>>> "INDIANA NEWSDESK" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY: >>> COMING UP ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK," THE FUTURE OF SCOTT COUNTY'S SYRINGE SERVICE PROGRAM IS UP IN THE AIR.

>> SCOTT COUNTY IS NO LONGER A BAD STORY.

WE HAVE BECOME A BEACON OF HOPE.

>> IT'S CREDITED WITH GIVING THE COUNTY'S HIV EPIDEMIC UNDER CONTROL.

ADVOCATES ARE BOOSTING EFFORTS TO PROMOTE THE PROGRAM.

>>> PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN BOOSTED THE REFUGEE LIMIT THAT WAS SLASHED UNDER FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP.

INDIANA RESETTLEMENT GROUPS ARE EAGER TO RESUME THEIR WORK, HELPING REFUGEES, BUT FIRST THEY MUST REBUILD THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUDGETS.

>> I HOPE WE CAN RESETTLE MAYBE 100 OR 150 IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.

BUT LOTS OF LOGISTICS GO INTO THAT.

>>> PLUS, AFTER YEARS OF COORDINATION, HUNDREDS OF NATIVE AMERICAN REMAINS WERE RECENTLY RETURNED TO A SITE IN SOUTHERN INDIANA.

THOSE STORIES, PLUS LATEST NEWS HEADLINES FROM ACROSS THE STATE, RIGHT NOW ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

♪ ♪ >>> WELCOME TO "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

I'M JOE HREN.

AS THE SCOTT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WEIGH THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTY'S SYRINGE SERVICE PROGRAM, ADVOCATES ARE BOOSTING EFFORTS TO PROMOTE IT.

MITCH LEGAN REPORTS.

>> SCOTT COUNTY IS NO LONGER A BAD STORY.

WE HAVE BECOME A BEACON OF HOPE.

>> AFTER SLOWING THE SEVERE HIV OUTBREAK THERE, THE CLOCK IS TICKING ON SCOTT COUNTY'S SYRINGE SERVICE PROGRAM.

TWO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS VOICED THEIR DISPLEASURE.

MIKE JONES AND RANDY JULIAN WHO SAID LATE LAST WEEK HE PLANNED TO VOTE AGAINST THE EXCHANGE IN A SINCE DELETED FACEBOOK POST.

>> THE COMMISSIONERS PARTNERED WITH US AND REMAINED PARTNERS WITH US OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS AND WE INVITE THEM TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH US.

>> THEY GATHERED FOR A TOWN HALL ENTASES TOON TUESDAY TO EDUCATE ABOUT THE SYRINGE SERVICE PROGRAM.

>> WE CAN'T TELL PEOPLE WHO THEY ARE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE LAW THAT WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY.

>> THOSE AGAINST THE PROGRAM, LIKE THE TWO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, SAY IT ENABLES DRUG USERS, PUTS MORE NEEDLE ON STREET AND ARE FRUSTRATED IT DOESN'T LEAD MORE PEOPLE TO RECOVERY.

ADVOCATES SAY IT TAKES TIME.

THEY HAD ONE NEW CASE OF HIV LAST YEAR AFTER SEEING HUNDREDS DURING THE EPIDEMIC EARLIER IN THE DECADE.

>> THOSE NINE PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY ARE STILL ALIVE.

THANKS TO THE SSP.

>> A VOTE ON THE PROGRAM'S FUTURE IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 2nd.

NOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK" -- FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M MITCH LEGAN.

>>> MY COLLEAGUE MITCH LEGAN JOINS US.

MITCH, YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS ISSUE FOR A LONG TIME.

NOW, YOU TOUCHED ON IT IN THE STORY, HOW DO THINGS CURRENTLY STAND WITH THE COMMISSIONERS?

>> YES.

SO SCOTT COUNTY HAS THREE COMMISSIONERS, MIKE JONES, JOHN LIZZENBY AND JULIAN.

MIKE JONES WAS THE MOST OUTSPOKEN.

HE'S VOTED AGAINST IT TWICE.

