Jasper — The Dubois County Solid Waste Board met Tuesday morning to appoint an interim director to take over for Lee Kraft, Jr., who passed away on Monday. Board President Greg Kendall called the meeting to order at 7:30 and talked about their sole purpose for the meeting and then expressed his condolences to the Kraft family….
Southridge High School’s new assistant principal was appointed at the Southwest Dubois County School Board meeting Thursday night. Chad Sickbert will take the spot vacated by Kelly Murphy when he was named principal. High School Agriculture Teacher. Chad Sickbert, the vocational agriculture teacher for the high school, was introduced in Thursday night’s Southwest Dubois School…
The Jasper Utility Service Board is poised to reorganize the Gas and Water, Wastewater and Electric departments. The move comes after the departments have seen six retirements since the first of the year. Department managers have decided to take the opportunity to explore the best way to fill the openings and make changes in job…
There are two major projects that the Dubois County Airport Authority Board is working through right now. The first is the 500-foot runway extension. The second is getting runway number 9 back in use for night landings. The runway extension has been a priority since the board decided drop plans to build a new runway…
Two swearing in ceremonies were held during the Huntingburg Board of Public Works and Safety meeting this morning. Brad Buechler was formerly appointed as the city’s newest volunteer firefighter. Fire Chief Scott Patberg approached the Huntingburg Council about his selection of Brad Buechler on June 27. Buechler, a Huntingburg resident, was approved by the council…
The Southwest Dubois School Corporation has been in a state of flux since appointing former Southridge principal Mike Eineman as the corporation’s superintendent. Eineman replaced Terry Enlow who retired April. Eineman’s selection as superintendent left Southridge High School without a principal. Vice principal Kelly Murphy has served as interim principal since Eineman’s appointment as superintendent….
The saying “you can’t go home again” isn’t true. Just ask Erin Stenftenagel who just joined the Jasper Arts Center Staff as the new Visual Arts Coordinator. Stenftenagel gave her first report to the Board in Tuesday afternoon’s monthly meeting and spoke about meeting with the visual arts committee about upcoming artist series to be…
Huntingburg — Think there’s not a lot going on in Huntingburg City government these days? Think again. With not one, but two major projects in different stages of progress, the city has its hands full. A public hearing was held in Thursday night’s council meeting on the topic of the downtown revitalization project. Nathan Held with Indiana…
The Greater Jasper School Board met for their monthly meeting Monday afternoon and heard School Superintendent Dr. Tracey Lorey officially announce the resignation of Assistant Superintendent Bob Hacker. The board voted to accept his resignation in a motion with other resignations at the same time. After the vote and other school announcements, the board expressed…
The Indiana Department of Education has released the IREAD3 test results that measure students ability to read in third grade as a guideline to allowing them to move on to fourth grade. Third graders had to take the state-mandated assessment, the IREAD-3, March 18-20. About 86.1 percent of Indiana’s third graders passed, according to data…
