The main business of the special meeting last night was to open the three bids received for the north side sewer project that affects the Skyline and Fairway Parks subdivisions. The first bid was in the amount of $949,280 from Miller Pipeline of Indianapolis. The second was from ISI (also called Infrastructure Systems Inc.), of…
The City of Jasper is applying for a grant with the Indiana Office of Energy Development under the Community Conservation Challenge that will fund the installation of electric vehicle charging stations in Jasper. The Utility Service Board met in a special session last night and Utility General Manager Bud Hauersperger introduced a request to pursue…
Vincennes University will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the newest addition to the Jasper Campus on Thursday, October 27 at 11:00 a.m. The Advanced Manufacturing and Technology Center will add over 57,000 square feet of laboratories and classroom space that will be devoted to programming in technologies needed for workers to succeed in the modern…
Jasper, IN –Extension Homemakers were busy making a difference during Indiana Extension Homemaker Association (IHEA) Week reading to Head Start preschoolers. Extension Homemaker members from Celestine, Friendly Neighbors, Schnellville and Victory clubs took time out to read in four Head Start classrooms October 18 and 20. After reading to the 61 children, members provided a…
Dubois County Clerk Bridgette Jarboe sent to the media several clarifications to questions from voters about the up-coming November 8th municipal elections. First, Jarboe tells exactly what residents in the City Limits of Jasper will be voting on. (Clicking here will open a new window with her audio interview.) Next, she has a message for…
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The County Council met yesterday afternoon for their regularly scheduled meeting. Mark Drescher was the only council member not present as they opened with a request from the Dubois County Highway Department to appropriate $250,000 from a bond paid by Little Sandy Coal Company to pay for the repairs to Old Highway 64 where Little…
Greater Jasper School Board met yesterday afternoon and the board learned more about the bidding process on the new high school gymnasium. George Link with VPS Architecture of Evansville – the firm that is designing and overseeing construction of the new facility – asked the board for approval on advertising and dates for bidding and…
Jasper-On Monday, October 24, Precious Blood Elementary School had planned on releasing a rosary made of 59 balloons. The plan came about when Mary Ramirez found a video online depicting a similar release of balloons in the shape of a rosary in Chicago. She forwarded the video to Fr. Gary Kaiser and he quickly e-mailed…
Perry Circuit Court Judge Lucy Goffinet will preside over the injunction filed by Healthy Dubois County, Inc. on Nov. 21. Dubois County Circuit Court Judge William Weikert recused himself from the case in August. The injunction was filed for alleged violations of Indiana’s Open Door Laws in regards to meetings that occurred without the public’s…
