The Jasper Common Council wants to move forward with the sale of three park properties to replenish the city’s rainy day funds which were used to purchase The Parklands. The council approved using $1,087,795 from the Rainy Day fund to purchase the property from the Jasper County Club. The council pushed to sell the Lechner,…
Southwest School Superintendent Mike Eineman acknowledged in Thursday night’s school board meeting that they have some work to do to get their graduation rate up. The numbers were released on Wednesday by the Indiana Department of Education and show that Southwest Schools has a graduation rate of 84.1 percent – the lowest of the four school systems in Dubois…
A boil water order for Ireland residents in the Shiloh Estates area from Skyview Drive West to 400W has been issued by the Ireland Water Utilities. There are 20-25 homes affected by this boil order. You are asked to bring your water to a rolling boil for 5 minutes before using it for drinking or cooking. Or, purchase…
The Southwest Dubois School Board met Thursday night and welcomed their newest member to the board. Attorney Phil Schneider administered the oath of office to Holland resident Leslie Petry prior to the meeting. Petry will fill out the term of Jerome Buening, who resigned from the board in January. His term ends on December 31, and…
The Jasper City Council approved outright selling ten acres of The Parklands to the Greater Jasper School Corporation. They met Wednesday night and held a discussion on the Redevelopment Commission’s recommendation to enter into a purchase option agreement with the Greater Jasper School Corporation on 10 acres of the former golf course property. It was…
The Greater Jasper School Board voted Monday night to allow Scott Stenftenagel of the Stenftenagel Group to seek bids on an 800-foot drive addition at Ireland Elementary to alleviate traffic problems and safety concerns. The traffic created when parents drop off and pick up their children from school is so bad that Dubois County Sheriff…
The Jasper Public Library Board voted to form a committee to come up with a plan for the library building. The board held an extended discussion on the building project at Thursday’s meeting. A committee will be formed consisting of two members of the library board, two library staff members and three members of the public. Board…
If you owe the Jasper Library for unpaid fines, get ready to pay up. That’s the message that’s being delivered by the Jasper Library Board as the members have voted to move ahead with taking the offenders to small claims court. The library held an amnesty program in the month of December, which Library Director…
The Southeast Dubois School board and the Town Council in Ferdinand passed a joint resolution Wednesday afternoon opposing the elimination of the Business Personal Property Tax proposed by Governor Mike Pence. Many municipalities and school corporations around the state have been creating resolutions to voice their opposition to the plan that would rip essential funding…
The Jasper Arts Commission is now authorized by the Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission to serve alcohol at Arts Center events. Arts Center Director Kit Miracle said that they met with representatives of the commission on Monday and that the only thing standing in the way of offering alcohol at events is the permanent permit…
