Electric utility distribution manager, Jerry Schitter, announced on Wednesday that updates to the city street lamps around the Downtown Square will allow for a reduction in energy usage of 50 percent. The decorative lamps around the Square have weathered since their installment in the early 1990s. According to Schitter, while the electric department is conducting maintenance, it will…
Jasper — The City of Jasper swore in its newest police officer Monday morning. For Martin Loya Jr. it was a gratifying moment when his daughter Jaslyn pinned the badge on during the ceremony. “She is very proud to say her daddy is a police officer,” he explained. Loya was joined by his wife Amanda and…
Nancy Habig’s dissatisfaction at the city’s offer to sell the school corporation 10 acres of The Parklands was insinuated as much as it was outright stated during a special meeting held at the Jasper City Hall last night. Habig, president of the Greater Jasper Consolidated School Board, spoke to the Jasper Redevelopment Commission and Jasper Common Council…
Jasper — A man accidentally discharged a .40 caliber handgun he was carrying in his pocket at the Jasper Walmart Supercenter Sunday morning. Police were dispatched to the store at 10:28 a.m. for the report of a gunshot in the store. When police arrived they determined that a handgun was accidentally discharged in the front portion of…
The Jasper Redevelopment Commission agreed to contract services with Umbaugh and Associates to explore options to fund the Jasper Downtown/Riverfront Master Plan. Gary Malone, a partner with Umbaugh and Associates, outlined the plan his firm will move forward with in identifying those projects that the public would like to see move forward as well as…
Jasper has sent out 27 “weed violation letters” to city residents and property owners who are in violation of the city’s weed ordinance so far this year. The weed ordinance states that property owners cannot allow the grass on a property to grow taller than nine inches. It also identifies Johnson grass and Canadian thistle…
The Jasper Board of Public Works and Safety met on Tuesday and took the following actions. —Approved an encroachment request by Randy Morton to install a privacy fence on his property. —Jason Schmidt for Jasper Kiwanas requested the use of Jaycee Park for the Kiwanis Kiddie Carnival on Wednesday, June 11 from 11 a.m. to…
Jasper — Jasper police arrested Alecia M. Stevens, 21, of First Street, Petersburg, for shoplifting from Walmart. Police were called to Walmart at 9:56 p.m. on Saturday where store employees had detained Stevens for allegedly attempting to steal several clothing items from the store. The total value of the clothing items was $33.44. Stevens was charged…
Pete Schwiegeraht, a developer with Miller Valentine Group of Cincinnati, informed the Jasper Common Council his company’s intentions to create apartments on Vine Street. According to Mayor Terry Seitz, the group approached the city last October about the potential apartments and showed interest in the former-Jofco building at Vine and 13th streets. Cash Waggner purchased…
Pete Schwiegeraht, a developer with Miller Valentine Group of Cincinnati, informed the Jasper Common Council his company’s intentions to create apartments on Vine Street. According to Mayor Terry Seitz, the group approached the city last October about the potential apartments and showed interest in the former-Jofco building at Vine and 13th streets. Cash Waggner purchased…
