This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, January 12th, 2025.

In today’s newscast, you will hear Liv Kazanowsky from Indiana University Culture of Care, with tips on fighting seasonal affective disorder. Chase away the winter blues later in the show in a feature report.

That’s Nadia Cain from the local chapter of the American Conservation Coalition. She started a trash cleanup competition here in Bloomington that spread to other chapters all across the country. Hear more later in the show on a new episode of Activate!

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Residents convened on the courthouse lawn on Sunday – to protest recent actions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and advocate for due process rights for undocumented immigrants. WFHB News attended the rally and interviewed organizers and attendees. That report is coming up next on the local news.

Winter break is over – how are you feeling? It’s the time of year to be SAD. Seasonal affective disorder is a real thing – and for folks in Bloomington it hits hardest in January. Correspondent Claire Keefer explores the effects of the winter blues and what you can do about it, in a feature report produced in partnership with The Media School at Indiana University.

Environmental activism is often viewed as a liberal endeavor, but climate change doesn’t care whether you’re a donkey or an elephant. The nonprofit American Conservation Coalition aims to build bridges between traditional conservative values and environmental advocacy. In Bloomington the ACC has a student chapter and IU student Nadia Cain is the branch leader. She started a trash cleanup competition here locally that spread to ACC chapters across the country. Nadia shares the mission of the American Conservation Coalition to fill the ideological gap in the environmental movement, on a new episode of Activate! coming your way right now on the WFHB Local News.

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