Dubois Fire Department was dispatched to a residence fire this morning at 9:18 am where the home of Clint Eichmiller was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. According to Zach Eichmiller, Dubois Volunteer Fire Department Public Information Officer, the house located at Hillham Road, just south of State Road 56, was the home of…
A short agenda made for a short Jasper Common Council meeting Wednesday night. Even so, the council passed three ordinances, two resolutions, voted to authorize the sale of property at 15th and Newton Street, heard an update from the USB meeting on Monday night and appointed a new member to the Jasper Arts Board. Kyle…
The Jasper and Contractual libraries are without a bookkeeper for now. Bookkeeper Jim Sheets resigned abruptly last week citing family issues and has left the department in the hands of library director Rita Douthitt. Douthitt told the board in Thursday night’s meeting that she has taken over the processing of payroll, but the rest of…
Attendees to the annual Lincoln Economic Development Corporation meeting held on Friday learned that construction on a new fertilizer plant in Spencer County could begin soon. One of the Keynote speakers was Doug Wilson of Ohio Valley Resources. OVR is the company that is bringing a nitrogen fertilizer plant on 150 acres in Spencer County. …
Jasper opened the process of updating the 20-year-old (and older) zoning and subdivision control ordinances with a public meeting Wednesday night. The ordinances that control the addition of housing, subdivisions, and businesses in Jasper hasn’t been updated since 1993. Driving the changes to the ordinance is Jasper’s continued quest to expand housing and business opportunities…
The Jasper Common Council met Wednesday night and held a public hearing on two properties. The first was for the petition to vacate a portion of a public utility and drainage easement on part of lots 14 through 17 of Rolling Ridge Estates. The council passed ordinance. The second was to provide the public an…
The Jasper Library Board will begin exploring options to expand services to Jasper residents. Some suggestions from the public have included a move to the old Jasper Cabinet building next to the Patoka River, but that would be an expensive proposition. The building would have to be renovated extensively and the area is adversely affected…
The Jasper Art Commission is concerned with its role in the Jasper Downtown/Riverfront Master Plan. President Mike Jones opened discussion concerning the city department’s responsibilities in the newly approved plan as well as future improvements of the Jasper Arts Center in light of the plan. He recounted a little of the history of attempting to…
The new storm water user fee that was increased last fall is on this month’s Jasper City Utility bill, due February 10th. The fee was increased from $2.00 per month for residential customers to $3.96 per month. City Engineer Chad Hurm recommended the city increase the fee to fund future improvements and maintenance required on…
The Huntingburg Board of Public Works and Safety met Thursday morning for their first meeting of the New Year. The board approved the appointment of Rich Hazelwood as Market Master for Huntingburg. The position is statutory by the state and the position’s main responsibility is to ensure that weights and measurements scales are all legal….
