A mylar balloon is to blame for the power outage that affected two major manufacturers and a large part of the city Monday. According to Jasper Electric Distribution Manager Jerry Schitter, the balloon was blown in ahead of the first storm that hit the county. It floated into the southwest substation and caused a disruption that…
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources confirmed the presence of a black bear in and around Corydon in southern Indiana. The bear was first reported around 9 p.m. Sunday. Indiana Conservation Officers received a call from a Harrison County homeowner of a bear going through the caller’s garbage. Conservation officers, sheriff’s deputies and local animal…
Richard Dooley, 62, of E. Conservation Club Road, Birdseye, was badly injured after the 2002 Harley Davidson he was operating struck a deer Friday afternoon. According to the Dubois County Sheriff’s Department, Dooley was northbound on Mentor Road about a quarter mile south of State Road 64 at about 1:40 p.m. when he encountered the…
The suspect that left his car crashed into a footbridge on the Jasper Riverwalk turned himself in at the Jasper Police Station today. David L. Manus, 26, of Hardinsburg, Ind., was charged with leaving the scene of a property damage crash after he reported to the police department at about 7:05 p.m. Saturday. Police originally…
A group with the 2016 Dubois County Leadership Academy is busy blazing a trail through the woods on the Vincennes University Jasper Campus. Appropriately named, the Trail Blazers is a group of six Dubois County residents taking part in the annual academy designed to build new leaders in the community and assist in the creation…
Only one final step remains to get the Jasper Library referendum question approved for the ballot for this November’s election. Jasper Library Director Christine Golden told the board during Thursday’s board meeting the referendum question had been approved by the Department of Local Government Finance (DLGF) on June 28th. The final approval should come on…
Indiana Electric Cooperatives warns players of the augmented reality game Pokémon Go to stay away from power lines, transformers, and substations when playing the game. IEC encourages users to exercise extreme caution when playing this new global phenomenon. Electric utilities cannot control where the Pokémon appear, making it important for players to make sure they…
The Jasper Police Department is investigating the theft of a Zoll AED Plus portable defibrillator that was taken from the Jasper Municipal Swimming Pool at 1405 Bartley Street in Jasper. The theft is believed to have occurred sometime between July 10 and July 11. The AED is valued at about $2500. The Community Strike Force against…
Jasper Mayor Terry Seitz has been appointed as a lay member on the Indiana Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. Mayor Seitz has served on the commission for three years. The Indiana Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (IACIR) was established by the General Assembly in 1995 to provide a forum to plan for and address the…
The heads of two Town Departments are in a race against the clock. Property and Street Superintendent Tom Lueken is preparing 18 separate projects to submit for Indiana Department of Transportation grants by the July 29 deadline. According to Town Manager Chris James, reporting for Lueken, his department is going through a checklist on each…
