Lcpl Terwiske to return home Wednesday (Map of route now updated)
Lcpl Alec Terwiske will arrive in Dubois County on Wednesday, September 12 at noon according to the Marine Corps League. A procession through the county is planned for Wednesday after he lands at Huntingburg Airport (see map below). The public is being asked to not avoid the airport to relieve congestion but the Marine Corps…
Huntingburg getting new playground
Huntingburg’s newest park may not have splashes or sprinkles but it does have a large amount of water nearby. In efforts to make Huntingburg Lake a more attractive area to visit the Huntingburg Utilities Department has slowly been adding amenities over the past few years. The department added two shelter houses to the north side…
Department of Defense news release on Alec Terwiske
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Lance Cpl. Alec R. Terwiske, 21, of Dubois, Ind., died Sept. 3 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif….
Jasper Streets testing new road repair material today
Jasper Street Department will be testing a new road surfacing material called Liquid Road™ on several city streets on Wednesday. According to Street Department Superintendent Raymie Eckerle if the tests work well, he hopes the product will add another five to eight years of life to a treated street. “It’s a new material,” Eckerle said. “It’s to…
Jasper Arts meeting – September 4
The Jasper Arts Commission met for their regular meeting on Tuesday night. Jasper Arts Director Kit Miracle reported that as of now the submitted 2013 budget has not been changed or cut. Miracle said that could still change. The budget is actually slightly less than the 2012 budget. Miracle also reported ticket sales are going…
LCpl Alec Terwiske of Dubois killed by roadside bomb while serving in Afghanistan
WITZ News has learned that Lance Corporal Alec Terwiske of Dubois has been killed in action in Afghanistan. Unconfirmed reports say that the 21-year-old Marine was killed by a roadside bomb. The news was delivered to Terwiske’s family on Monday. His parents are Sandy (Eckert) Terwiske and Alan Terwiske of Dubois. He was a 2010 graduate of Northeast…
Heartland Half Marathon running rain or shine
On Sunday Dubois County will host the inaugural Heartland Half-Marathon.The race through the streets of Jasper that has enjoyed a large response since it was announced earlier this year. Memorial Hospital became the corporate sponsor after being approached by four runners, Kenny Hochgesang, Eric Rasche, Philip Wolf and Kevin Manley, with the idea for the event. The core…
Dubois County Council meeting – August 27
The County Council met on Monday evening for their regularly scheduled meeting. Weather warning sirens Tammy Miller, the Dubois County Emergency Management Agency Director, addressed the council about emergency sirens at Ireland and Celestine. The fire chiefs, Chris Hasenour from Celestine and Stan Siefert from Ireland, for both volunteer fire departments were present as well. Hasenauer…
Jasper School Corporation recognizes community corrections program as essential
Nancy Habig, president of the Greater Jasper Consolidated School Board, presented Dubois County Corrections with a certificate of appreciation for the volunteers from the Work Release program. Work Release Supervisor Tammy Lampert accepted the certificate for the department. During Hacker’s report on Tenth Street School he acknowledged the tremendous savings the school corporation had realized…
Greater Jasper School Board meeting – August 27
The Greater Jasper School Board met on Monday night. Advertised Budget Hearing The school board held a hearing for the 2013 corporation budget. No comments were heard from the public.The total advertised budget is $35,829,056, with $16,015,914 estimated to raised in local taxes. The budget will be adopted Sept. 17 and sent to the Indiana Department…
Clay Street closure in Jasper
Clay Street will be closed between Second and Third streets will be closed Wednesday (August 29) beginning at around 8 a.m. A sanitary sewer line from a building the Jasper Group demolished will be capped by Lechner Excavating. The line is in the middle of the street forcing the closure.
