-Approved purchasing a new police vehicle from John Jones Automotive Group in Salem for the low quote of $23,455 contingent on approval from the Common Council at its meeting in January. -Reviewed and approved bids for police-action towing. The four local dealerships bid a $10 franchise fee per towing incident. With the equivalent bids by…
A Huntingburg man was LifeFlighted to St. Mary’s Medical Center after crashing a motorcycle east of Ferdinand Saturday. According to deputies, Curtis W. James, 52, was westbound on Ferdinand Road East near New Lake near County Road 350E on a 1996 Harley Davidson when for an unknown reason he ran off the road into a…
Deputies are seeking a pickup truck that was involved in a hit-and-run crash near Dubois Thursday afternoon. According to police, Clint M. Renner, 28, of Otwell, was driving southwest on State Road 545 at about 3:55 p.m. When he went past the intersection with 4th Street south of Dubois, an unidentified pickup truck ran the…
Police think a medical condition caused a Loogootee man to drive at a high rate of speed striking two vehicles before crossing another road and striking a guardrail Thursday evening. According to Dubois County Sheriff’s Deputies, Chris E. Kern, 56, of Loogootee, was northbound on Mill Street in a 2002 Buick Century at a high…
Kim Wirthwein has $10,000 to put towards anything she wants for the music programs at Holland and Huntingburg Elementary Schools. The unrestricted grant from the Dubois County Community Foundation the music program just received will be put to good use. Wirthwein, in her 19th year teaching music, is thinking the money can be used to…
David Zehr, NP-C has been named the 2016 recipient of the Little Company of Mary Award at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center. The LCM Award is given annually to an employee nominated by his or her co-workers and chosen from a group of finalists by the hospital’s Mission Committee. Nominees for this award demonstrate…
A truck the Dubois County Sheriff’s Department found burned along a county road was found to have been reported stolen. According to deputies, the 1987 to 1991 blue Ford pickup truck found near an unimproved section of 450S between State Road 162 and St. Anthony Road West was reported stolen from Pike County. The investigation…
Howard Lang likes to have his hair permed. It reminds the 84-year-old French Lick resident of Cleo, his wife of 63 years, and how she enjoyed curling his hair. “She did like my hair, and when I was a young boy, she liked to perm it and fool around with it,” he said. Howard and…
Jasper Mayor Terry Seitz is inviting members of the public to enroll in the city’s first Jasper Citizens Academy class in 2017. The Jasper Citizens Academy is open to anyone high school age or older and will meet on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday evening of the month from February through May. “The idea for…
12 local non-profits received $1,000 each of the past 12 days; today, the public can vote for which of the 12 will receive an additional $10,000 though the Dubois County Community Foundation’s 12 Days of Giving grant program For the past 12 days, the foundation announced a grant award to a different organization at 4…
