The Holland Town Council needs folks to show up at the town council meeting Wednesday evening. According to Councilman Tom Thacker, as the town considers a plan for the city’s water supply, to increase the likelihood of receiving grants, residents are needed to attend the meeting. “We’ve been having issues with the Stendal water tower…
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, member of Bruce Spingsteen’s E Street band, and longtime Late Night with Conan O’Brien band leader, Max Weinberg will bring his interactive show “Max Weinberg’s Jukebox” to Lincoln City on Saturday, July 21. Doors for the show open at 5 p.m. and regional favorites The Easthills will open with a performance…
The Jasper-Dubois County Public Library and the Dubois County Museum have created a program in which all four libraries (Jasper, Ferdinand, Dubois, and Birdseye) will be circulating museum passes that allow up to four people free access into the museum. The purpose of this program is to increase museum awareness and attendance as well as…
Jasper’s Main Street between Seventh and Ninth will become a two-way street starting Wednesday, July 11, 2018, at 5 p.m. The move to turn the one-way street to a two-way became a consideration as the board of public works discussed the common occurrence of drivers proceeding the wrong way on the street. They decided to…
The game ended just in time for the Bombers to retain a 13-12 win last night. The win brings us to only 1/2 game out of the lead in the OVL East Division. Henderson fought back after being down by eight runs in the seventh inning and scoring 4 runs in the ninth. The comeback…
The Indiana Secured School Safety Board recently approved more than $14 million in matching grants to enhance school security by allowing local school corporations to add resource officers, equipment and conduct threat assessments. Greater Jasper Consolidated School Corporation received $41,247.50; Southwest Dubois County School Corporation received $50,000.00; Southeast Dubois County received $27,021.00; and Northeast Dubois County received $35,000.00 in…
The Dubois Rural Electric Cooperative sponsored four students at the annual Touchstone Energy Camp. The camp was held June 6 through 9, 2018, at Camp Tecumseh in Brookston, Indiana. Students entering seventh grade this fall were eligible to attend and were selected by their local cooperative to participate in the three-day program. The students’ agenda…
The US economy is a job creation miracle, adding more than 70 million new jobs since the late 1970s. Still, over the same time we’ve lost some 7 million manufacturing jobs. For every factory job we’ve lost, we gained another ten jobs in other occupations. These new occupations require different skills and are frequently located…
The new 75-acre park, The Parklands, officially opened Saturday. It is located on the former Jasper Country Club property. The entrance is off of 15th Street across from the National Guard Armory.
The Jasper Police Department issued an advisory to residents to be on the lookout for a red Chevrolet Cruz or Cobalt with Indiana temporary tags. The department received two separate complaints Sunday about the occupant of this vehicle. Two young women have reported the driver described as a white male estimated to be between 30…
