Jasper — Dubois County Commissioners hosted a public forum on Tuesday to help determine how to address developing countywide zoning, but the nearly 80 Dubois County residents attending spent most of the time pressing commissioners for tighter control over solar and battery storage development. The forum, held at the Dubois County Health Department, was the…
While the VFW Post 673 was making plans to present its quarterly donation to the Civil Air Patrol at the Huntingburg Regional Airport Tuesday evening, an article outlining the organization’s decline began circulating on social media. The post published on a website called Prism — an AI-generated news outlet — claimed that Post 673 is…
The Kinderchor is set to perform on the Glockenspiel Stage next week at the 2026 Jasper Strassenfest. Mary Burke, Jasper Elementary School Music Teacher, was taking the group through their final rehearsals Thursday evening at St. Joseph Parish. Here are a few photos from the rehearsal.
Jasper–After the vacation of an alley in March led to a lawsuit, the Jasper Common Council is being asked to reconsider its decision since one property owner adjacent to the alley wasn’t properly notified. According to City Attorney Renee Kabrick, Jeremy W. Schroeder and Michelle K. Wiertel filed a petition to vacate a north-south public…
An elevator issue is forcing second-floor residents at the Vine Street Lofts to call 911 to attend medical appointments and rely on property staff to deliver medications and remove trash. The low-income housing in Jasper is for residents 55 and older, and many have varying degrees of disabilities requiring canes or walkers, making it difficult…
Wednesday, the Jasper City Council voted 5-2 at the regular meeting to take no further action on its membership in the Mid-States Corridor Regional Development Authority, allowing the RDA to terminate naturally on Dec. 31, 2027. The council considered three options — taking no further action, voting to formally remain in the RDA through its…
Actors Community Theatre will bring “Legally Blonde: The Musical” to the stage this week, running Thursday through Sunday at the Jasper Arts Center, 951 College Ave. Based on the popular 2001 film, the musical follows Elle Woods, a fashionable and determined young woman who enrolls at Harvard Law School in pursuit of love, only to…
“Do you not see your neighbor?” Brandon Lopez asked rhetorically. “Do you not understand what is going on?” Lopez was gathered with about 80 concerned citizens who came out to the Dubois County Courthouse Saturday afternoon to protest recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in the area. Spurred by the arrest of Jasper resident Angel…
Hips swayed and heads bobbed along three production lines at Kimball Solutions Friday afternoon. It was a fun moment as pop music blared from a nearby garage speaker, and each employee assembled their piece of the product before it was weighed, sealed and packed into cardboard boxes. Though much less technical than the work employees…
It was all smoke, but no fire, as firefighters trained on a home set to be demolished just off U.S. 231/Main Street in Huntingburg Wednesday evening. Firefighters from the Huntingburg and Jasper fire departments held a joint training session, practicing home entry and responding to simulated scenarios on multiple levels. “Acquired structures provide some of…
