This Friday, the Dave Buehler Plaza at the Jasper Riverwalk will be filled with booths, games and fun for the entire family. The Heartland Kids Fun Run & Festival will be held from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, September 4 at the Dave Buehler Plaza and Jasper Riverwalk, with the Fun Run beginning at…
Employees with the City of Jasper gathered along 2nd Street in front of the Schroeder Sports Complex to pay their respects to the passing motorcade carrying longtime Assistant Park Department Director Mike “Otis” Oeding to Ireland. Oeding, 60, passed away at home last Wednesday.
A group of employees at Springs Valley Bank & Trust teamed up with Rosie Uebelhor of David’s Beauty Salon to raise $10,000 for the Lange-Fuhs Cancer Center at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center. Springs Valley employees, on their own initiative, worked with Rosie, to create and sell a variety of specially designed bracelets to…
The Campus Activities Board at Vincennes University Jasper Campus will be bringing in Kevin Hines to speak on suicide prevention and mental health. The event will take place on Tuesday, September 1st at 12:00 p.m. in the Jasper Campus Classroom (JCCB) Lecture Hall at VUJC. Kevin Hines is an award-winning global speaker, bestselling author and…
After a highly successful show in October last year, the Voices of Schnellville will return for an encore performance tonight and Saturday night at 8:30 p.m. The encore performance features the addition of the stained glass windows from the original church as part of the production’s backdrop. The windows have been in storage for nearly…
The Huntingburg Common Council’s second meeting for August was brief and only required one action. Before beginning the regular reports from the power and water departments, the council and Mayor Denny Spinner took a moment to recognize Angie MacDonald and Carolyn Bartelt for their years of service as at-home on call emergency utility dispatch. The…
Dubois County Community Foundation announced Jill Cravener was recently hired as the Office and Grants Administrator. Jill brings nearly 13 years of proficiency in office management and public service, most recently with the City of Jasper as the Street Department’s Administrative Assistant. Cravener participated in the 2014 Dubois County Leadership Academy and was instrumental in…
Dover Hill — Two men were found dead at a home north of Shoals and another is in custody charged with murder after a short car chase Wednesday. On Tuesday, law enforcement officers in Martin County started searching for Tom Tharp, 52, 8720 Cale Road, Shoals, after his family reported him missing Tuesday evening. Wednesday…
A Grand Rapids, Michigan man was arrested for allegedly soliciting sex from a 14-year-old Jasper Middle School student through a series of online chats over a five-month timeframe. According to the Jasper Police Department, they obtained warrants for 44-year-old Michael P. Van Houten, of Grand Rapids, for Level 5 felony counts of child solicitation. On…
2012 Guitar Center national “Battle of the Blues” Winner Boscoe France to Headline the Activities Guitar Center’s 2012 national “Battle of the Blues” winner, Boscoe France, will perform at a Next Act, Inc., fundraiser in the historic Astra Theatre on Saturday, October 3. In addition to the performance, the 30-minute PBS documentary “Shoeless Blues: The…
