@Joe_Hren

Anchor/Reporter at WTIU television and WFIU radio serving south and west central Indiana. Host Indiana Newsdesk, Ask The Mayor @WTIUnews

 Bloomington, IN
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Joined November 2011
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A mayor, a Colts game, and a public records request: How a small news operation clashed with City of Sullivan ipm.org/news/2026-10-23/a-ma…

A mayor, a Colts game, and a public records request: How a small news operation clashed with City...

A simple records request turned into an investigation on public records access in Indiana.

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Health officer resigns before meeting to weigh her ouster ipm.org/news/2026-10-23/heal…

Health officer resigns before meeting to weigh her ouster

The board would have voted later that night on whether to remove Sarah Ryterband.

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Phi Sigma Kappa becomes sixth fraternity placed on cease and desist in two months ipm.org/news/2026-10-23/phi-…

Phi Sigma Kappa becomes sixth fraternity placed on cease and desist in two months

Phi Sigma Kappa is the sixth fraternity to be placed on cease and desist since the beginning of the fall semester.

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Unrest at ACLU of Indiana leads to resignations of top staffers ipm.org/news/2026-10-22/unre…

Unrest at ACLU of Indiana leads to resignations of top staffers

Four of the civil rights organization’s five principal attorneys have submitted resignations.

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Unrest at ACLU of Indiana leads to resignations of top staffers ipm.org/news/2026-10-22/unre…

Unrest at ACLU of Indiana leads to resignations of top staffers

Four of the civil rights organization’s five principal attorneys have submitted resignations.

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Street closures coming Oct. 30 for IU Homecoming parade’s return to Kirkwood Ave. ipm.org/news/2026-10-22/stre…

Street closures coming Oct. 30 for IU Homecoming parade’s return to Kirkwood Ave.

The parade starts at 5:30 p.m., and will travel east from Washington Street to Sample Gates at Indiana Avenue.

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Monroe County man arrested for sex trafficking ipm.org/news/2026-10-22/monr…

Monroe County man arrested for sex trafficking

Russell Morgan is facing multiple felony charges, including rape, promotion of human sexual trafficking, domestic battery, and criminal confinement.

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Over half of Indiana counties now restrict data centers ipm.org/news/2026-10-22/over…

Over half of Indiana counties now restrict data centers

The number of counties with restrictions for data center developments is expanding. The policies range from bans and temporary moratoriums to regulatory ordinances to limit where the high-tech...

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Senator facing theft investigation says he will resign if reelected, citing ‘changes in my judgment’ ipm.org/news/2026-10-22/sena…

Senator facing theft investigation says he will resign if reelected, citing ‘changes in my judgment’

Weeks after allegations of shoplifting broke, Republican state Sen. Ron Alting announced he will resign his Senate seat after 28 years if voters reelect him.

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Kelley Institute for Social Impact building community home for 16th year ipm.org/news/2026-10-21/kell…

Kelley Institute for Social Impact building community home for 16th year

The Kelley Institute for Social Impact is partnering with Habitat for Humanity and Whirlpool to build their annual community home.

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Ceremony on naming of Bob Knight Way celebrates the good times ipm.org/news/2026-10-23/cere…

Ceremony on naming of Bob Knight Way celebrates the good times

Bob Knight Memorial Way has been unveiled in Bloomington at a section of State Road 45/46 between Fee Lane and College Ave.

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Houchin has huge fundraising lead in her reelection campaign ipm.org/news/2026-10-21/houc…

Houchin has huge fundraising lead in her reelection campaign

Democrat Brad Meyer had raised just nine percent as much as Republican incumbent Erin Houchin.

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Ceremony for naming of Bob Knight Memorial Way is Friday ipm.org/news/2026-10-21/cere…

Ceremony for naming of Bob Knight Memorial Way is Friday

The naming is for State Road 45/46 between College Ave. and Fee Lane.

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IU Black Film Center and Archive works to restore historic film ipm.org/news/2026-10-21/iu-b…

IU Black Film Center and Archive works to restore historic film

Liz White’s film adaptation of Shakespeare's “Othello” was filmed in 1961 and 1962.

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Bloomington group practices parkour to traverse everyday obstacles ipm.org/news/2026-10-21/bloo…

Bloomington group practices parkour to traverse everyday obstacles

Bloomington Parkour started in 2020 and hosts public meetups on Thursdays at the Warehouse and member-only practices Sundays on Indiana University’s campus.

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Indiana K-12 chronic absenteeism rate declines for fourth year ipm.org/news/2026-10-21/indi…

Indiana K-12 chronic absenteeism rate declines for fourth year

Indiana’s K-12 chronic absenteeism rate is now just shy of 15% in 2026. Students are considered chronically absent if they miss 10% or more of the school year.

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Indiana will bring nuclear energy to the grid under new agreement ipm.org/news/2026-10-21/indi…

Indiana will bring nuclear energy to the grid under new agreement

Gov. Mike Braun signed a memorandum of understanding with an engineering firm Monday with the goal of bringing roughly 6 gigawatts of nuclear power to the grid.

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Despite loss, IU’s goals still attainable going into game at Michigan ipm.org/news/2026-10-21/desp…

Despite loss, IU’s goals still attainable going into game at Michigan

Indiana football lost its first game of the season Saturday against Ohio State. Now, the team is looking to bounce back this Saturday against Michigan.

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WTIU's @Joe_Hren reports on Incumbent erin houchin dominating district nine fundraising, and the avian flu is killing wild birds. These stories and more on #WTIUNewsBreak
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Judge grants protections to Bloomington man confronted over ‘86 Todd Rokita’ post ipm.org/news/2026-10-21/judg…

Judge grants protections to Bloomington man confronted over ‘86 Todd Rokita’ post

A federal judge found Lee Lawmaster likely to prove an investigator used the threat of indictment to silence his political speech.

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