Dubois County Emergency Management announced the siren in Holland is currently out of service. They have notified their service provider for this siren and they are working to repair it. Tom Thacker, Town of Holland; Adam Chambers, Chief of Holland Fire Department; and Tammy Humbert, Director of Dubois County Emergency Management are encouraging all residents…
St. Henry Community Club sponsors the St. Henry Heinrichsdorf Fest each year, and due to Covid-19, this year’s fest slated for June 12th and 13th has been canceled. Instead, the Club has decided to hold a drive-thru for BBQ chicken dinners on Saturday, June 13th beginning at 4 p.m. (Eastern Time). “The annual Heinrichsdorf Fest…
Governor Eric Holcomb announced Stage 3 of the state’s reopening will begin two days earlier than planned this Friday, May 22 for most of the state. The hardest-hit counties of Lake, Marion and Cass will enter Stage 3 on June 1. Here is what opens under Stage 3: Retail stores and malls may move to…
Wednesday, the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) announced that 581 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 29,274 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s…
Beginning Monday, May 25, 2020, Memorial Hospital’s Alternate Screening Site in Jasper will close and the screening operations for COVID-19 will be directed to Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center’s Urgent Care Center, located at 507 E. 19th Street in Huntingburg. Urgent Care Center is open seven days a week from 8 a.m. – 8 p.m….
Wednesday, the Dubois County Health Department reported there were no newly confirmed Covid-19 cases. As of 8 a.m. there is a total of 163 positive cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Dubois County residents. The health department also stated that 34 residents infected with the coronavirus are out of isolation and reported feeling well. There…
Like many things in 2020, the Dubois County 4-H Fair will be considerably altered to accommodate the coronavirus. The Dubois County 4-H Council made the decision to hold the fair virtually rather than move forward with the week-long event at the fairgrounds. The decision came as the organizers face the uncertainty of whether Indiana will…
Citing difficulties with maintaining the spirit and integrity of the annual street festival that encompasses most of the City of Jasper, the Strassenfest Committee announced the 2020 Strassenfest is canceled. According to a statement from the group, a recently formed subcommittee of the Jasper Strassenfest met earlier this week with several local and state officials…
The annual Memorial Day Observance held at the Dubois County Memorial in downtown Jasper has been canceled due to the coronavirus. The U.S. Flag will be lowered to half staff and the small U.S. flags will be placed around the fountain Saturday morning. Residents are invited to place flowers around the Veterans Memorial in downtown Jasper, the Huntingburg…
As of May 19, at 8 a.m., Dubois County Health Department confirms that two more positive cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have been identified. This brings the total to 163 positive cases of COVID-19 in Dubois County residents. So far, 33 Dubois County residents have recovered from Covid-19. They have self-reported they are out of…
