The City of Jasper passed an ordinance (2011-29) for additional appropriations for the purchase of a home in a flood zone at the end of Main Street. The home is one of six slated to be purchased by the city due to their propensity to flood. The appropriations to purchase this house will come from…
Members of the Indiana National Guard Jasper HHC 1-151, along with the rest of the battalion units, Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, and Delta, received an upgrade in their orders yesterday. The unit had received “Notice of Sourcing” orders earlier in the year but this was upgraded to an Alert Status earlier this week. According to Lieutenant…
The Huntingburg Common Council met Tuesday night for their monthly meeting. The council passed the 2012 salary ordinance, but not before it was amended so that the Mayor and City Treasurer received a pay increase of 1 ½ percent. The Council had previously approved the city employees raise of 1 1/2 percent (story here). Council…
Ferdinand artist John Schipp has created an entire imaginary family with his artwork. The collection is called Grandma Schipp’s Family Photo Album and when you look at the characters you’ll swear one of them looking at you is the artist himself. But Grandma Schipp’s Family Photo Album is a photo album in name only; you…
During the scheduled Jasper Utility Service Board meeting on Monday evening Utilities Manager Bud Hauersperger informed the board of a grant program available for Jasper. The Community Conservation Challenge is a grant program from the Indiana Office of Energy Development. The grant program is in its second year and last year four grants totaling $1.6…
Plainfield – The Indiana State Police will be giving the online community an inside look at the current ISP Academy Class for the first time as they progress through training. The Indiana State Police plans to post weekly behind-the-scenes photos of the cadets during their 24-week paramilitary training. The 71st Recruit School began in earnest…
A county-wide emergency drill was held last Wednesday at the Holland Elementary School Gymnasium and at Memorial Hospital. The team that conducted the tabletop exercise in August, Industrial Safety and Training Services (ISTS), returned to put on the full scale exercise. Here is the article about the tabletop exercise. The emergency consisted of a chemical…
“We screw up the popcorn sometimes,” Juanita Eckert said, explaining that the new gourmet popcorn ideas they have at the Jasper Gift Basket and Popcorn Company don’t always work out on the first try. “Sometimes we’ll try it and just think ‘nope that’s disgusting’, but sometimes the guys will eat it.” She explains. She and…
Two Jasper companies stood before the Jasper Economic Development Board yesterday to apply for tax abatements for expansions in Jasper. Indiana Furniture requested abatements for an expansion project at their plywood manufacturing facility and the construction of a new administrative office building. Stens applied for abatements for renovations on an existing building they are considering…
http://youtu.be/zp4zCjObA_4 In a recent interview with Mr. John Burger, Dubois County Free Press had a chance to ask the Democratic candidate for mayor of Jasper a few questions about his both his background and his hopes for the city’s future. Looking back on his history in Jasper, Burger claims he is blessed to have both…
