PromiseLand Preschool has achieved a Level 3 rating in Paths to Quality. Paths to Quality is Indiana’s quality rating and improvement system for child care programs. It is a consistent set of standards to help parents identify licensed family child care centers, licensed family child care homes, and unlicensed registered ministries that have met state…
With the start of Holiday World’s new season on Saturday, park guests will recognize both “something old” and “something new” during their visit. “With last year’s addition of Thunderbird, the nation’s only launched wing coaster, we took a huge leap forward,” says park president Matt Eckert. “This year, we want to take time to celebrate…
Trustees for the Dubois REC Operation Round Up fund met to award grants to local groups and organizations. Eight organizations received a total of $13,365 in March. This brings the total amount of grants awarded to $240,080.39 since 2011. Dubois REC is now accepting applications for Operation Round Up grants May 1-27. Representatives from local…
The Jasper Common Council appropriated $5,959,800 in Economic Development Income Tax funds (EDIT) during Wednesday’s regular meeting. The vast majority, $5.2 million, went to The Parklands while over $670,000 went to the trail extension connecting the Riverwalk to St. Charles and $80,000 for a contract with City Properties Group in regards to the Hoosier Desk…
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? That age-old question can be applied to many things in life and is particularly apt during Ferdinand Economic Development Commission meetings, held the second Tuesday of every month at 6 p.m. in Town Hall. At the April 12 meeting, the query was raised again. The commission was…
Due to the Huntingburg wastewater force main project, 13th Street will be closed from U.S. 231 to Jacob Court beginning today, April 21. It will be closed for approximately one week.
A Huntingburg man was killed in a rollover accident at the 39 mile-marker on Interstate 64 Wednesday. According to police, Thomas C. Hall, 45, died from injuries he sustained when his pickup truck crashed in Warrick County. Police say Hall was eastbound at the time and his truck crossed the median and ended up in…
Wednesday, a Huntingburg resident was arrested on a warrant for molesting a seven-year-old girl. On Friday, April 19, Huntingburg Detective Sgt. Christian Gogel received information about the alleged molestation that had occurred from April 1 to April 14. With the assistance of the Department of Child Services, he launched an investigation into the allegations. Detective…
A member of the Indiana State Police team charged with investigating meth labs was bitten by a dog during an investigation in Birdseye Tuesday morning. According to the Dubois County Sheriff’s Department, deputies were serving a warrant for Stephen Clapp of 101 Ingle Street for failure to appear at a court hearing for possession of…
The Northeast Dubois School Board in Tuesday night’s meeting heard from a parent alleging that one of the school’s coaches has bullied her student-athlete daughter by having a volleyball “thrown off of her, deliberately by the coach on three different occasions.” The parent, Marsha Archer, claimed that her daughter, who is in sixth grade at…