NOW ON THE OTHER HAND, JOHN LIZZENBY, HE LIKES THE PROGRAM AND THEN RANDY JULIAN WHO UNTIL THE END OF LAST WEEK WAS SEEN AS THE SWING VOTE BUT THEN HE TOOK TO FACEBOOK IN A SINCE DELETED POST AND REFERRED TO THE SYRINGE SERVICE PROGRAM AS A WELFARE PROGRAM FOR ADDICTS.

HE SAID IT WAS BASICALLY LEADING MORE PEOPLE TO USE DRUGS AND MAKING THE COUNTY LOOK BAD.

SO HE'S PLANNING TO VOTE AGAINST IT WHEN THEY MEET NEXT.

>> HMM.

SO WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE EXCHANGE IF THEY DO DECIDE TO END IT?

>> YEP.

SO I ACTUALLY GOT ON THE PHONE WITH MICHELLE MATERN AND SHE SAYS IT'S UP IN THE AIR.

IT'S SCHEDULED TO END IN MAY OF NEXT YEAR.

SO THIS IS KIND OF SOMETHING THE COMMISSIONERS BROUGHT UP THEMSELVES.

THEY PROBABLY SAW A NEW HIV CASES GOING DOWN AND FIGURED HEY, IT MIGHT BE TIME TO END THIS PROGRAM.

BUT IF THEY DO DECIDE TO END THE PROGRAM, THEY COULD CUT IT OFF RIGHT THEN AND THERE.

MAYBE PHASE IT OUT A LITTLE BIT OR WAIT UNTIL THAT MAY 2022 DEADLINE.

I THINK IT'S WORTH MENTIONING THAT EARLIER THIS YEAR AT THE STATE HOUSE, STATE LEGISLATURE ACTUALLY VOTED TO EXTEND THE STATEWIDE DEADLINE FOR THESE PROGRAMS UNTIL 2026.

SO AT LEAST AT THE STATE LEVEL THEY FEEL THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD STICK AROUND.

>> DID MATERN SAY ANYTHING AS TO WHAT THE EFFECTS MIGHT BE IF THEY DO CANCEL THE PROGRAM?

>> YEP.

SO THERE WAS ONE CASE OF HIV IN THE COUNTY LAST YEAR.

BUT THERE'S STILL OVER 150 PEOPLE LIVING THERE WITH IT.

SO UNSURPRISINGLY, SHE EXPECTS THOSE NUMBERS WILL GO BACK UP, BUT SHE WAS ARGUABLY ALMOST MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE MESSAGE IT MIGHT SEND TO OTHER EXCHANGES ACROSS THE STATE OR EVEN NATION.

WE'RE SEEING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WEST VIRGINIA, WHERE THEY JUST GOT RID OF AN EXCHANGE THERE.

AND SCOTT COUNTY SYRINGE SERVICE PROGRAM IS SEEN AS THE WAY TO DO IT.

SO SHE'S CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THOSE RIPPLE EFFECTS ENDING THE PROGRAM MIGHT HAVE.

>> AND MITCH, REALLY QUICK WHEN IS THE NEXT MEETING?

>> WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2nd, JOHN LIZZENBY EXPECTS THEY WILL VOTE ON THE ISSUE THEN.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU, JOE.

>>> MONROE COUNTY ENDED THE MASK MANDATE AND SOCIAL DISTANCING THIS WEEK FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE FULLY VACCINATED.

HOWEVER, MASKS ARE STILL REQUIRED IN GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, SCHOOLS, MEDICAL OFFICES, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, AND IN MANY BUSINESSES.

MORE THAN 45% OF THE ELIGIBLE POPULATION, WHICH NOW INCLUDES 12 TO 15-YEAR-OLDS, HAS BEEN FULLY VACCINATED IN MONROE COUNTY, BUT CITY LEADERS ARE WARNING WE ARE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET.

>> MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT VACCINATED, AND THAT MEANS THERE'S STILL REAL RISK OF TRANSMISSIONS OF SICKNESS, EVEN FATALITIES.

>> INDIANA UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCED TODAY IT WOULD REQUIRE VACCINES FOR ALL STUDENTS, STAFF, AND FACULTY THIS FALL.

STUDENTSWHO FAIL TO GET VACCINATED BY AUGUST 15th AUGUST 15th COULD HAVE THEIR CLASSES CANCELED AND I.U.

