Huntingburg — “I think the stars are starting to align.” So said Coalition President and CEO of OFS Brands Hank Menke. He was speaking about the I-67 Coalition’s continued progress towards a connection between the improved U.S. 231 portion and I-69 east of Washington. “Conexus has identified 19 future corridors in the state that are…
Members of the I-67 Development Corporation traveled to Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, April 16 as part of a fly-in to update local representatives on the road project. The group is pursuing the construction of an interstate from Bowling Green, KY to I-69 in southeast of Washington. Members Hank Menke, Eric Schue, David Holt, Mayor Denny Spinner,…
A bipartisanship attitude was on display at Saturday’s first legislative breakfast in Jasper as State Senator Lindell Hume, Democrat from Princeton and State Representative for District 74 Lloyd Arnold, a Republican from Leavenworth, shared the spotlight for about an hour. Not lost on the attendees was the fact that Hume is the long-term statesman with…
“I am going to go as fast as I can go,” Styline CEO Hank Menke said about the proposed interstate he and other area business leaders would like to see running through Dubois County. “It would have taken three years to get this study done through the normal channels and we got it done in…
On Monday the Dubois County Council voted to reconsider the petition by OFS CEO Hank Menke for $25,000 to help fund feasibility studies to support the I-67 initiative. At the end of the meeting agenda, Councilwoman Barb Mathies (D) told the council she had investigated the proposed I-67 initiative and its impact on the county….
The I-67 Board met Tuesday morning to discuss progress made towards the feasibility study. INDOT Commissioner Mike Cline was in attendance with local county commissioners, business leaders from Dubois, Daviess and Spencer Counties, Owensboro leaders. The presentation discussed safety, economic and traffic counts concerning U.S. 231 and the proposed I-67 connection to I-69. Hank Menke,…
On Feb 27 the County Council voted against providing the I-67 group with funds for the feasibility studies that must be done before moving forward with any plans for the highway connection. The vote was 4 to 2 against with Council President Greg Kendall withholding a vote in case of a tie. County Democrats Bonnie…
The first meeting of the year for the Dubois County council was long – over 2 hours and several important issues were handled. The first order of business for 2012 was to vote on officers for the council. Greg Kendall was nominated for President; Jerry Hunefeld – who was not in attendance – was nominated…
There was a meeting in Huntingburg Thursday morning hosted by Hank Menke on the topic of I-67. Menke reports that a not-for-profit corporation was set up called I-67 Development Corporation and the elected officers include Menke as President, Eric Schue as Treasurer, and Travis McQueen as Secretary. The board met to approve the $200,000 for…
The Dubois County Council and Commissioners met in a joint meeting on Monday to discuss the county-wide tax abatement. The council is considering adopting the same abatement schedule that the City of Jasper passed in October. The county council was interested in the property tax abatement but due to the expressed concern of the County…
