Gentlemen, start your engines. No, not your car engines. Your electric razor engines. Or maybe electric razor motors is a better description. Better still, let barber Luke Tieken get rid of that pesky stubble so your cheeks are as smooth as a baby’s behind during the inaugural 2015 event in celebration of Ferdinand’s Demisemiseptcentennial or…
The owner of Crystal Water Designs is hard at work on his latest project, inside the Center for Innovation and Technology at Vincennes University, Jasper. The Center is an impressive place, its multi-storied atrium commanding attention and admiration. It could appear daunting to the uninitiated, but Austin Rothgerber is as at home there as he…
In what may have been the shortest meeting of the year to date (one hour, 10 minutes) the Ferdinand Town Council breezed through its second to the last agenda of 2014 on Tuesday night. The brevity may have been helped somewhat by the absence of Council President Ken Sicard, as various agenda items were tabled…
Remember back in the 1960s when products were touted as being superior because they contained phosphates? Turns out, phosphorus is really a dirty word, at least when it comes to its affect on wastewater treatment plants and the environment. Phosphates are in everything, and a main component in fertilizer. Ferdinand officials learning last summer when…
Memories are sure to be made for all who partake in the 29th annual Huntingburg Christmas Stroll on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 7-9. Enjoy the sights, sounds, tastes and aromas of the season while wandering through quaint, beautifully decorated shops, most of which offer cookies and tidbits to nibble while browsing. Actually, the funs…
The coincidences in their lives are almost eerie. Ironically, neither man knew anything about these coincidences until Monday afternoon. Both visited the Ferdinand News office to share tales of their most recent adventure, and also to delve into the past — the reason they were chosen for the first-ever Honor Flight from Evansville Regional Airport…
Back in 2010, seven individuals who quite possibly could have been diagnosed as lunatics, agreed they did not want the Wollenmann home, an icon in the Ferdinand community, to tumble. The house, built in 1903 by Dr. Alois Wollenmann, was unique in that it replicated a Swiss chalet similar to what the good doctor remembered…
For years scholars have been debating but have never reached a conclusion: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Proponents on both sides have ready arguments to back up their claims. A similar issue has been, if not debated, discussed over the last few months at Ferdinand Town Council meetings: Who should be responsible…
One more step, or more accurately several more steps were taken Tuesday night that will allow the Sisters of St. Benedict to renovate Benet Hall, a former St. Benedict College dormitory, into 15 low income/senior apartments. Each will feature two bedrooms and two baths and a resident rec room will be included in the $2.9…
Archduke Markus Salvator von Habsburg-Lothringen is planning a return visit to Ferdinand, Indiana this year. The great-great-great-nephew of Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria descended on Southern Indiana in 2003 after learning the town was named for his illustrious ancestor. Significantly, Ferdinand, Indiana is the only community in the world carrying the name other than a…
