The Huntingburg City Council Meeting met Thursday night and continued to make modifications to improve the Utility Department of the City. Since last year the council has worked with Utility Superintendent, now Water Superintendent, Tony Traylor in approving the addition of a Utility Assistant Superintendent position to help with the handling of regulations and paper work. When…
The Dubois County Republicans held their annual Lincoln Day lunch at the Huntingburg Event Center on Saturday at Noon. Several hundred showed up to hear keynote speaker Lt. Governor Sue Ellspermann address the crowd on several topics including her first three weeks as Indiana’s second in charge. Ellspermann spoke about progress on the Road Map for Indiana —her and Governor…
The Contractual and Jasper Library Boards met Thursday afternoon and both boards passed authorization to write a new policy regarding use of the library property for the solicitation of sales by any organization on library grounds. What started the discussion was a request by a local Girl Scout troop to sell cookies outside the Dubois Library. Members…
The Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper broke ground Tuesday afternoon on a major expansion that has been in the works since last year. The retirement community is part of the Good Samaritan Society operated by the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society and currently has a skilled, assisted living and separate apartments on north Newton Street….
A bipartisanship attitude was on display at Saturday’s first legislative breakfast in Jasper as State Senator Lindell Hume, Democrat from Princeton and State Representative for District 74 Lloyd Arnold, a Republican from Leavenworth, shared the spotlight for about an hour. Not lost on the attendees was the fact that Hume is the long-term statesman with…
The Jasper Arts Board met Wednesday afternoon in the Jasper City Council chambers – a first time for them and the location for all future meetings for the board. The commission had two new board members present in the meeting. Becky Beckman and Selena Vonderheide replaced two vacant seats on the commission. Credit Cards The…
The Ferdinand Town Council held a special meeting Wednesday night to finish up business before the holidays and the end of the year. Even though it was not the first item on the agenda, the approval by the Council of the Salary Ordinance was the most important. In the ordinance, the Council gave the supervisors…
Huntingburg Airport received a proposal from Dubois County Flight Services seeking a partnership to jointly provide fixed-base operator (FBO) services. Dubois County Flight Services announced earlier this year they would no longer be able to operate as the fixed-base operator at the airport. They would continue to provide other services but at the end of…
The Airport Board said goodbye to a longtime member and supporter at Monday night’s meeting. Board President Mike Cummins read a resolution honoring Raymie Eckerle for his 27 years of service to the airport, including a stint as Manager. Eckerle has said it is time for him to back off on some of the commitments…
The Jasper Library Board met for their monthly meeting Thursday night and got an update from Library Director Rita Douthitt on the Jasper Library renovation project. The library renovations began on Wednesday, November 21. The goal is to improve the space problems at the library and the renovation project was approved by the Library Board…
