Get a free pass to Indiana’s state parks at local libraries (they probably have a couple guidebooks too)
Libraries in Dubois County will offer area residents access to Indiana State Parks with a free pass that cardholders can check out a week at a time. The cards are being made available to libraries throughout the state as part of the Indiana State Parks Centennial celebration. The State Park Centennial Annual Pass Library Check-out…
Jasper, why are you #ABC50 proud?
The local team leading Jasper’s efforts in America’s Best Communities competition calls on neighbors to help with final push to share why city should win America’s Best Communities In a final push to prove Jasper should advance in the America’s Best Communities (ABC) competition, residents are being encouraged to take to social media to share personal stories that…
County exploring increased emergency communications coverage for buildings
The county is exploring options to update the emergency communications system between the various buildings housing county government offices. The communications system would provide better emergency communications between the 9-1-1 center and all of the county facilities through the use of an emergency button that would text and call the center. Astro Security is providing…
New Jasper Council meets, organizes, makes appointments
The Jasper Common Council met in a special organization meeting Monday morning. The annual meeting is held to elect the council pro-tempore as well as allow the council to approve their appointments to the various boards and commissions they have representation on. The council pro-tem, or pro-tempore, is an appointment made annually of a council…
One Lifeflighted after collision south of Huntingburg Airport
A Dale resident was taken to St. Mary’s Medical Center by helicopter after he was involved in a traffic accident south of the Huntingburg Airport Sunday evening. Deputies were dispatched to a collision on U.S. 231 just south of County Road 1000S at about 10:45 p.m. According to authorities, Daniel Bowling, 23, of N. Quail…
Krempp Gallery hosts Pennsylvania artist
The Krempp Gallery at the Jasper Arts Center is pleased to present Pittsburgh, PA artist Rachel Wagner for the month of January. Wagner’s digital collages, videos, and projections are nourished by her never-ending curiosity about mind, consciousness, and the grand mystery of our existence.
Top 10 scams targeting Hoosiers in 2015
The Indiana Attorney General’s office released a list of top 10 scams that cost Hoosiers about $1.1 million in 2015. In total, the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division received more than 3,400 complaints from people who were targeted or became a victim of a scam in 2015. Attorney General Greg Zoeller said the most common…
Pair arrested for stealing over $6,600 in merchandise from Jasper store
Two women were booked into the Dubois County Security Center overnight on felony theft charges stemming from an internal theft investigation at Carson’s in Jasper. Taylor M. Beck, 21, of 8th Street, Jasper and Melissa S. McTier, 29, of S. Central Street, French Lick, allegedly stole $6,619.31 worth of merchandise including children’s clothing, perfume, shoes,…
County councilman announces run for county commission
Dubois County Councilman Nick Hostetter announced he will run for the office of Dubois County Commissioner representing District #3. There are three commissioner districts in Dubois County. District #3 consists of Cass, Ferdinand, Hall, Jackson, Jefferson and Marion Townships. A candidate for the office must live in the district but is elected by all of…
Schuetter holding on decision after Seitz’s reelection refusal
Wayne Schuetter had stated he would let the public know what his next step would be if Mayor Terry Seitz refused to participate in another election to break the tie in the Jasper Mayor’s Race. Schuetter had challenged Seitz based on his view that throwing out the ballot on the lack of a set of…
County council meeting: Quick meeting completes necessary moves to close out 2015
For their final meeting of 2015, the Dubois County Council approved abating $846,000 in property taxes for a St. Anthony company, adjusted the 10 percent pay issue again and moved some money to avoid being in the red. The council approved a 5-year property tax abatement for Temple-Inland for $846,000 they invested in equipment. Property…
Downed tree closes U.S. 231, causes crash
A Huntingburg teen collided with a tree down across U.S. 231 near Witz Road at about 8:30 p.m. Monday night. The crash and tree blocked both lanes of the highway for about 45 minutes while crews from the Jasper fire and police departments joined the sheriff’s department in removing the tree and car. According to…
Police seeking car involved in head-on collision in Jasper
(Photos of the suspect car have been removed at the request of the Jasper Police Department due to a corporate privacy policy.) Police are seeking a white sedan involved in a head-on collision in the Jasper IGA parking lot Sunday at 5:50 p.m. The car, possibly a Mercury originally reported as a 2-door sedan, left…
Pair arrested for credit card theft, identity theft and more
