Overcoming myths in the pursuit of justice for sexual assault victims
(The victim’s name has been changed.) Jennifer wept when the jury came back with the verdict. Not tears of joy. Her molester had been acquitted. She had been able to sit in the courtroom and describe the molestation that had occurred beginning at the age of nine. Jennifer had done it as factually as possible,…
Rising waters close roads
As the waters have receded from some areas, other roadways in Dubois County are now underwater. On Friday, the county reported the following conditions. Patoka River has now flooded County Road 150 South west of Huntingburg Road and Ell Creek Road north of County Road 400 South in Madison Township. Old Huntingburg Road north of…
Two roads reopen, one more closes to high water
Rising water has closed an additional road, while two have reopened after the heavy rains earlier this week. The Dubois County Highway Department reported high water on the following county roads. Old Huntingburg Road north of County Road 400 South is now closed in Bainbridge Township from Patoka River. Hunley Creek is still flooding County…
Chalk Walk 2024 is this coming Saturday!
Jasper Community Arts’ 21st annual Chalk Walk Arts Festival will once again be held at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center (located at 100 3rd Ave. Jasper, IN 47546) on Saturday, May 18th from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Chalk Walk 2024 will see the return of crowd favorites: The annual Chalk Walk is supported by many…
Baden Strasse milling and paving to begin this Friday
Jasper—The City of Jasper and Calcar Paving will mill asphalt surfaces from Baden Strasse between US231/Newton Street and 43rd Street starting Friday, May 17. Residents are asked to keep their vehicles off the street. Motorists will be allowed to use the street but could experience delays. Motorists may use Mannheim Road or 44th St. as detours. After milling…
CARES showing off 2 student videos as part of Prevention Week
In recognition of National Prevention Week, the Dubois County Coalition for Adolescent Resilience and Empowerment Strategies has been reviewing its myriad and varied projects of the past year. Two student-created videos that rise to the top have been posted to duboiscountyCARES.org and the Dubois County CARES Facebook page. You can also view them below. The first…
Funding local fire departments; Public Safety Tax discussions continue
With Dubois County volunteer fire departments facing funding shortfalls, elected officials are exploring the option of adding a public safety income tax. Similar to the estimate provided by the county, implementing a public safety tax could bring in an additional $3.5 to $4 million annually for the taxing entities in Dubois County, according to a…
Column: A Thor subject
My oldest offspring, Austin, turns 30 this month. There was a time he professed not to like his first name, which resulted because of my fondness for Jerry Jeff Walker music. The outlaw troubadour, Walker, was synonymous with Austin, Texas. Luckily for my son, Jerry Jeff didn’t hail from Poughkeepsie. Austin Saalman sounded like a…
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Memorial Hospital recognized for providing quality echocardiograms for 20 years
By achieving IAC Echocardiography accreditation for 20 years, Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center has received a Bronze Milestone Recognition for demonstrating its long-term commitment to continuously improving patient outcomes…
SVB&T Corporation Q1 earnings down from previous year
SVB&T Corporation (OTCQX: SVBT), parent company of Springs Valley Bank & Trust Company, announced 2024 first quarter unaudited earnings of $1.40 million or $1.28 earnings per share (EPS), a 3.76%…
Jasper Chamber to celebrate The Next Chapter
The public is invited to a ribbon-cutting ceremony at The Next Chapter, 519 Main Street in Jasper. The new coffee shop featuring books and records is now open. The Jasper…
Kimball Electronics 3rd quarter results/Announces plans to divest Automation, Test & Measurement business
Kimball Electronics, Inc. (Nasdaq: KE) announced financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2024 with net sales totaling $425.0 million and a net loss of $6.1 million, or $0.24…
Kimball International announces research that connects culture, belonging, and sensory design
Jasper — Kimball International proudly announces the launch of new research, created in collaboration with Ipsos, a global leader in market research, and Arigami, a distinguished interdisciplinary research team. This…
Jasper Holdings, Inc. announces record ESOP value for 2023
Associate-owner shareholders of Jasper Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) were presented on April 30th with new regarding the growth of the company. Jasper Holdings, Inc. Chairman/CEO Doug Bawel…
