Dubois County Treasurer to run for county commissioner in 2016
Dubois County Treasurer, Chad Blessinger, announced he will run for the office of Dubois County Commissioner representing District #1. There are three commissioner districts in Dubois County. District #1 consists of Boone, Columbia, Harbison, Madison and Patoka Townships. A candidate for the office must live in the district but is elected by all of the…
Jasper man arrested for attempted murder
This story has been updated here. Jasper police arrested a Jasper man for attempted murder overnight. According to police, a call for help was received at about 9 p.m. Monday night from 412 E. 7th Street. Responding police found a 28-year-old female victim — later determined to be the ex-wife of Casey A. Myer, 34,…
Stolen motorhome recovered in Crawford County
A 37-foot Executive motorhome reported stolen from Muncie was recovered near Carefree in Crawford County, Friday morning. According to the Crawford County Sheriff’s Department, a resident located on State Road 66 north of Carefree reported a motorhome parked in his driveway without any occupant or driver in it. When a deputy arrived, he was able…
Indiana Dems file records request over Jasper recount
Following the official results of the Jasper mayoral election recount — where the race was determined by a single vote — the Indiana Democratic Party today filed an open records request with Governor Mike Pence regarding the involvement of a senior administration official in the recount proceedings. During formal recount proceedings, Samantha DeWester, Assistant Commissioner…
Stenftenagel nominated for national LifeChanger award
Photo from this Wildcat Weekly story. http://wildcatweekly.org/?p=5841 Jasper High School Special Education Teacher Rick Steftenagel has been nominated as a LifeChanger of the Year. A group of 15 LifeChanger awardees will determine the LifeChanger award winner based on several criteria including: a proven ability to make a beneficial difference in the lives of students; an ability…
Seitz refuses special election option
Jasper Mayor Terry Seitz refused to participate in the special election proposed by challenger Democrat Wayne Schuetter. Schuetter made the request known at a press conference held at the Jasper Train Depot. (Story here.) In response, Mayor Seitz held a press conference at the City Hall at 1 p.m. Seitz prefaced the conference by stating…
Schuetter calls for special election over voter disenfranchisement
Mayor Terry Seitz’s original challenge to the tie decision in the 2015 Jasper Mayoral tie included a demand for a special election. Today, after losing the election to a single vote being cast out due to what largely amounts to a clerical error, challenger Wayne Schuetter asked that Mayor Seitz agree to the special election…
Huntingburg woman LifeFlighted; faces charges of drunken driving
A Huntingburg resident who was airlifted to St. Mary’s for injuries she received after crashing her car early Monday morning had a blood alcohol content of .23 percent, according to police. Melissa S. Wheatley, 30, of N. Jackson Street, suffered a head injury during the single-vehicle accident she was involved in on South Meridian Road…
Initial decision; Seitz wins by one ballot being thrown out
The initials are supposed to be on the ballots before they ever go out the door of the Dubois County Clerk’s office. Everything is done in a bipartisan way; a Democrat and Republican verify the ballots used by the travel board or as an absentee ballot. They ensure the ballots are clean and valid; that…
Car hits front porch in Ferdinand
A rural Ferdinand teen lost control of his car while attempting to avoid a collision and ran into the front porch of a residence on Main Street, Friday. Ferdinand Police Department responded to the accident at 955 Main Street at about 3:20 p.m. According to police, Gavyn Huff, 17, of E. State Road 62, was…
2015 Jasper Christmas decorating contest winners announced
The Jasper Jaycees and Jasper Chamber of Commerce announced the winners of the annual Christmas home decorating and lighting contest for this year. Entries were judged Friday, December 11. Prizes were awarded to first, second and third places in various categories. Family Theme Kevin Howard @ 858 N. Evergreen Drive Glen and Becky Hopf @…
County Surveyor to seek re-election
Kenneth R. Brosmer announced today his intention to seek re-election as Dubois County Surveyor. He was elected Surveyor in 1992 and has served in that post since January, 1993. Brosmer, 55, is a licensed surveyor. He started Brosmer Land Surveying, Inc. in 1990 and sold the business in 2013. He is a member of the…
Jasper Police Department Operation Pullover totals released
The Jasper Police Department performed 42 hours of extra patrols from November to December. The overtime was worked from November 13th through December 6th, 2015 to make the holiday season safer for all Hoosiers, especially the citizens of the City of Jasper. These overtime hours were paid for by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute to…
Ferdinand Town Council: Ordinance mania
It was a night for adopting ordinances and for wrapping up business for the year. The Ferdinand Town Council met in regular session for the final time in 2015, on Tuesday night (December 15). They began by hearing departmental reports and learned that this Friday, December 18, would be the last day for curbside leaf…
Cultural Center receives $3.42 million tax credit
The Jasper Cultural Center proposed for the Hoosier Desk site received a $3.42 million boost today in the form of tax credits. The Policy Committee of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation today formally approved the use of Industrial Recovery Tax Credits — also known as dino tax credits in reference to the large, abandoned industrial…
Power hour of code introduces students to big career path
