Kimball International, Inc. announced it is expanding its operations in Indiana with the construction of a new 220,000-square-foot warehouse expansion in the company’s industrial park on Jasper’s south side near U.S. 231 and 12 Avenue. The new building will connect to an existing 150,000-square-foot warehouse, expanding the company’s distributionfootprint to 370,000 square feet of warehouse…
Fourth Street will host 18 kid booths full of crafts, baked goods and toys for Kids Day this Saturday. The street will be open to pedestrian traffic only from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to allow for the fun event featuring these young entrepreneurs and their booths. In addition to the 18 kid booths, Mya’s…
The investigation conducted by Indiana Conservation Officers and the Indiana State Fire Marshal’s Office has concluded that the fire at Hoosier Hills Marina was accidental in nature and most likely was caused by an electrical malfunction. The fire did an estimated $2.5 million worth of damage. On February 19, 2021, firefighters were called to Hoosier Hills…
Larry D. McEntire, 75, of Holland, passed away at 4:53 p.m., on Monday, June 21, 2021, in the emergency room of Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born August 4, 1945, in Winslow to LaVerne (McEntire) Buechler and Charles Barton and raised by his grandparents, Virginia Mae and Larry F. McEntire. …
Dr. Brian R. Trill, 72, of Jasper, passed away at 4:27 a.m. on Monday, June 21, 2021, at Cathedral Health Care Center in Jasper. Brian was born on November 20, 1948, in Dunkirk, New York, to Edward “Buster” and Bette (Cunningham) Trill. He married Linda Heeke Schneider on July 25, 1992, in St. Joseph’s Parish…
Elnora E. Tevault, 94, of Otwell, passed away at 7:50 p.m. on Monday, June 21, 2021, in Lakewood Assisted Living in Petersburg, Indiana. Elnora was born in Dubois County, Indiana on March 29, 1927, to Edgar and Elfrieda (Eisenhut) Leistner. The family moved to Pike County in 1933. She attended Otwell School for 12 years and…
Gerald “Jerry” Wagner, 47, of Jasper, passed away at 7 a.m. on Sunday, June 20, 2021, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born in Jasper on June 30, 1973, to Ralph R. and Marjorie (Schmidt) Wagner. He liked watching the Chicago Cubs play baseball, the Scooby-Doo shows, collecting model cars,…
Tuesday, the Indiana State Department of Health recorded one new Covid-19 case in Dubois County bringing the total up to 6,222 since the pandemic began. 118 residents have died from the disease. Data can be viewed at the ISDH Covid-19 Dashboard. It is updated daily at noon.
Aaron Blair, M.D. was recently appointed to the active medical staff at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center. Dr. Blair will begin seeing patients at Dale Family Medicine in late August. Dr. Blair received his medical degree at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis. He completed a residency in family medicine at Franciscan Family…
Thurman H. “J.R.” Lancaster, Jr., 75, of Ferdinand, formerly of French Lick, entered into eternal rest on June 18, 2021, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. He was born in Springfield, Ohio on August 26th, 1945 to Thurman H. Lancaster, Sr. and Myrtle (Brown) Ashcraft. He was a graduate of Woodford High…
