State Treasurer nominee Pete Buttigieg will be in Bloomington tomorrow afternoon;

FEATURE

Another world is possible, another U.S. is necessary. That was the slogan for the 2010 U.S. Social Forum, which drew fifteen thousand progressive-minded people to Detroit last month for five days of workshops on social problems and solutions. Recently the local branch of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom hosted a public forum to give some of Bloomington’s participants a platform to share what they learned. In the third and final edition in a series of testimonials, jail reform activist Megan Hutchinson draws a connection between Bloomington and what she learned at the U.S. Social Forum in this WFHB radio exclusive.

VOICES IN THE STREET

People discussing why they attend the Monroe County Fair.