Carter Township Fire Chief Dan Reinke reports a fire gutted and destroyed a house in Dale at around 8 a.m. morning in the 200 block of West Maple Street. Reinke said that Pam Lowe was the only occupant in the residence when the fire started, but was able to get out safely. He reports that…
Last month the Southwest Dubois School Board voted 3-2 against a request by a teacher to take five unpaid days off. The decision was made due to a perceived abuse of the privilege by the board. Thursday night, the board considered the same issue when it was brought before the board by board member Michael Broeker….
Huntingburg Planning Director Paul Lake told the Huntingburg City Council Thursday night that “things are about to get really, really busy.” Three projects are starting in the next few weeks — the police station renovation project, the 11th Street Fire Station addition, and the 9th Street extension project. Lake said the police station project will expand the…
The Next Act, Inc., the nonprofit formed to purchase the Astra Theatre and create an endowment for its upkeep, announced they have reached their first goal of raising enough money to create the endowent for the theatre. “We received the matching funds for the Dubois County Community Foundation grant. So we were able to secure…
Renovations that include the demolition of excess space in the former Maple Park Elementary School are planned for the Southwest Dubois School Corporation Offices. The elementary school has housed the school corporation’s administration offices in one section of the building and the gymnasium is still used, but the oldest portion of the school has sat unoccupied,…
The Jasper Common Council passed a resolution Wednesday night to waive a rescission of the tax abatement schedule that was passed in July of 2013 for the Jasper Chair company, based on $1.2 million in expansion plans. Jasper Chair CEO Jeff Barth appeared before the council and apologized for missing the deadline of August 11, 2014…
Home equity loans have been popular with consumers for years because it gives them access to instant money. That’s essentially what the Northeast Dubois School board is doing to find funding for long term major projects. Last year, they refinanced their debt service to get over $800,000 to fix problems with facilities. But, Superintendent Bill…
Richard Farr, the president of the Jasper Football Booster Club, told the Jasper School Board the group would need more time to raise money for an artificial turf field at Jerry Brewer Alumni Stadium. The booster club intended to seek about $800,000 in donations to pay for the switch from natural Bermuda grass to turf. With…
The news about the success of projects in Huntingburg is adding up. Mayor Denny Spinner and department heads reported several major projects moving were forward or were completed during the Thursday night council meeting. Spinner reported he had received an email from Pete Schwiegeraht of Miller Valentine Group on Wednesday with the best news of…
The recent spat snow days has forced local school corporations to use up some of their built-in make-up days. Although not approved yet by the school board, Greater Jasper Superintendent Dr. Tracy Lorey told WITZ News in an email that she will seek board approval during the Monday, March 16th meeting to put Good Friday…
