Jasper — Jasper Consolidated School Corporation’s three elementary schools are too small for their current student populations according to a study completed by Gibraltar Design of Indianapolis. The study results were presented to three members of the school board, principals of the elementary schools, and school corporation representatives at a special meeting held last night. According to…
Special from WITZ AM/FM The Huntingburg City Council held their second and final meeting of the month and worked through a shortened agenda. First, Huntingburg Chamber Director Nick Stevens thanked the council for their help and support during recent events – the car show and the just completed Jazz Fest. Stevens reported that they had…
The Dubois County Council met Monday afternoon and in a continuation of a topic from last month’s meeting, passed a motion to allow Dubois County Highway Superintendent Steve Berg to spend up to $400,000 for major equipment purchases for his department. The Council took several minutes discussing with Berg his request for 3 new dump…
The Jasper Board of Public Works and Safety approved promoting Doug Hettinger as the Jasper Police Department’s new sergeant. Mayor Terry Seitz said that they still have two openings in the Police Department, one left by retiring Sergeant Jeff Carie and one from the resignation of Officer Dave Drew. Those two openings are in the process of…
According to Rep. Mark Messmer, House Bill 1289 was passed out of the Senate Natural Resources Committee Monday morning by unanimous vote. Messmer’s amendment to the bill will allow the City of Jasper to move ahead with their plans for re-development of the riverfront property behind the train depot. Currently the property is in a…
The Greater Jasper School Board met Monday night for their regular meeting and approved two new policies regarding the Use of Drugs and Alcohol and the Code of Conduct for Student Athletes. These two new policies were written as a result of the Substance Abuse efforts by the school system to provide a way out…
Democrat State Senator Lindel Hume of Princeton has announced he will not seek re-election to the District 48 seat. Hume called Democrat chairs across the district last week and then made the announcement official at the Pike County Democrat St. Patrick’s Day Dinner on Saturday night. Hume has been in the Senate for 40 years….
From WITZ News The Dubois County Airport Board met Monday evening and learned that board member Bob Duncan has left the board. Board President Mike Cummings announced his departure during the meeting and said that the City of Huntingburg would need to appoint a new board member to fill the rest of Duncan’s term. Duncan…
The Jasper Zoning Board met Wednesday night and approved three variances for Kroger Limited Partnership I in the construction of a new grocery store on 30th Street near Newton adjacent to the Dubois County Museum. This morning Zoning Board Vice-Chairman, Brad Schnaar stated Kroger Co. asked for three variances for the construction of the new…
The Huntingburg City Council met for their final meeting of February and heard from Lisa Gehlhausen of Region 15 on the beginning stages of forming a downtown redevelopment plan for the City. Gehlhausen told the Council that, if they pass a resolution to authorize, she would begin the process of getting a $40,000.00 grant to…