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Overcoming myths in the pursuit of justice for sexual assault victims
(The victim’s name has been changed.) Jennifer wept when the jury came back with the verdict. Not tears of joy. Her molester had been acquitted. She had been able to sit in the courtroom and describe the molestation that had occurred beginning at the age of nine. Jennifer had done it as factually as possible,…
There is something special about the Northeast Dubois Senior Play
The public is invited to the play this Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Northeast Dubois Intermediate School. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. and tickets are $5. Alex Dooley appears in almost every scene of this year’s Northeast Dubois Senior Play. He’s the blood-splatter guy in the playbill. And, in this loose adaption of Game…
Veterans event brings camaraderie and conversations
The skeet shooting is a backdrop for the veterans talking and giving each other a hard time as they move from station to station. “When you’re in the military, there’s that jocularity,” organizer Steve Lindauer said, referring to the conversations around the event. “That’s what I love to see. You’re talking to men and women…
Breaking the record a book at a time
Blaine Rohleder couldn’t let the tie stand any longer, so last Wednesday, he knocked out an Accelerated Reader (AR) test for a 16-page book, “May’s Whale,” to surpass the national record for AR points in a school year. With the record-breaking 2,718.4 AR points behind him, the Jasper Elementary School fourth grader still had a…
Girls on the Run of Southwest Indiana celebrates 10 years
Girls on the Run of Southwest Indiana celebrated 10 years on Saturday with runs in Jasper and in Evansville. More than 242 participants from Dubois County and Spencer County took to the track for the celebratory 5k at Jasper Middle School, with 122 participants heading out for their 5k in Evansville at about the same…
High Ponies with a higher purpose
High Ponies is about two hours of controlled chaos each Tuesday evening in April. Led by Jill Wigand and her entourage of volunteer Jasper High School Dance team members, about 180 to 200 girls and some boys fill the Jasper Middle School gym. Through the evening, they move from station to station, performing and practicing…
Whitey Schroeder Practice Facility opens
The City of Jasper celebrated the opening of the Whitey Schroeder Practice Facility last Thursday. Though a rainy day, the celebration was well-attended with friends and family members of the late golf enthusiast Glen “Whitey” Schroeder, for which it is named. Schroeder’s mother, Bernetta, cut the ribbon during the ceremony. Jasper Park and Recreation Director…
Jasper Middle School to present ‘Matilda the Musical Jr.’
Featuring a cast and crew of 120 sixth, seventh and eighth graders, the Jasper Middle School will present its production of Matilda the Musical Jr. on Thursday, April 11 and Friday, April 12, at 7 p.m. and on Saturday, April 13, at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the JMS Auditorium. Roald Dahl’s classic children’s…
Maybe Phil was right, 75 degrees in February
Whether walking, running, riding or playing, residents took to the parks and streets Monday afternoon to enjoy one of the warmest recorded days in February. With Punxsutawney Phil prognosticating an early spring, the warm sunshine and the mild month with Easter lilies popping up seem to support his forecast. Enjoy it while you can. This…
Southridge presents “The Sound of Music”
This week, return to the Alps with the Von Trapp family for “The Sound of Music,” presented by Southridge High School. With Nazism creeping into Austria, the Von Trapp family undergoes several awakenings during the course of events that changes their lives. The classic story may be more than 60 years old, but the divisive…
Night to Shine celebrates ninth year
The unabashed joy of the annual Night to Shine celebration at Redemption Christian Church is a beautiful sight every year. In its ninth year, the church and hundreds of volunteers come together to put this wonderful night on for this special royal court. Created by the Tim Tebow Foundation, Night to Shine is a prom-like…
The house of better choices
Choices. The first night Julianna could leave the Dove House for an overnight pass, she faced a choice. Her cousin had overdosed and been taken to an Evansville hospital. He wasn’t expected to live. But Evansville was an open door to a past she was attempting to overcome through the Dove Recovery House in Jasper….
Cold but still fun
A few photos of sledding fun at Buffalo Trace’s 10th hole.
