Dr. Lorey’s update on REACH Superintendent Dr. Tracey Lorey gave an update to the board on the new REACH initiative —REACH stand for Rigor, Engagement, Achievement, Collaboration and Holistic. This information helps the school corporation formulate plans on how to attack challenges that face them in educating the Jasper Student population. “We do have some areas that…
Emergency Service’s financial woes The Dubois County Council met for their final November meeting Monday afternoon and heard from Susan Henke, Director of Emergency Service with Memorial Hospital, about financial woes of the Dubois County EMS Department. Henke reports that due to lower than expected emergency runs that revenues are down, bad debts are up…
[quote style=”boxed”]”Today’s a great day to remember what it was all about. It’s about a better future for young people, it’s about more jobs and more hope and more opportunity.” Gov. Mitch Daniels[/quote] Governor Daniels cut the ribbon across the northbound lanes of I-69 this morning as the 67 mile interstate between Evansville and Crane…
Another Dubois County business has come forward and has requested a tax abatement from the City of Jasper based on business expansion plans. The Economic Development Commission of Jasper met this morning and reviewed the application from Kimball International and their Kimball Hospitality division. Jasper Building Planning and Zoning Director Darla Blazey reports that Kimball scored…
The Town Council heard that the pedestrian/bicycle trail project is on hold due to difficulty getting approval because of an ADA compliance issue. Town Council President Ken Sicard stated INDOT is demanding that the town fix the grade of a ramp the path travels along to cross Main Street near 16th Street. “The grade there…
UPDATE: Due to heavy rain forecast for the area, the closure scheduled for US 231 in Jasper has now been delayed until Tuesday, November 13. UPDATE: In addition to this major repair INDOT will be blacktopping portions of U.S. 231 between Huntingburg and Jasper. According to INDOT, traffic will not be rerouted for this work….
The Dubois County Council heard a request from Dubois County Prosecutor Kevin Crouse to purchase a new Computer Voice Stress Analyzer to add to the Sheriff’s Department to help in obtaining information from suspects. Crouse explained that the Department does have an old unit that is out-of-date and is becoming cumbersome to operate and unreliable….
A Birdseye man passed away in the emergency room after being extracted from a flipped truck near Schnellville. Schnellville First Responders, Dubois County Sheriff’s Deputies and Memorial EMS were dispatched to a single vehicle accident this morning around 6:30 a.m., in which an 87-year-old Birdseye man was trapped in a vehicle that ran off of the road…
The Ferdinand Town Council met for their monthly meeting Tuesday night and adopted their 2013 budget as advertised in the amount of $2,182,544.00. The expected tax revenue is $661,720.00 with the advertised tax rate for 2013 at .7132 per $100.00 of assessed valuation. The rate for 2012 was .5857. In other actions, Town Police Chief…
National American Legion Commander James Koutz addressed a crowd of veterans at the Jasper American Legion on Monday night. Koutz is a Boonville-native and a veteran of the Vietnam war where he served an extended tour of duty with Co. C 169th Engineer Battalion. When he was honorably discharged from the Army he joined the American…
