The Boy Scout Distinguished Citizen Award Banquet was held last night at the Jasper Inn & Convention Center. The annual event always features great speakers and worthy recipients. A full house of over 300 attendees heard Pat Koch of Holiday World as the Keynote Speaker, and watched Scott Schwinghammer, CEO of Versteel, receive the Distinguished Citizen…
Huntingburg – Another dilapidated building was discussed at the Huntingburg Board of Public Works and Safety meeting. Mayor Dennie Spinner informed the board of the next building being considered for demolition at 103 S. Geiger Street. Code Enforcement Officer Steve Collett and City Attorney Phil Schneider told the board that contact has been made with…
The ISSMA District Marching Band competition was held Saturday at Jerry Brewer Alumni Stadium as 30 bands took to the field to try to march their way into Regional competition on October 13th. In Class D, Forest Park, Southridge and Springs Valley each came away with Gold ratings. Forest Park picked up Best General Effect…
The Greater Jasper Consolidated School Board ratified the contract with teachers for another year this morning in a special session at 7:30 a.m. In past contract negotiations, reaching an agreement has been difficult, but not so with this contract. Smiles abounded on the faces of the Jasper Classroom Teachers Association representatives, the school administrators and…
The Jasper City Council held a special meeting this morning in which a resolution was passed extending tax abatements to Kimball International after it’s Kimball Office division decided to move a $1,077,000.00 manufacturing project called “Xcite” back to Jasper from their Post Falls, Idaho plant. Original Story here. The meeting included a public hearing. According to Kimball…
The Jasper Utility Service Board met for their regular monthly meeting Monday night and concluded their business in less than 30 minutes. The board held a quote opening on a Emergency Generator Upgrade for the Wastewater Department. Only one quote was submitted to the City in the amount of $90,955.00 from Evapar of Evansville. The…
The Contractual and Jasper Library boards met Thursday night and while their regular monthly items were discussed, the main topic of conversation was the bids that were received for the Jasper Library improvement project. Both boards opened and closed hearings on the budget with no citizens from the public coming forward to speak at either…
The Huntingburg City Council held a regularly scheduled meeting Thursday night. Mayor Spinner announced the voluntary conservation order for water conversation was rescinded. Spinner also requested a date change for the September 27 council meeting to Tuesday, September 25th, due to the Herbstfest and an approval for Trick or Treat hours from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00…
Public Hearings were held Wednesday evening for the 2013 Dubois County Budgets. Those budgets are: The Dubois County, Solid Waste, Airport, Northeast Dubois County Fire Protection and the Northeast Dubois School District. The Council met, minus council members Bonnie Lubbehusen and Mark Brescher, but with enough for a quorum so that the hearings could proceed….
[quote float=”float”]”We’ve got letters from various businesses and industry along that corridor committing to 74 jobs and over $2.5 million in private investment in growth this water improvement and paving project will help,” Lisa Gelhausen Indiana Region 15[/quote] The Jasper City Council and the Utility Service Board met in a special session Monday at 1:30…
