Huntingburg Parks Board approves Foundation and Chamber plan for League Stadium Movie Night
It seemed the evening would be a simply one for the Huntingburg Parks Board however from the first speaker things were complicated. Nick Stevens, Executive Director to the Huntingburg Chamber, addressed the board concerning the use of League Stadium for showing A League of Their Own over Labor Day Weekend. [adrotate group=”1″] The Huntingburg Foundation…
According to Ellspermann Indiana Hometown Competitiveness Program a “win, win, win”
The Jasper Chamber of Commerce hosted a meeting with State Representative Sue Ellspermann today at the Jasper Train Depot to begin planning for the Home Town Competitiveness Initiative. The City of Jasper was chosen along with Huntington County, Johnson County, Perry County and Jefferson County to participate in the third rendition of the program in…
Holy Family Patoka Cardboard Boat Regatta videos
The Holy Family Cardboard Boat Regatta was yesterday. These videos are highlights for each race that occurred. Story and pictures to come.
A letter from Dr. William Sammons regarding the biomass power plant
To The Editor The recent vote in by the City Council in favor of the Twisted Oak proposal reflects acceptance of the “Review” by Dr. Shaddix as an “evaluation”. It is not. The vote reflects lack of diligence—I doubt anyone in the group read all the references offered by Dr. Shaddix to see what they…
Precious Blood Parish Picnic on Sunday, August 21
The Precious Blood Parish Picnic is happening on Sunday August 21 and according to Father Gary Kaiser this one may be the biggest ever. The picnic began in 1954 and in 1956, or two picnics later, building began on the Parish. “The picnic was started as a way to raise money to build the parish.”…
Dearing departing Red Cross after 18 years of service
The American Red Cross announced on Wednesday that effective September 2, 2011, Tina Dearing; Service Center Manager for Dubois County will be leaving the organization. [adrotate group=”1″] Dearing has been instrumental in maintaining a strong community presence during her tenure including disaster relief & preparedness, CPR & First Aid training and Services to our Armed…
Old National Bank helps Red Cross maintain footprints and focus on services
Old National Bank announced on Wednesday its commitment to our community and the American Red Cross by donating office space in four Tri-State communities. Old National Bank will partner with the American Red Cross in the coming years to ensure the Red Cross has the resources it needs to maintain a strong community presence and…
Five guys, big trip
Brian Wongkanalasai age 24 of Chicago, Chris Ahn also 24 of Mayland, Casey Fittz 21 of Maryland, Andrew Zhao 24 of Minnesota, and Andy Petran 24 also of Minnesota left Cresent City California nearly eight weeks ago with their sights set on arriving in Assateague, Virgina in nine and a half weeks. [adrotate group=”1″] They…
Red Cross may leave Huntingburg due to restructuring; Service Center Manager Tina Dearing resigning over decision to downgrade services
The week of July 18, Tina Dearing was notified by Matt Bertram, Regional Director of the Red Cross, that the building on Main Street in Huntingburg was being vacated and she would be moved to an office located at Old National Bank in Jasper. This move was in conjunction with the national office shutting down…
Southridge under construction but ready for school
Many parents and students alike are wondering what is going to happen the first day of school at Southridge High School. The missing classrooms, front office, and carpet in the locker area didn’t go unnoticed Wednesday night during student registration. [adrotate group=”1″] “The construction workers were still in the area finishing up some work and…
Huntingburg hires a new veteran police officer
Huntingburg announced its newest police officer today at the monthly Board of Public Works meeting. Jeremy Graham is a Spencer County resident and a 6 year veteran of the Evansville Police Department. According to Huntingburg Chief of Police Ron Drew he is glad that Graham is joining the police department. “I feel it will be…
Huntingburg Foundation announces Scholarship awards
The Huntingburg Foundation is pleased to announce over $35,000 in scholarship aid to graduating area students. The recipients for the 2011-2012 academic year administered by the Community Foundation include students of Southridge and Jasper High Schools. Field-of-Interest Awards at Southridge High School Marian Klausmeier Roettger Scholarship Fund was established by Mr. Roettger in memory of…
Letter to the Editor; Biomass may be bad for the environment but health starts internally
Concerning BioMass: I do agree that all sides must be looked at for any final decision that affects the public. Environmental toxins should not be dismissed for they will and have caused havoc to our immune systems. Yet our internal environments, which we feed daily with foods that have little or no value, wreak havoc…
Some photos of the Strassenfest Parade
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The Utility Service Board and Common Council approve resolution; Mayor signs as well
The story dominating Jasper headlines has been the biomass power plant proposal. Today it climaxed as the Utility Service Board and Common Council met in a special joint meeting to vote on the proposed lease. Although this could be considered a turning point, in reality it appears the opposition is digging in even deeper. Larger…
