Turning the former Jasper Country Club into a destination park is expected to cost up to $4 million but that includes the acquisition of an additional 25 acres that will expand the park to over 75 acres. On top of revealing the features of the new park, Dubois County Community Foundation Executive Director Brad Ward…
The strange green strand of lights strung from the Dubois County Courthouse to the Jasper City Hall has been explained. Questions were fired out last night about what appeared to be a solid green beam between the two buildings. According to Jasper’s Electric Distribution Manager Jerry Schitter, the lights were a strip of LEDs —light-emitting…
Friends of Jeff Perry have established a special GoFundMe.com page to raise money to pay his daughter’s tuition. She is currently a nursing student at Purdue University. Perry was murdered in his St. Henry home early Sunday morning. https://www.gofundme.com/yru6j8es
The rattle of the shackles chained to Kyle Popplewell’s ankles only got louder as Dubois County Circuit Court Judge Nathan Verkamp read off the litany of charges the 25-year-old faced. The six foot two, 265-pound man’s right leg began bouncing as soon as he sat down in front of the judge for his arraignment Monday…
The firm hired to finalize plans for The Parklands will present their ideas to the Jasper Park Board at their regular meeting Tuesday, January 12 at 4:30 p.m. The Jasper Park Board hired Hafer Associates in August to create plans for the city’s central park for an amount not to exceed $60,000; $300,000 was included…
Sheryl Sendelweck has filed as a Democrat Candidate seeking the office of Dubois County Treasurer. Sendelweck, 57, is a Jasper High School graduate and earned a business management degree from Vincennes University. For over 29 years she worked for Kimball International and MasterBrand Cabinets. During those years, she served as risk manager, financial services supervisor…
A man and woman on a 1 a.m. Taco Bell run ended up in jail for drunken driving after crashing in front of the restaurant Sunday morning. Police said, both Benjamin J. Wagner, 30, and Christine M. Ziegler, 27, both of Villa Dr., Jasper, had a .17 percent blood alcohol content. According to police, an…
Updated: A Ferdinand man was arrested for murder and rape after a 3-hour hostage situation at a residence near St. Henry early Sunday morning. Officers from the Dubois County Sheriff’s Department and Ferdinand Police Department were dispatched to the report of an intruder at a residence on County Road 50W in the Ferdinand Township area…
Northeast Dubois County School Corporation has a few options to consider in battling its budget issues. Northeast Dubois Presentation on feasibility from Matthew Crane Thursday evening, it was standing room only as a crowd of constituents was on hand to hear the results of a feasibility study completed by the Brookston, Ind. firm Administrator Assistance…
Due to illness and work schedule conflicts, Relay For Life of Dubois County Kickoff Celebration has been rescheduled for Jan. 23, 2016 at 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Jasper Engines Training Center In Huntingburg.