ACCESS REVOKED.

FACULTY AND STAFF WHO DON'T GET VACCINATED WILL NO LONGER BE EMPLOYED BY UNIVERSITY.

THERE ARE EXEMPTIONS FOR HEALTH AND RELIGION REASONS.

WELL, PARTS TO ANNEX PARTS OF MONROE COUNTY TOOK ANOTHER STEP FORWARD.

THE BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNSELEE IS IS VOTING ON THISH -- COUNCIL IS VOTING ON THE ISSUE IN EARLY AUGUST.

THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE ONE IN 2017 THAT DIDN'T HOLD BECAUSE OF A LAW ENACTED BY GOVERNOR ERIC HOLCOMB.

>> PUT ANOTHER WAY, OUR EXISTING CITY BOUNDARIES ARE OUT OF DATE.

THEY NO LONGER REPRESENT THE ON-THE-GROUND REALITIES OF OUR COMMUNITY.

>> THE STATE SUPREME COURT STROKE DOWN HOLCOMB'S LAW LAST NOVEMBER AND THE PLAN IS ESTIMATED TO DRAW $14.5 MILLION IN REVENUES OVER SEVEN YEARS BEGINNING IN 2024.

IT WOULD ALSO ADD OVER 9,000 ACRES AND MORE THAN 14,000 RESIDENTS TO BLOOMINGTON.

THE CITY WILL HOST A REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARING AUGUST 4th.

FROM, THERE THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER THE PROPOSAL FOR FINAL ADOPTION, AND MAKE ANY LAST-MINUTE CHANGES SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER.

>>> INDIANA IS HEADED TO COURT OVER A NEW LAW THAT REQUIRES DOCTORS TO TELL PATIENTS ABOUT A SO-CALLED ABORTION REVERSAL PROCEDURE THAT MAJOR MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS CALL UNPROVEN AND UNETHICAL.

MEDICATION INDUCED ABORTIONS REQUIRE PREGNANT PEOPLE TO TAKE TWO PILLS AT SEPARATE TIMES.

ANTIABORTION ADVOCATES PROMOTE A PROCEDURE THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROCESS PROPORTS TO REVERSE THE ABORTION.

THERE'S ONLY ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE OF ITS SUCCESS, BUT HOOSIER DOCTORS MUST NOW TELL PATIENTS ABOUT THE PROCEDURE UNDER THE NEW INDIANA LAW.

>>> WELL, WHAT STARTED WITH JUST A HANDFUL OF BOXES HAS NOW EXPANDED TO DOZENS AROUND INDIANA, AND IN SEVERAL OTHER STATES.

ADAM PINSKER SPOKE WITH THE FOUNDER OF SAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES ON WHY THE PROGRAM IS SO SUCCESSFUL.

>> TESSA HIGGS AND HER HUSBAND GOT NOLA AT JUST ONE MONTH OLD.

>> HER MOTHER ACTUALLY SURRENDERED HER TO A POLICE OFFICER.

>> NOLA WAS GIVEN UP UNDER INDIANA'S SAFE HAVEN LAW.

PASSED TWO DECADES AGO, IT ALLOWS A WOMAN TO GIVE UP HER NEWBORN WITHOUT FEAR OF PROSECUTION BUT NOT ALL ABANDONED BABIES ARE AS LUCKY AS NOLA.

>> THESE BABIES WILL EITHER END UP IN A DUMPSTER OR THE BABY BOX.

THOSE ARE THE TWO OPTIONS AT THIS POINT.

>> MONICA KELSEY WHOSE BABY WAS GIVEN UP AT BIRTH CREDITS THESE BABY BOXES FOR CUTTING BACK ON THE NUMBER OF NEWBORN DEATHS.

>> WE NEVER HAD A DEAD BABY SINCE THOSE BOXES ARE IN AND WE HAD A RECORD NUMBER OF BABIES IN THE BOXES.

>> THE 59th AND 60th BABY BOXES WERE OPENED ONE IN MARTINSVILLE AND FRANKLIN.

YOU CAN PLACE THE BABY IN THIS BOX ON THE SIDE OF THE MARTINVILLE FIRE STATION.

