An Arby’s restaurant is in the works to be opened in Huntingburg MHD Huntingburg LLC plans on building a new building at the corner of 14th Street and U.S. 231/Main Street across from the Dairy Queen in the near future a company representative confirmed. MHD Huntingburg LLC completed the purchase of the property from the…
Wednesday, the state announced Hoosier teachers will be eligible for vaccination at any approved site in the state beginning on Monday, March 15. The shift in policy follows a federal directive making teachers and staff in preschool through high school levels, as well as child-care workers, eligible to receive the vaccine through the Federal Retail…
Wednesday, the Indiana State Department of Health recorded one new Covid-19 case in Dubois County. This brings the number of Covid-19 cases up to 5,951 since the pandemic began. There have been 112 deaths in Dubois County attributed to Covid-19. The positivity rate for new tests is at 16.6 percent. The positivity rate for all…
The Huntingburg Common Council heard from its electrical supplier that the city should consider new ways to handle customers using solar panels or other renewable energy generators. Frank Smardo, Executive Vice President, Energy Solutions with the Indiana Municipal Power Agency (IMPA), spoke to the council Tuesday about those recommendations. IMPA is a non-profit wholesale electric…
The City of Huntingburg can’t fine the railroads for stopping on the tracks for too long. Derek Sublette, the Regional Vice President of Government Relations with Norfolk Southern Railway Co., told the Huntingburg Common Council that when he met with them on Tuesday. He would know since Norfolk Southern challenged the statute after receiving 23 citations in…
Mikayla Granados of Jasper, the first Hispanic officer of either the Democratic or Republican Parties in Dubois County history, was re-elected Vice-Chairperson of the County Democratic Party, according to a filing Monday, March 8, 2021, with the State Democratic Party. The required filing was made public today by Dubois County Democratic Chair Mike Kendall. Ms….
At the height of the pandemic when cases were bounding up in double and triple digits daily, the staff and nurses at the local school corporations were on the phone nightly passing along bad news to parents. Under the CDC guidelines for schools, students identified as close contacts to positive cases were sent home to…
Tuesday, the Indiana State Department of Health recorded one new Covid-19 case. This brings the number of Covid-19 cases up to 5,948 since the pandemic began. There have been 112 deaths in Dubois County attributed to Covid-19. Dubois County is currently at the yellow advisory level. Hoosiers age 50 and older, along with healthcare workers,…
Dubois County deputies are investigating a single-vehicle crash that closed a portion of U.S. 231 south of Haysville Monday afternoon. According to deputies, Barry Nicholson, 59, of French Lick, was southbound on U.S. 231 about a quarter-mile north of County Road 600 North when the 2007 Ford F-150 he was operating went off the right…
Dubois County Community Foundation released its 2020 Report to the Public. The report serves as the nonprofit’s annual list of activities and features a financial summary, recognizes donors, and provides a full listing of endowments under management. Highlights of the Community Foundation’s achievements in 2020 include: More than $2.2 million in grants made to support…
