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The Indiana Appeals Court has blocked the city of Bloomington's attempt to annex two areas on its western edge.

The court affirmed a lower court's ruling that the city could not provide adequate services to the nearly 8,600 residents in the areas.

A separate annexation case involving other areas is scheduled to be heard by the Indiana Supreme Court.

The city's annexation efforts began in 2017 but have faced legal and legislative challenges.

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The Indiana Appeals Court has dealt another blow to the city of Bloomington’s annexation attempt.

The court in a ruling issued Wednesday sided with annexation opponents and affirmed a lower court’s ruling that the city had not met the legal burden that would warrant annexation of two a

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