AN ALARM IS TRIPPED AND A FIREFIGHTER IS TRIPPED OR FIRST RESPONDER IMMEDIATELY TENDS TO THE CHILD.

THE BOX IS CLIMATE CONTROLLED AND INCLUDES A BASSINNETTE.

>> SHE HAS TO USE HER OWN FEET TO PLACE THE BABY IN THE BOX AND THE CHILD WILL BE PICKED UP IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES.

>> THEY CREDIT THE BOXES AND THE SAFE HAVEN LAW WITH GIVING KIDS LIKE NOLA A FIGHTING CHANCE AT FINDING A LOVING FAMILY.

>> NOLA HAS BEEN SUCH A BLESSING TO OUR FAMILY.

WE CAME TO TERMS THAT A BABY JUST WASN'T IN THE FUTURE FOR US.

>> FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M ADAM PINSKER.

>>> KELSEY SAYS THERE'S A LONG WAITING LIST FOR COUPLES LOOKING TO ADOPT SAFE HAVEN BABIES IN INDIANA.

>>> COMING UP NEXT ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK," BLOOMINGTON APPROVED ITS NEW UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE THIS WEEK.

ONE OF THE MOST CONTENTIOUS ISSUES IS LEGALIZING DUPLEXES WITHIN CORE NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND WE VISIT ANGEL MOUNDS NEAR EVANSVILLE WHERE THE REMAINS OF NEARLY 700 NATIVE AMERICANS WERE RECENTLY REPATRIATED BY INDIANA UNIVERSITY.

THESE STORIES AND MORE RIGHT HERE ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

>>> WELCOME BACK TO "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

EARLIER THIS MONTH, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN RAISED THE CAP ON THE NUMBER OF REFUGEES THE U.S.

ACCEPTS INTO THE COUNTRY AFTER FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP LOWERED THE LEVEL FOR YEARS.

IT'S WELCOME NEWS FOR THE ORGANIZATIONS WITH BRING THE PEOPLE IN.

BUT AS MITCH LEGAN REPORTS, THEY HAVE TO BUILD A NETWORK HIT HARD BY YEARS OF CUTBACKS.

[ CHEERS ] >> COLE VARGA IS HOPING VIDEOS LIKE THIS ONE START DOMINATING HIS SOCIAL MEDIA AGAIN.

IN RECENT YEARS, THEY HAVE BECOME A LOT LESS FREQUENT.

>> I THINK REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS WE DO AS A COUNTRY.

SO NOT JUST REUNITING FAMILIES, BUT JUST GIVING PEOPLE A NEW HOME AND A NEW CHANCE AT LIFE.

>> EXODUS REFUGEE IMMIGRATION IS INDIANA'S LARGEST REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM.

VARGA OVERSEES A PIPELINE THAT GIVES THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE GLOBE A SHOT AT FREEDOM IN THE UNITED STATES.

BUT UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, THAT PIPELINE HAD BEEN REDUCED TO A TRICKLE.

>> THE UNITED STATES WILL NOT BE A MIGRANT CAMP, AND IT WILL NOT BE A REFUGEE HOLDING FACILITY.

IT WON'T BE.

>> IN 2016, THE LAST YEAR BEFORE PRESIDENT TRUMP TOOK OFFICE, THE U.S.

ADMITTED ABOUT 85,000 REFUGEES.

LAST YEAR, HE SET THE CAP AT A RECORD LOW OF 15,000.

AND ACTUAL NUMBERS DIDN'T COME CLOSE.

>> THIS WAS A VERY LARGE AND IN MANY RESPECTS UNPRECEDENTED POLICY BASED DECISION TO SAY, WE WANT TO ALLOW FAR FEWER REFUGEES COMING TO THE UNITED STATES.

>> RECORD LOWS FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MEANT RECORD LOWS AT EXODUS.

THEIR ANNUAL RESETTLEMENTS PLUMMETED FROM AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 900 TO 175 LAST YEAR.

AND THIS YEAR IS NOT LOOKING MUCH BETTER.

>> DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, WE RESETTLED ABOUT AS MANY PEOPLE AS PERHAPS ONE YEAR DURING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.

>> WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LIMITING THE SUPPLY OF REFUGEES, OVER ONE-THIRD OF RESETTLEMENT AGENCIES WERE FORCED TO CLOSE.

MANY, INCLUDING EXODUS, HAVE BUDGETS TIED TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THEY HELP.

VARGA SAYS THERE WAS A POINT HE WAS CONCERNED THAT EXODUS MIGHT HAVE TO SHUT DOWN.

THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT WORK, BUT NOT WITHOUT CUTTING 15 POSITIONS ON STAFF.

>> YOU KNOW, THE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE, THE EXPERTISE, THE LANGUAGE CAPACITY THAT YOU LOSE WHEN YOU HAVE TO DROP A THIRD OF YOUR STAFF OVERNIGHT IS HARD TO RECOVER FROM.

>> JUST OVER 20 REFUGEES HAVE BEEN RESETTLED IN THE STATE SINCE OCTOBER.

[ CRYING ] >> TWO OF THEM ARE JEAN NSENGIYUNVA'S WIFE, NICOLE, AND DAUGHTER TRACY.

>> I DON'T KNOW HOW.

IT WAS -- IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL.

IT WAS GOOD.

>> JEAN ARRIVED IN THE U.S.

IN 2016, RIGHT BEFORE THE CUTS.

BECAUSE OF THE LENGTHY APPROVAL PROCESS AND CURTAILED LIMITS, HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER DIDN'T GET TO THE COUNTRY UNTIL LAST MONTH.

>> MY HEART WAS ALWAYS BEATING LIKE, YOU KNOW -- I NEVER SAW HER.

I JUST SAW HER, LIKE, THREE WEEKS AGO NOW.

SO SHE DIDN'T KNEW HER DADDY.

SHE KNEW HER DADDY WAS ON THE PHONE.

THEN NOT SEEING MY WIFE FOR FOUR YEARS, IT'S CRAZY.

>> AFTER YEARS OF WAITING, THE FAMILY SPENDING A WHOLE LOT OF TIME TOGETHER.

THEY SAY PRESIDENT BIDEN'S RAISED LIMIT CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHERS TO DO THE SAME.

BIDEN WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME 62,000 REFUGEES BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

BUT GIVEN THE DAMAGE DONE TO THE REFUGEE PROGRAM'S INFRASTRUCTURE, HITTING THAT NUMBER IS LIKELY IMPOSSIBLE.

>> I THINK THE RESETTLEMENT AGENCIES WILL EMPHASIZE THAT THEY WELCOME THE CHALLENGE.

BUT THERE IS A LOT OF REBUILDING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

>> AT EXODUS, THAT STARTS WITH BUILDING FUNDS BACK UP AND REHIRING AND TRAINING POSITIONS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY CUT.

THAT INCLUDES ENGLISH TEACHERS, CASE MANAGERS.

>> THE LAWS, THE NORMS, ALL THAT STUFF TO BE READY FOR EMPLOYMENT, TO BE READY TO GET YOUR KIDS TO SCHOOL AND TO BE READY TO SHOP AT A SUPERMARKET FOR THE FIRST TIME, RIGHT?

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS BUILT INTO THE CURRICULUM.

>> BUT THE LARGER REFUGEE NETWORK MUST ALSO BE REBUILT.

VARGA IS REACHING OUT TO APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND EMPLOYERS BUT WORK MUST BE DONE ON THE FEDERAL END TOO TO REACH THE LEVELS OF PREVIOUS ERAS.

>> I WOULD SAY DUE TO THE DAMAGE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAM, BOTH OVERSEAS AND THE NETWORKS HERE, IT'S MORE LIKE 21,000 THIS YEAR.

WE ARE ALREADY SO FAR ALONG IN THE YEAR.

>> THEY WILL HAVE NO SHORTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP.

SOME 35,000 REFUGEES HAVE BEEN CLEARED TO SETTLE IN THE U.S. AND 100,000 REMAIN IN THE PIPELINE.

FOR INDIANA NEWS DESK, I'M MITCH LEGAN.

>> AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF PUBLIC DEBATE, BLOOMINGTON'S NEW UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE IS NOW FINAL.

