The Dubois County Health Department issued an alert today that a sample of mosquitoes tested positive for West Nile Virus in the Huntingburg area. “West Nile is carried by birds and is transferred to mosquitoes when they bite a bird and then if the mosquito happens to bite a person it can be transferred,” Shawn…
Kimball is closing its Fremont, CA electronics assembly facility by the end of September and work will be transferred to Kimball Electronics in Jasper. Kimball received the facility in a 2007 acquisition, but the medical and high-end industrial electronics plant has not been profitable. According to Marty Vaught, Kimball Director of Public Relations, moving the…
Computer Whisper on Fourth Street in Huntingburg celebrated his opening with a ribbon cutting today. Mayor Marvin Belcher, Councilman Marvin Boeglin, Clerk-Treasurer Tom Dipple, and Huntingburg Chamber Executive Nick Stevens attended with others. David says business is picking up and he is glad he opened his store on Fourth Street. David Smith is a small,…
According to Breedlove a local news source released the information about his new position before he was able to notify his congregation. “The only people who knew about this were the church elders and my family. I was going to announce it to the congregation and then notify the media.” Breedlove stated the response has…
Shane Lindauer (R – District 2) brought up the fact that the County Council does not recite the Pledge of Allegiance nor say a prayer prior to each meeting. Citing that the Supreme Court, House of Representatives and Senate open with the Pledge and prayer, he asked why it wasn’t done at the council meetings….
A moment of silence was held today at the beginning of the Dubois County Council meeting for the loss of council member Scott Knies (D District 3). Knies took his own life on Sunday morning in Celestine. The council discussed contributions for the Knies family. Council member Greg Kendall (D – At Large) expressed that…
On Friday, United States Attorney Joseph H. Hogsett announced an indictment of a local man related to the Department of Justice Violent Crime Initiative. James Miller, 41, was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a stolen firearm. These charges stem from an investigation by the Bureau of…
Gary Yurt is having fun and the other forty people at the Habig Center in Jasper have no idea how much fun he’s about to have at their expense. Those forty people represent municipalities, counties, and companies from Dubois County and the surrounding region. They’re standing around “Yurtville”, Gary’s model tragedy town he uses to…
The Jasper Black Buggy restaurant announced today that it is no longer affiliated with the Washington, IN based business. This comes as concerns about the future of the string of restaurants and furniture stores based on LaVerne Graber’s financial problems are surfacing. Earlier this week the flagship store in Washington was placed in foreclosure and…
During the budget hearing held yesterday, Huntingburg’s Planning Director Rich Hazelwood revealed some major plans on the City’s horizon. One of the larger projects mentioned for the coming year would be the construction of a new Street Department office. Currently the Street Department is located near Huntingburg Park and is in a flood plain. In…