City Code Enforcement under fire from citizens in Huntingburg
The Huntingburg Common Council heard remarks from Todd Hartwick last night concerning the city’s policy for citizens who don’t maintain their properties. [adrotate group=”1″] “It appears that the fines need to outweigh the cost of cleaning up the property.” Hartwick said concerning the fact that many nuisance homeowners just pay the fine rather than clean…
Healthy Dubois County files an injunction against city for violation of Indiana Open Door Law
Healthy Dubois County Inc. retained Steve Ripstra of Ripstra Law Offices to represent them in filings against the city concerning the city’s actions in seeking to lease the Jasper Power Plant to Jasper Clean Energy. Ripstra filed a preliminary injunction based on the fact that some proceedings the city conducted during the lease negotiations were…
On eve of biomass vote city releases details on additions to the lease
The vote on the proposed lease is tomorrow at 4 p.m. at the city hall. With this looming in the near future the city held a press conference to release more details concerning changes in the lease. These changes come from questions raised at the public forum and concerns from the community. [adrotate group=”1″] The…
Holy Family Boat Regatta is just around the corner
Here are a few of the entrants in the First Annual Boat Regatta. The sponsored boats for the Holy Family boat regatta will be making their first official public showing during the upcoming Strassenfest parade on Sunday August 7th in Jasper. [adrotate group=”1″] If you want to be part of the fun there is still…
Jasper Strassenfest starts tonight, click here for Event Schedule
Strassenfest 2011 Event Schedule
Newly formed Healthy Dubois County, Inc. holds first press conference
The Concerned Citizens has organized under the name Healthy Dubois County, Inc. a non-profit organization that just formed last week. Pastor Chris Breedlove stated that the group opposing the power plant conversion has grown and they felt there was a need to organize. Chairperson of the new organization is Dr. Norma Kreilein. Other members of…
Shared Abundance getting a much needed facelift
Huntingburg Christian Ministries has started a remodeling project at Shared Abundance on 4th Street. Tuesday evening the group roped off the area around the Abundance building and at 4:30 Wednesday morning they began tearing the front off. [adrotate group=”1″] “The windows were leaky and actually beginning to fall out.” Bill Kaiser, Ministries President, said. “We…
Huntingburg candidates sign Civility Challenge, handshakes and smiles pervade the room at the Old Town Hall
[adrotate group=”1″] Today the candidates in the 2011 Huntingburg city election joined together to sign a Political Civility Challenge offered by the Huntingburg Chamber of Commerce. This is in keeping with a similar pledge signed between Russ Stillwell and Sue Ellspermann during their election campaigns and follows the Jasper Chamber pledge signed by Jasper candidates…
Holiday World announces newest ride: Mammoth-the world’s longest water coaster
In a heartfelt and emotional announcement today at Holiday World, Dan Koch recognized Will Koch, Pat Koch, all the employees over the years, and of course all of the many guests in celebrating Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari’s 65th anniversary. Holiday World announced the newest addition to the park coming in 2012. Splashin’ Safari already…
John Burger’s views on Biomass
[sj] With public hearing on the Biomass proposal for leasing Jasper’s Power Plant now behind us, and the unlikeliness of another public hearing, I think it is important to respectfully request the city council to hold a city wide vote by residents who are registered to vote. I feel this is the fairest way and…
Family Roots Nursery burglarized twice
Family Roots on the Dubois/Spencer County line has been the victim of two burglaries within a 48 hour period. According to the Dubois County Sheriff’s department the first incident occurred sometime between 6:00 p.m. Saturday night and 7:00 a.m. Sunday morning. Suspect(s) gained entry into the business by prying open a door and then took…
League Stadium to host Community Movie Night
The Huntingburg Foundation Inc. convened leaders on Thursday, July 28 at the Old Town Hall, Huntingburg to find a common solution to the hosting of a public, non-partisan Community Movie Night at League Stadium. Attendees: Ms. Joyce Fleck – Huntingburg Park Board Ms. Janet Kemp – Mayor’s Assistance, City of Huntingburg /Democratic Mayoral Candidate Mr….
Jasper Police are asking for your help
The Jasper Police Department is asking for help. The police department is investigating an vehicle vandalism that occurred the night of August 1, 2011 in the rear parking lot of Providence Home located at 520 West 9th street in Jasper. A vehicle in the lot was badly damaged sometime after 9:00 pm. If anyone saw…
The City addresses a few concerns and plans to move forward with a vote soon
A few issues raised at the Public Forum held last week at the Jasper Arts Center are being addressed by the Jasper Utilities Service Board and the Common Council in an executive meeting tomorrow night. One of those questions is the royalties being based on the current boiler in the power plant. According to Utilities…
