Jasper Community Arts will feature work by John Mellencamp for one of the first exhibitions at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center. Due to Covid-19, the public can experience the exhibit virtually at http://www.jasperarts.org beginning Thursday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. The creative spirit often finds multiple expressions and such is the case with John Mellencamp. Known primarily…
The Huntingburg Police Department is seeking the individual in the photo above as part of their investigation into suspicious packages found Wednesday. Police were called to Fourth Street at about 1:44 p.m. for the report of a suspicious package in the alley along the 300 block of East 4th Street. Officers responded and after viewing…
Update: The driver from the school bus crash has been located and interviewed. The investigation remains ongoing. The Sheriff’s Office received several tips that helped locate the individual. Original: The Dubois County Sheriff’s Office is seeking a pickup truck that caused a Southeast Dubois County School bus to go into a ditch. The crash occurred…
Gov. Eric J. Holcomb and the Indiana Department of Health today announced that Hoosiers age 80 and older will be eligible to register for a free COVID-19 vaccine beginning Friday, January 8. Individuals age 80 and older account for less than four percent of the state’s population but represent more than 19 percent of the…
Wednesday, the Indiana State Department of Health reported 55 new Covid-19 cases in Dubois County. A total of 4,951 cases have been recorded in the county since the pandemic began; 62 Dubois County residents have died. A total of 16,264 county residents have been tested. Additionally, the Indiana Department of Health announced that 6,214 additional…
The public will have to wait a bit longer to enjoy the new cultural center in Jasper. Jasper Community Arts and the Jasper Public Library continue to work to bring the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center closer to completion. However, while the building is mostly complete, it is not quite ready for the public, according to Jasper…
Tuesday, the Indiana State Department of Health reported the 62nd death of a Dubois County resident attributed to Covid-19. Along with the single death, the state also recorded 24 new cases of Covid-19 bringing the total number of cases up to 4,897 since the pandemic began. The Indiana Department of Health also announced that 3,477…
The City of Jasper will be seeking proposals for the development and use of the former Jasper Public Library property. With the library permanently closed at that location, the building, which is owned by the city and was leased to the library in 1951, will revert back to the city. The property is set to…
New Probationary Troopers Assigned to Jasper Post Two probationary troopers, Tyler Trueblood and Jacob Lauer, reported to the Indiana State Police Post in Jasper for their new assignments. Probationary Trooper Tyler Trueblood, a native of Lawrence County, is a 2005 graduate of Bedford North Lawrence High School. Trueblood served as a Lawrence County Sheriffs Deputy and…
As I begin year 3 of my term in office as your Dubois County Sheriff, I will say I am not at all disappointed to see 2020 go. I bet we can all agree on this. The first 2 years of my term have been filled with learning, adapting, and adjusting. In 2019 we started…