THE HIGHLY CONTENTIOUS ISSUE OF LEGALIZING DUPLEXES WITHIN CORE NEIGHBORHOODS AND OTHER AREAS IS WRITTEN INTO LAW.

ETHAN BURKS REPORTS.

>> FOR TWO YEARS, THE CITY HAS BEEN IN CONSTANT DISAGREEMENT WITH SOME OF ITS RESIDENTS OVER CHANGES TO LOCAL ZONING.

THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE OR U.D.O., IS THE GUIDING DOCUMENT FOR THESE CHANGES WHICH NOW INCORPORATES DUPLEXES AS A FORM OF HOUSING IN SEVERAL RESIDENTIAL AREAS, INCLUDING THE CORE NEIGHBORHOODS.

THE CITY'S GOAL IN ADDING DUPLEXES IS TO CREATE MORE AFFORDABLE LIVING OPTIONS IN BLOOMINGTON'S EXPENSIVE MARKET.

>> WHEN TWO UNITS SHARE THE COST OF ONE PLOT OF LAND, THAT NATURALLY MAKES THEM LOWER COST.

>> NOT EVERYONE ON THE CITY COUNCIL FOR A LARGE VOCAL PART OF THE COMMUNITY, DON'T FEEL DUPLEXES ARE THE RIGHT OPTION.

THEY THINK THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WILL BE CHANGED TO DUPLEXES THAT WILL AFFECT THE CORE NEIGHBORHOOD PRICING, AS WELL AS THE CHARACTER OF THOSE AREAS.

>> THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND THE PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS WHO SEE INVESTMENTS SUCH AS THIS AS HIGHLY LUCRATIVE WILL SEIZE ON THIS.

>> THAT'S WHY THERE WERE AMENDMENTS INTRODUCED TO RESTRICT AMENDMENTS.

TWO AMENDMENTS PASSED.

ONE MAKES DUPLEXES CONDITIONAL USE WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE OTHER PLACES A YEARLY CAP ON DUPLEXES AT 15.

THERE'S 150-FOOT BUFFER TO ADDING A DUPLEX ON SIDE-BY-SIDE LOT THAT LASTS FOR TWO YEARS.

>> DUPLEXES ARE CONDITIONAL USE.

THERE MUST BE A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, AND THE CONDITIONAL USE WILL BE HELD -- WILL BE CONSIDERED AT A BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS MEETING, ANOTHER PUBLIC BODY.

>> THE RESTRICTIONS HAVE NOT SATISFIED THOSE WHO OPPOSE DUPLEXES IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS HAVE ATTENDED U.D.O.

HEARINGS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, SPEAKING OUT AGAINST PLEX HOUSING, BUT THE MEASURE STANDS AND THE FUTURE BALANCE OF BLOOMINGTON'S CORE NEIGHBORHOODS WILL BE A WAITING GAME.

>> WITH THAT IN MIND AND ALL THE DISAPPOINTMENTS THAT I FEEL AND I KNOW MANY OF OUR CONSTITUENTS FEEL, ALL I WILL SAY IS LET'S GO ONWARD TO SOME COMMUNITY HEALING, TO TRYING TO FIND THAT COMMON GROUND.

>> THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO UPDATE THE CITY COUNCIL EVERY SIX MONTHS ON HOUSING PETITIONS AND MARKET CONDITIONS.

FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M ETHAN BURKS.

>>> INDIANA UNIVERSITY HAS RETURNED THE REMAINS OF MORE THAN 700 NATIVE AMERICANS TO ANGEL MOUNDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION ACT OF 1990.

HOLDEN ABSHIER REPORTS.

>> THE REPATRIATION OF NATIVE AMERICAN REMAINS TOOK PLACE ON A SINGLE DAY IN IN MARCH AFTER YEARS OF COORDINATION BETWEEN GLENN A.

BLACK LABORATORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY, VARIOUS TRIBAL NATIONS AND ANGEL MOUNDS.

>> THE TRIBES INVOLVED WERE THE MIAMI, THE SHAWNEE, AND THE EASTERN BAND OF THE SHAWNEE, AND THE QUAPAW.

