Indiana Conservation Officers, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Oil and Gas are investigating an oil well spill that was discovered Sunday early evening, in Dubois County, near the town of Dubois, along Highway 545. According to the investigation thus far, salt water and crude oil…
From WITZ: An oil spill occurred Sunday night near Dubois which has affected a creek in the area. A small oil well developed a spill after a micro-switch failed to turn off a pump. The pump continued to operate, which allowed an overflow of sulfur water and oil gleanings to spill over a small dam…
Jim O’Neal WITZ News The Jasper Utility Service Board Meeting was held Monday night and Jasper Mayor Terry Seitz made a push to the board to accept his choice of Chorus, Incorporated, to perform the training for the Strategic Planning and Leadership Initiative. The Board, however, pushed back against the Mayor’s request, instead asking for…
From Jim O’Neal WITZ Another step in completing the new school administration of the Greater Jasper School Corporation was taken yesterday during the Greater Jasper Consolidated School Board meeting. The School board promoted Jasper High School principal Bob Hacker to Assistant Superintendent effective the end of this school year. Hacker – who has been principal…
From Jim O’Neal at WITZ News The Dubois County Commissioners heard an update from Dubois County Sheriff Donny Lampert this morning (Monday) on the implementation of the Interact system for law enforcement agencies in Dubois County. The reporting system being considered is developed and managed by InterAct™ Public Safety, a provider of public safety incident…
The Ferdinand Town Council met Tuesday night and it was clear that the warm weather is having an effect on various departments in the Town. Property and Street Department manager Tom Lueken reports water has been turned on at the parks due to so many residents visiting the parks because of the warm weather. He…
The majority of the Greater Jasper School Board Meeting was spent authorizing the purchase of needed items from the Capital Projects Fund. Assistant Superintendent Mike Hile made the recommendations to the board that consisted of well over $250,000 in expenditures in the form of: A Thomas bus from Kerlin Bus sales in the amount of…
The Jasper City Council Meeting featured a similar discussion heard in Monday night’s Utility Service Board meeting in reference to the legal services of Shaneyfelt and Bohnenkemper provided to the City. The meeting was opened at 6:40 pm with two public hearings. The first on a change to the City of Jasper Ordinance Number 1993-17,…
The majority of the meeting was covered in this story. The Jasper Utility Service Board met Monday night and opened quotes on several items: For the Electric Distribution Department, Central Tie and Distribution project for the Central Sub Station. Two quotes were opened and taken under advisement by Jerry Schitter. Also for the Electric Distribution…
Jasper Mayor Terry Seitz presented several initiatives last night at the Utility Service Board Meeting, which helped extend the meeting to almost three hours in length. Seitz first presentation was to bring before the board a contract for legal services and representation by the firm Shaneyfelt and Bohnenkemper. The existing contract is in its sixth…
