GT Industries held a ribbon cutting at their new building in Jasper on Monday. The company began in 1954 when Robert S. Greiner and K. Kenneth Tarbell formed G&T (Greiner & Tarbell) as a foam distributor in Byron Center, MI. About twenty years ago, GT Industries opened its original location in Jasper. These days company manufactures…
Wayne King stood baffled in front of the cheese case in the back of his store in Huntingburg. “It should be here,” King said staring at the middle of the refrigerated case. A label with a content-looking cow advertising Steckler’s Grassfed raw milk cheese stuck out from the shelf. Instead of Steckler’s cheese, a national brand of organic cheese…
Medical Oncologist Karim Anwar, M.D. was recently appointed to the Medical Staff at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center. Dr. Anwar received his medical degree at King Edward Medical College in Lahore, Pakistan. He completed his residency in internal medicine at University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington, Connecticut and completed a fellowship in…
Spring Valley Bank & Trust Company welcomes Sandy Hemmerlein as a new trust officer. “The addition of Sandy Hemmerlein brings a new level of expertise to our department, furthering our commitment to providing traditional trust and estate planning to the communities we serve,” said Marty Kaiser, senior vice president and senior trust officer at Springs…
As readers of The New York Times opened their daily paper this morning, the front page of the Science Section announced “Wood Takes A Thrilling Turn,” with the dateline of Santa Claus, Indiana, and multiple photos of Holiday World’s Voyage. A Science Writer for the Times, Henry Fountain, visited Holiday World in early June to…
Springs Valley Bank & Trust Company is proud to announce its new re-branding efforts with a modified logo and tagline. “Committed to you, your family, and your future.” This is the company’s first re-branding endeavor in 20 years and launches July 2. Springs Valley’s dedicated team of financial officers and staff wanted to give the…
Shelly Seger’s new business on Main Street in Jasper is a culmination of her favorite hobby, shopping, and her favorite job, retail sales. The aptly named Shelly’s Unique Boutique allows her to buy fashionable, quality, slightly used clothes and then resell them to women who want to look great but save a few dollars in…
For the second year in a row, employees of Kimball International worked together and delivered over 3000 pairs of shoes to the charity Soles4Souls. Soles4Souls is based in Nashville, Tennessee, and collects gently worn or new shoes to distribute to people who need them. Formed in 2004, Soles4Souls has given out 18 million pairs of…
Stens has backed out of the deal with Kimball International to purchase the 208,400-square-foot-building at 1220 Power Drive. The deal became news as the new tax abatement program adopted by Jasper late last year potentially kept Stens from relocating to a town south of Louiville. Stens was awarded a property tax abatement for the upgrades…
Louisville, Kentucky —Following nine months of planning to reopen Louisville’s shuttered amusement park, Bluegrass Boardwalk, Inc. withdrew from the project on Friday, June 15. “We entered into this discussion last October with full expectation of leasing the park,” says Bluegrass Boardwalk CEO Natalie Koch. “However, we have come to the realization that leasing a park…