AND THE QUAPAW WERE ALL OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS WHICH IS AS CLOSE TO ANGEL AS YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET.

>> ANGEL MOUNDS IS A STATE HISTORIC SITE LOCATED ON THE SANDERBURG WARRICK COUNTY LINE NEAR EVANSVILLE.

IT WAS A REGIONAL TRADING HUB UNTIL 1450.

NATIVE AMERICANS LIVING IN THE AREA ARE CLASSIFIED AS MISSISSIPPIANS, WHICH IS A CULTURE.

WITHIN THE WALLS OF THE CIVILIZATION THERE WERE 11 MOUNDS OR TRUNCATED PYRAMIDS.

>> THE MOUNDS LIKE YOU SEE BEHIND ME WERE NOT ACTUALLY USED AS BURIAL SITES.

INSTEAD, THEY WERE VIEWED AS STATUS SYMBOLS.

PEOPLE LIVED ON TOP OF THEM.

THE BIGGER YOUR MOUND, THE MORE IMPORTANT YOU WERE.

>> SIMILAR STRUCTURES CAN BE FOUND AS FAR NORTH AS WISCONSIN AND AS FOR SOUTH AS FORT WALTON, FLORIDA.

THEY DISCOVERED REMAINS AT THE SITE IN 1964.

>> YOU WOULD NEVER SEE AN EXCAVATION LIKE HAPPENED IN THE LATE '30s AND '40s WITH THE W.P.A.

WHERE NECESSITY OPENED UP ALMOST A HALF ACRE AT ONCE.

TODAY EXCAVATION UNITS ARE SMALL.

THEY ARE ABLE TO BE MAINTAINED.

>> LINDERMAN SAYS THE RECENT RESEARCH IS FOCUSED ON USING NONINVASIVE TECHNIQUES.

>> THE SCIENCE HAS ADVANCED SO MUCH WHEN THEY WERE DOING THE EXCAVATIONS HERE UP UNTIL THE 60s THAT WE'RE PULLING PULLING THINGS OFFER SLIGHT LIKETHINGSOFF THE SITE LIKE POLLEN.

>>> BROAD X CICADAS ARRIVED IN INDIANA.

THIS IS AN EVENT THAT HAPPENS EVERY 17 YEARS.

EMMA ATKINSON EXPLAINS WHAT WE ARE SEEING AND HOW ONE BLOOMINGTON GROUP PLANS TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE CICADA-POCALYPSE.

>> RESEARCHERS SAY BLOOMINGTON WILL BE ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT PLACES WITH EMERGING CICADAS TO MOLT AND MATE.

THEY WILL APPEAR AS NYMPHS, SMALLER BROWNER VERSIONS OF THEIR ADULT SELVES.

ONCE THEY EMERGE FROM THE GROUND THEY SEARCH FOR A VERTICAL SURFACE, OR A TREE TO BEGIN MOLTING.

THEY SHED THEIR EXOSKELETONS COMMONLY KNOWN AS SHELLS.

AFTER MOLTENNING AND TOUGHENING UP, THEY WILL BEGIN THE NOISY PROCESS OF MATING.

THE MALES SING.

CHECK AROUND THE BASE OF DECIDUOUS.

AND YOU WILL FIND THE CICADAS CLINGING TO THE TRUNKS OR HANGING OFF LOWER BRANCHES.

AND, YES, YOU CAN EAT THEM.

CICADAS SHOULD BEING COLLECTED FOR CONSUMPTION BEFORE OR IMMEDIATELY AFTER THEY SHED THEIR EXOSKELETONS WHEN THEY ARE SOFTEST AND LIGHTEST IN COLOR.

PREGNANT WOMEN AND PEOPLE WITH SHELLFISH ALLERGIES ARE ADVISED NOT TO EAT THEM.

>> IT'S LIKE IF YOU COULD CROSS A VERY MILD CRAWFISH OR SHRIMP FLAVOR WITH ASPARAGUS.

LIKE, THEY DO HAVE THAT KIND OF VEGETABLE TASTE TO THEM.

>> JEREMY CHASTEEN, A LOCAL COMMERCIAL CHEF, IS PART OF A GROUP OF BLOOMINGTON LOCALS WHO ARE PLANNING A BROOD-X THEMED, COMPLETE WITH GOURMET CICADAS.