Arin Deich, 11, a fifth-grader at Cedar Crest, raised her hands triumphantly in front of her Chromebook’s screen. She had successfully built a program that told an Angry Bird how to hop through a maze to catch a piggie. Arin was likely joining hundreds of thousands of kids in schools across the country who were successfully…
Dubois County Council meeting; Decides to cut probationary pay restriction
By a five to two vote, the Dubois County Council removed the 90-day 90-percent pay probationary period for new hires. The policy under which newly hired county employees would only receive 90 percent of their full pay for their first 90 days has been in effect for several years now. The council has granted reprieves…
Jasper Library Board: Cultural Center tax credits next big step
Tuesday is an important day for the Jasper Library Board’s march towards the Jasper Cultural Center. The Jasper Library Board will learn whether the proposed project at the Hoosier Desk site involving the library and Jasper Community Arts Commission will receive Industrial Recovery Tax Credits from the Indiana Economic Development Corporation Tuesday. In September, the…
Four ballots contested; two for each Jasper candidate
Four paper ballots have been contested in Jasper’s tie election. Republican Mayor Terry Seitz and incumbent Democrat Wayne Schuetter tied at 1,856 votes each in the municipal election. On November 16, a challenge to the results was filed by Seitz’s attorneys David Brooks and Samantha DeWester. As part of the challenge, Seitz asked for a…
Jasper native killed in Indianapolis accident
A Jasper native died in a traffic accident that occurred early Sunday morning on the northeast side of Indianapolis. Indiana State troopers from the Indianapolis Post are investigating the accident that killed two people. According to police, at approximately 2:35 a.m., troopers were dispatched to Shadeland Avenue NB just south of Fall Creek Road for…
Two injured while rabbit hunting near Ferdinand
A Ferdinand man and Jasper woman were shot while rabbit hunting Sunday morning southwest of Ferdinand. According to Indiana Conservation Officers, they were called to the shooting incident at about 9:15 a.m. They determined that Kevin Luebbehusen, 34, of Ferdinand and Stacey McBride, 26, of Jasper, were with a hunting party watching a rabbit hunt when…
McConnell to seek reelection as Dubois County Superior Court judge
Dubois Superior Court Judge Mark R. McConnell will seek re-election as Dubois County Superior Court judge. McConnell, 56, has presided over the court since June 2008 when he was appointed by Governor Mitch Daniels to replace Elaine B. Brown, who had been appointed to the Indiana Court of Appeals. McConnell won election in 2010 to a…
Survivors of Suicide of Dubois County announces board reorganization
Survivors of Suicide of Dubois County (SOSDC) completed the annually required board appointments. President Janet Schnell, Treasurer Patrician Bohnenkamper, and Membership Director Janet Schmidt will maintain their positions. Vivia Dian Laubscher has been promoted to Vice-President and Nicole Schnell has been elected to serve as the Secretary. Founding member and outgoing Vice-President Mary Lou Schmitt…
Tire crashes into Becher-Kluesner Northside Chapel
A tire flew off a car on Newton Street and went through a window at Becher-Kluesner’s Northside Chapel at 3221 Newton Street, Sunday morning. Kyle Eason, 23, of E. 36th Street, Jasper, was northbound on Newton Street approaching 32nd Street at about 11:18 a.m. when the driver’s side front tire came off the 2008 Jeep…
Sentence handed down in Jasper police battery case
A Jasper man arrested in May after striking and spitting into a Jasper police officer’s face was sentenced in Dubois County Circuit Court today. Michael Arteaga, 31, of West 4th Street, entered into a plea agreement in which he pleaded guilty to a level five felony count of battery against a public safety official, level…
Downtown design contract awarded to Indianapolis firm
The Indianapolis firm Rundell Ernstberger Associates will be completing the design for the Courthouse Square in Jasper. The Jasper Redevelopment Commission approved hiring the firm today after the Jasper Common Council approved an allocation of $150,000 in economic development income taxes for the commission. Both decisions were made at a special joint meeting held Friday….
Welp named 2015 Little Company of Mary Award recipient
Cheryl Welp has been named the 2015 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 Memorial…
Huntingburg Council: Solar park plans moving forward
Huntingburg’s solar power park could be generating electricity as early as June of next year. Dan Worl, Indiana Municipal Power Agency’s energy efficiency manager, told the common council a private landowner was working with IMPA to provide about 10 acres of land for the new solar park. The new location is west of a city-owned…
Active shooter training offered through state police
The video above is a recording of a live streamed active shooter drill held at Jasper Middle School. From schools to movie theaters to corporate offices, the number of tragic active shooter events has increased across the United States at an alarming rate. For several years the Indiana State Police has been devoted to giving…
Milligan commended for service to city
“You probably don’t know this,” Steve Milligan said to Jasper Park Director Ken Buck. “My first day, you sent me out to get the cups out of 15, no 16 …” “I remember that,” Buck said about that first day back in 1988 when Milligan started working with the city’s golf program. “Yeah, I got…
Jasper mayoral race recount commission set
Update: The recount commission will be sworn at 8:15 a.m. on Monday, December 14 at the Pfaffenweiler Room in City Hall. Originally: The candidates have agreed on the three appointees to the recount commission for the Jasper Municipal Election. Merrill Osterman will represent the Republican Party, Art Nordhoff Jr. will represent the Democrat Party and…