County Council goes back and forth on pay waivers; decides ordinance should be set in stone
Dubois County – The Dubois County Council approved a request for the waiver of an ordinance that governs the pay of new employees and then made the ordinance a unwaiverable rule. Sheriff Donnie Lampert asked the council to waive the 90 day/90 percent pay policy they have in place for new employees in the county. The…
Meat and potatoes replaced with beans and carrots under new school lunch guidelines
Northeast (NE) Dubois high school students relished in an outdoor cookout of hamburgers or hotdogs, a bag of baked potato chips, fresh watermelon and cantaloupe their first day back; a free treat to high school students in the corporation before the school begins to follow a new healthier menu. Joyce Hulsman, director of Food Services…
Dubois County Humane Society August 2012 meeting minutes
The Dubois County Humane held its monthly board meeting on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at the Pet Adoption Center. Both the secretary’s and treasurer’s reports were read and approved by the board members in attendance. The Humane Society is currently doing a program called Pets for Seniors. Any senior citizen over 60 years of age…
Huntingburg hunters asking city to allow archery practice within city limits
A group of archers approached the city to consider an ordinance allowing target practice with bows in the city limits. Josh Morrison, Toby Ferguson and Aaron Bell are avid bow hunters living in the city limits. The request is being made due to what the three say are difficulties in finding places to practice their…
Huntingburg Common Council meeting – August 23
Meeting notes: Revive the Pride Listening Sessions Mayor Denny Spinner spoke briefly about the recent listening sessions. There were over 200 items brought to the city’s attention and he was happy with the turnout and wanted to thank the citizens for attending. Tonya Brothers-Bridge, the facilitator of the sessions, will be presenting the data to…
Jasper Council wants action on eyesore
Update September 20: The mayor informed the council on September 19 he had met with the owner and further communication would continue about the process, but at this time he did not have much information to pass along. He did inform the council that $40,000 of the appropriations passed during the meeting were to review…
Jasper Common Council meeting – August 22
Meeting notes: Heidorn Property The Council approved a resolution (2012-7) allowing the city to seek proposals for the lease of the structure located at 1480 Knust Street (Heidorn Property). The property is located near the Jasper Power Plant and the city would like it to be used in conjunction with the proposed conversion from Jasper Clean…
Ferdinand rescinds fireworks ban
The Town of Ferdinand has rescinded its indefinite emergency declaration regarding the use of fireworks within its jurisdictional boundaries. That declaration had been in effect since Saturday, June 30, 2012. The rescinding of the declaration had been delayed due to the Town Council president, Ken Sicard, and the Ferdinand Volunteer Fire Chief, Dan Lindauer, both…
The Jasper Utility Service Board meeting notes
The Utility Service Board meeting held August 20 Heidorn Property The Heidorn Property public hearing occurred at 6:30 p.m. After two minutes with no public comment –no members of the public were present– USB Chairman Wayne Schuetter closed the hearing. During the regular meeting the board passed a resolution authorizing the obtaining of Request For Proposals (RFP)…
Police training begins demolition of dilapidated home
Jasper — On Monday, local police officers converged on an abandoned house the City of Jasper owns to practice forced home entry tactics. The house located at 120 Main Street is one of several the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) determined were too vulnerable to flooding to remain viable as residential housing. The city is applying…
Jasper Utilities Manager warns residents to read fine print
Jasper Utilities Manager Bud Hauersperger is recommending citizens read the fine print of an insurance policy being offered for water and sewer lines in the area. Hauersperger told the Utility Service Board at Monday’s meeting about a letter received by the city that day from a company called HomeServe, PLC (also known as HomeServe USA). The…
Dubois County Highway Department wants to repair busy county road intersection
The County Commissioners are moving forward with planned improvements to the 630 South and 500 West intersection west of Huntingburg. The intersection was the site of a vehicle crash earlier this year that took the life of a Keith Pieper and badly injured his friend. High speed was determined to be the cause of the…
Most of Dubois County out of fire ban
Update: According to Ferdinand Town Manager Marc Steczyk, Town Council President Ken Sicard and Fire Chief Dan Lindauer are out of town and can’t convene to lift the fire ban until next week. Once they get back in town they ban should be lifted, but Steczyk is recommending citizens hold off on the fireworks displays…
Jasper Mayor rescinds emergency declaration for fire ban
Jasper Mayor Terry Seitz rescinded the city’s emergency declaration of local emergency in regards to the burn ban. The burn ban has been in affect since June and led to the rescheduling of the Strassenfest Fireworks display originally scheduled for the July 4. The city has not loosened restriction on the watering of yards, washing…
Busy weekend in Huntingburg (photos)
Huntingburg was busy on Saturday. The Teen Outback held the “End of Summer Bash” for about 300 kids that showed up to dunk local celebrities and teachers, play games, dance and eat pizza. While all the kids where at the Teen Outback, all the adults went to the “Music in the Park” for Hee Haw….
Fire ban lifted in Dubois County
The burn ban has been lifted for Dubois County. According to a release from the County Emergency Management Office, the Dubois County Commissioners and Fire Chiefs have agreed to lift the burn ban that has been in effect since June 22. Rain throughout the county has varied significantly with the southern portion receive over three…
St. Henry Sesquicentennial event winners
Kiddie Tractor Pull 30-45 lbs 46-60lbs Bryce Memmer 1. Maddy Begle Owen Raufeisen 2. Jake Epple Kate Durcholz 3. Nevaeh Mayo 61-75 lbs 76-100lbs Olivia Durcholz 1. Colton Schwartz Lydia Betz 2. Klint Luebbehusen Madison Fleck 3. Caleb Meyer Tobacco Spitting Contest Accuracy – Brad Bowman Distance – Kurt Oeding with 21 feet 4 Mile…
Northeast Dubois teen badly injured in fall
Ashley Humbert, a Northeast Dubois High School Senior, fell from a two story apartment on Aug. 7 and is currently in intensive care at St. Mary’s in Evansville. Ashley fell when she was carrying a plate of cookies to her mother’s downstairs business, Nails by Joyce. The exterior stairs to the second story apartment had…
Jasper Utility Service Board public hearing on Heidorn Property
The Jasper Utility Service Board will hold a public hearing on August 20 at 6:30 p.m. at the Council Chamber. The hearing is to discuss the disposal of the Heidorn property located at 1480 Knust Street in Jasper. This is the property near the Jasper Power Plant. It was purchased from Steve and Judy Heidorn with…
