A Ferdinand man and Jasper woman were shot while rabbit hunting Sunday morning southwest of Ferdinand. According to Indiana Conservation Officers, they were called to the shooting incident at about 9:15 a.m. They determined that Kevin Luebbehusen, 34, of Ferdinand and Stacey McBride, 26, of Jasper, were with a hunting party watching a rabbit hunt when…
Saint Meinrad Archabbey Library Gallery, St. Meinrad is hosting an exhibit of artwork by artist Br. Martin Erspamer, OSB. The exhibit is open from now through the end of December. This show, titled “Recent Works,” is a collection of new work he has done in ceramics, relief prints, serigraphs and works on paper. Many of…
Dubois Superior Court Judge Mark R. McConnell will seek re-election as Dubois County Superior Court judge. McConnell, 56, has presided over the court since June 2008 when he was appointed by Governor Mitch Daniels to replace Elaine B. Brown, who had been appointed to the Indiana Court of Appeals. McConnell won election in 2010 to a…
Survivors of Suicide of Dubois County (SOSDC) completed the annually required board appointments. President Janet Schnell, Treasurer Patrician Bohnenkamper, and Membership Director Janet Schmidt will maintain their positions. Vivia Dian Laubscher has been promoted to Vice-President and Nicole Schnell has been elected to serve as the Secretary. Founding member and outgoing Vice-President Mary Lou Schmitt…
Shannon K. Sermersheim, 50, of Jasper, passed away at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 12, 2015, at home. Shannon was born in Jasper, Indiana on June 28, 1965 to Jerry and Dianne (Fleck) Sermersheim. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Jasper, the VFW Post #673 Auxiliary, the American Legion Post #147…
Marie V. Blessinger, 90, of Holland, Indiana, passed away at 11:40 a.m., Saturday, December 12, 2015, at Brookside Village in Jasper. She was born April 5, 1925, in Celestine, Indiana, to Herman and Lorena (Verkamp) Metz. She married Gilbert J. Blessinger on November 20, 1948, in Celestine, Indiana. Mrs. Blessinger was a homemaker and a…
A tire flew off a car on Newton Street and went through a window at Becher-Kluesner’s Northside Chapel at 3221 Newton Street, Sunday morning. Kyle Eason, 23, of E. 36th Street, Jasper, was northbound on Newton Street approaching 32nd Street at about 11:18 a.m. when the driver’s side front tire came off the 2008 Jeep…
Cheryl Welp has been named the 2015 recipient of the Little Company of Mary Award at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center. The LCM Award is given annually to an employee nominated by his or her co-workers and chosen from a group of finalists by the hospital’s Mission Committee. Nominees for this award demonstrate Memorial…
The video above is a recording of a live streamed active shooter drill held at Jasper Middle School. From schools to movie theaters to corporate offices, the number of tragic active shooter events has increased across the United States at an alarming rate. For several years the Indiana State Police has been devoted to giving…
Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center was recently listed among the nation’s top 53 hospitals with the lowest 30-day heart attack mortality rates. This list was published by Becker’s Hospital Review, a leading source of cutting-edge business and legal information for health care industry leaders. In compiling the list, data was pulled from Centers for…