The Jasper Police Department arrested a pair after finding stolen credit cards, a magnetic strip reader and other stolen items Monday morning at a Jasper residence. According to police, the investigation began after they received a notice at about 6 p.m. Sunday from an Indianapolis woman that her credit card information had been used fraudulently…
Road closures in Dubois County
Due to over 2 inches of precipitation falling over parts of the area, several county roads are flooded. Madison Township County Road 875 West south of County Road 150 North County Road 800 West north of County Road 300 South – river bottoms County Road 150 South west of Old Huntingburg Road Ell Creek Road…
Swearing-in ceremonies scheduled
Swearing in ceremonies for the newly elected officials in Jasper and Huntingburg will be held this week. The City of Huntingburg will swear in Mayor Denny Spinner and council members Tim Wehr (At-Large), Glen Kissling (Precinct 1), Jeff Bounds (Precinct 2), Steve McPherron (Precinct 3) and Kerry Blessinger (Precinct 4). The ceremony will be held…
$42 million injected into regional development
Effort supported through grants from Lilly Endowment Inc. Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded three grants totaling $42 million to organizations in the Southwest Central Indiana region. The grants will support regional development initiatives in an 11-county area that encompasses Brown, Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Orange, Owen and Washington counties. The funds will advance…
Three taken to hospital after crash on State Road 56
Three people were taken to the hospital early Sunday morning after the car they were in went off State Road 56 and rolled several times Lindsey Quinn, 27, of Dubois, told police she was driving a 2006 Ford Focus westbound on SR 56 at about 1 a.m. when she overcorrected around a curve just west…
Truck driver disregards signs, destroys iron bridge in Paoli
The old iron bridge on South Gospel Street in Paoli was destroyed when a truck driver disregarded the weight and height and drove a load weighing over 43,000 lbs. over it Christmas Day. According to police, Mary Lambright, 23, of Fredricksburg, Ind., was operating a 2015 Volvo tractor pulling a 53-foot semi-trailer loaded with bottled water…
Head-on collision ends with arrest
Deputies charged a Jasper man with drunken driving after he caused a head-on collision north of Phoenix Drive Tuesday evening. Deputies responded to the collision at about 8:53 p.m. Witnesses at the scene told police that Lionel Vasquez Rodrigues, 25, of Circle Pine Drive, was southbound on U.S. 231 in a 2001 Ford Focus in…
18 percent sewer rate hike approved
The Huntingburg Common Council approved the proposed 18 percent sewer rate hike Tuesday evening. The increase was recommended by Crohn and Associates to cover the operational costs of the wastewater department as well as fund a portion of the $4.3 million in needed upgrades to the aging infrastructure. The council held a public hearing at…
Police seeking tips on Ruxer Field break-in
Jasper Police Department is going to the community for tips to determine who broke into the Ruxer Field concession stand. According to authorities, the concession stand was broken into sometime between Sunday afternoon and 5:45 a.m. Wednesday. The subjects broke a window on the east side of the stand and then took between 10 and…
The final meeting
Four Jasper Councilmen took part in their final meeting Tuesday evening. The mayor presented each with a key to the city in honor of their service and three of the councilmen who are retiring were presented with a special plaque from the rest of the council.
Tell City municipal truck recovered and Jasper man arrested
A Jasper man was arrested Tuesday after police stopped a truck that was believed to have been stolen from Tell City. Police were on the lookout for a white Ford pickup reported stolen from Tell City at about 9 a.m. According to police, a Tell City municipal employee went into a law office for some…
Jasper man arrested for attempted murder and strangulation
Casey Myers, 34, of 412 E. 7th Street, is charged with a Level 1 felony count of attempted murder and a Level 6 felony count of strangulation after he allegedly took a serrated steak knife to his ex-wife’s throat Monday night. Myers, who is being held at the Dubois County Security Center without bond, entered…
Mayor replaces Jasper Street Commissioner and assistant
Jasper Mayor Terry Seitz will not reappoint Raymie Eckerle as the city’s street commissioner nor Lois Kuntz as the mayoral assistant in 2016. Eckerle learned about the change after this morning’s Jasper Board of Public Works meeting. He has been the city’s street commissioner since 2000. Here is a story about Eckerle’s recent recognition by…
Jasper Utility Service Board: Power Plant for sale
What would you do with the Jasper Power Plant? The Jasper Utility Service Board approved sending out requests for proposals to purchase the property or salvage it (with the caveat that the salvage included asbestos remediation). Evansville-based Cardno completed the request for proposal that includes the request for bids to demolition the building and abate…
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…
