Thursday morning, Wendy Truong and her husband, Khang Tran, were busy putting freshly printed menus into clear-sleeved pockets. A recently delivered sign for their new restaurant in Huntingburg sat on the floor waiting to be hung in the window. Images celebrating their Vietnamese culture and Ho Chi Minh City, their home city in Vietnam, hung…
A few weeks ago, members of the Ireland Lions Club and the Sons of Liberty dedicated a special Washington Hawthorne tree at Ireland Elementary. The tree was planted to commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the country
Clem Lange may have been the face of Best Chairs, his son, Brian Lange, told a banquet crowd Wednesday night. But it was his mother, Mary C. Lange, who made so much of it work. “While dad may have been the face of the business, Mom was the person behind so much of what made…
Huntingburg Police are investigating a neglect case involving a juvenile and 25 dogs. Police were called to an apartment on the 200 block of North Walnut Street at about 2:18 p.m. on Tuesday after a report of a woman screaming for help as well as a man screaming and dogs barking. According to a probable…
Four Dubois County marching bands were among the 32 that competed Saturday, October 3, at the ISSMA Scholastic Prelims & Open Class Invitational at Jerry Brewer Alumni Stadium in Jasper. All four earned gold ratings: This coming weekend, open class marching bands will compete in ISSMA Regional competitions at schools across the state.
It had been over 40 years since Pam Kinkade had picked up a paintbrush when her granddaughter Heather Parrish gifted her some paints, brushes and an easel for Christmas last year. Pam, 82, has lived at the St. Charles Health Campus for about 12 years now. Her longtime companion, Warren Staples, volunteers there every day….
This story was done in partnership with Visit Dubois County. Kim Henzel likes to tell the story of a kid who really wanted a couple of paintings he saw while eating with his family at Main Street Bistro in Ferdinand. Kim is the artistic director for Traditional Arts Today, the nonprofit in the historic Peter…
Jasper–The Jasper Board of Public Works and Safety waived a ticket for a downtown resident after he argued that language in a parking handout led him to believe he wasn’t breaking the ordinance. Shane Van Meter, who received a ticket on Aug. 26, argued that the rules, as written, let a driver return to the…
The Dubois County Board of Commissioners voted Monday, Sept. 21, at its regular meeting to move forward with a $28,000 contract with consulting firm American Structurepoint to draft a limited zoning ordinance covering large-scale developments — solar, battery storage, data centers and wind — in the county’s unincorporated areas. The vote doesn’t adopt zoning. It…
Dubois County’s local governments have recommended raising the county’s local income tax rate from 1.2 percent to 1.9 percent, potentially starting in 2029. The Municipal Unit Strategic Taskforce, or MUST, agreed to the recommendation at a meeting last Thursday. State law passed in 2025 and 2026 lets counties form a MUST made up of the…