CHASTEEN JOINED ALL CREATURES YUM AFTER LOCAL MUSICIAN AARON JONES AND MARKING PROFESSIONAL AND DIGITAL ARTIST BEN CRUMB CAME TOGETHER TO CREATE A SUMMER CELEBRATION OF THE 17-YEAR NATURAL EVENT.

CHASTEEN SAYS THE GROUP'S FACEBOOK GROUP IS A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO SHARE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS OF BROOD-X.

AS WELL AS RECIPES AND CRAFTS.

>> THE MAJORITY OF OUR DISHES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO EAT A CICADA.

>> CHASTEEN SAYS ALL CREATURES YUM'S FIRST OFFICIAL EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE JUNE 9th AND CONTINUE WITH A FEW MORE OVER THE SUMMER WITH LIMITED TICKS AVAILABLE THROUGH THEIR WEB -- TICKETS AVAILABLE THROUGH THEIR WEBSITE.

I'M EMMA ATKINSON.

>>> WELL, THE LITTLE 500 BICYCLE RACE RETURNS THIS YEAR AFTER THE PANDEMIC FORCED A CANCELLATION FOR FIRST TIME IN RACE HISTORY.

MITCH LEGAN LOOKS BACK AT THE BEGINNINGS OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST COLLEGE WEEKEND IN HISTORY THROUGH HEADLINES.

>> IT WAS MARCH 14th, 1951.

AMERICANS OPENING THEIR NEWSPAPERS WERE INTRODUCED TO A YOUNG DENNIS MITCHELL, PERRY CUOMO TOPPED THE CHARTS WITH "IF" AND HOWDY WILCOX ANNOUNCED A NEW WAY TO RAISE MONEY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR WORKING STUDENTS.

THE HEADLINE READS, INDIANA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WILL STAGE LITTLE 500 BICYCLE RACE.

WHILE WALKING THROUGH THE BLOOMINGTON CAMPUS ONE DAY, HOWDY WILCOX SAW A GROUP OF STUDENTS RACING BIKES.

TO WILCOX, SON OF A RACE CAR DRIVER, IT WAS A PERFECT WAY TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE NEW I.U.

STUDENT FOUNDATION.

>> THE I.U.

STUDENT FOUNDATION WAS BORN OUT OF THIS IDEA THAT HOWDY HAD TO DO A LITTLE 500 RACE ON BICYCLES INSTEAD OF IN CARS UP IN INDY.

>> THE A INAUGURAL RACE TOOK PLACE THAT MAY.

IT WOULD BE 200 LAPS LIKE THE BIG RACE IN INDIANAPOLIS BUT ONLY 50 MILES AS OPPOSED TO THE STANDARD 500.

>> IT WAS A MEN'S RACE ONLY.

THE WOMEN'S RACE STARTED IN 1988.

AND IT'S REALLY TURNED INTO AN INCREDIBLE TRADITION SINCE THEN.

>> THE RACE BECAME SO POPULAR, IT EARNED THE DESIGNATION OF WORLD'S GREATEST COLLEGE WEEKEND.

IT WAS IMMORTALIZED IN THE 1979 FILM "BREAKING AWAY" AND THEN SENATOR BARACK OBAMA MADE A STOP IN THE 2008 WOMEN'S RACE, DURING HIS RACE FOR PRESIDENT.

THE RACE WAS NEVER CANCELED UNTIL LAST YEAR.

>> I THINK IT WILL GIVE PEOPLE SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING.

AND I THINK IT INSTILLS EXCITEMENT MOVING INTO THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

>> SINCE FIRST RUNNING IN 1951, THE RACE HAS RAISED OVER $2 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS FOR STUDENTS.

FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M MITCH LEGAN.

>> NOW, THERE WILL BE NO FANS FOR BOTH RACES, BUT THERE WILL BE LIVESTREAM ON THE I.U.

BROADCAST WEBSITE.

THAT'S THE END OF THIS PROGRAM, BUT OUR WORK CONTINUES ONLINE AS WE COVER THE NEWS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AT WTIUNEWS.ORG.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

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