LaVonne Tisdal: A life of art
When LaVonne Tisdal signed up for art class during her sophomore year at Holland High School, she didn’t imagine it leading to her career. The class sounded fun and offered a way for Tisdal to connect with her family’s history of artists. No big deal. But then she put brush to paper and ignited a…
Skating into Christmas Break
Students at Holy Trinity Catholic Schools spent Thursday either bowling or skating to top off the final week of this semester. Throughout the week, students have had a myriad of fun events and activities. On Monday, students at Precious Blood entered the school to find the hallways transformed into the Polar Express. Tuesday, kindergarten through…
Overcoming stigmas through faith and friendship
The weekly meetings are all voluntary moments that converge into guided conversations and more meetings until, eventually, a community of friends forms. Led by small groups of volunteers through local churches, Churches Embracing Offenders (CEO) has been changing people’s lives for about ten years. Brought to the area in 2013 and launched in 2014, CEO…
Rewarding trip on “The Polar Express”
About 220 Holland Elementary students were treated to a trip to the Astra Theatre for a special viewing of “The Polar Express” on Wednesday. The trip was made possible through the efforts of the Positive Behavior Intervention and Support Team at Southwest Dubois County School Corporation — also known as Raider PRIDE. The initiative focuses…
Lasting memory brings Huntingburg officer full circle during Cops and Kids
The last time Huntingburg Officer Jorge Dubon took part in Cops and Kids (formerly called Shop with a Cop) he was about three or four years old. Though exact details are a bit fuzzy, he does remember how it made him feel to walk around with the police officers and their families as they shopped…
Led by candlelight to Bethlehem
Downtown Huntingburg was filled with folks this past weekend as the Christmas celebration continued with ice skating in Market Street Park on Saturday, followed by the special Candlelit Christmas parade and Starry Night in Bethlehem.
A tree lighting tradition
Friday afternoon, hundreds gathered at the Sixth Street Fire Station to meet with Santa Claus — portrayed by Ed Lemond — before parading down his cottage on the Square. The annual event has had a few changes over the years, but the essential elements of Santa Claus, his cottage, and a giant decorated Christmas tree…
Onward: Dr. Scott Beckman
Dr. Scott Beckman, 62, liked to kid with his patients at Jasper Obstetrics and Gynecology that he was a late bloomer. When you start your medical practice at age 40, the joke works. Scott enrolled in Indiana University’s School of Medicine at age 32. By that point, he’d already found success in Dubois County’s medical…
Halloween Bash!
Sunday, multitudes of juvenile monsters, mythical creatures, and a mixture of contemporary pop culture icons of video games and cartoons filled the Jasper Public Library for the growing annual Halloween Bash. According to Library Director Christine Golden, the event has been a successful way to introduce more people to the library and its services. It…
Celebrating death and life
In connection with the multicultural elements of the area, the Jasper Community Arts is hosting a Diá de Muertos altar at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center. The large display located in the lounge area between the two galleries was built with the assistance of volunteers from Jasper Community Arts, Asociación Latinoamericana del Sur de Indiana (ALASI), student…
Cutting shirt tails
On Wednesday, Reece Katterhenry made the trip to the BMV for the rite of passage so many 16-year-olds look forward to; he was going to test for his driver’s license. Weighing a bit heavier on his mind, though, was the larger challenge coming Thursday evening when he planned on completing his first solo flight at…
Round 2 of annual Public Safety Community Day
While Clint Stewart’s idea for a water balloon battle between kids and public safety personnel was met with a few groans in its first year, this year, the veteran water balloon battlers were eagerly anticipating a second round. Stewart brought the idea for the special day highlighting public safety services like EMTs, firefighters, conservation officers,…
Riverwalk of dreams
Artist Laura Pommier began work on an immersive mural underneath the 3rd Avenue/State Road 162 Bridge along the Jasper Riverwalk over the past weekend. Pommier’s chosen design covers the walls and ceiling of a section of the underside of the bridge. It will allow strollers an underwater view featuring flora and fauna found around Indiana…
2023 Jasper Strassenfest Parade
Hundreds of entries meant a fantastic opportunity for parade-goers for some great entertainment and plenty of treats at the Jasper Strassenfest Parade on Sunday.
2023 Jasper Strassenfest in full swing
The 2023 Jasper Strassenfest continues Friday through Sunday. This year, the festival celebrates the city’s designation as the 2022 Strongest Town in the USA and the 20th year of ROJAC, Redevelop Old Jasper Action Coalition. ROJAC was instrumental in transforming the Patoka River Front into a celebration of Jasper’s Rich German History. Those projects paved the…
A sweet life
The pick-up truck’s headlights illuminated the empty road as beekeepers Jerry Apple, 87, and Dan Schroeder, 46, drove to Jerry’s Jasper home after dropping the last of 20 hives at watermelon farms in Washington. “There’s only three things on the road at 2:30 in the morning,” Jerry said. “Turkey trucks, drunks and beekeepers.” The late…
Massive production brings Oz to life at Jasper Arts Center
It is nothing short of spectacular witnessing the controlled chaos of the hundreds of young extras, supporting artists, stage crew, actors, actresses, lighting, wardrobe changes, set piece movements, singing, dancing, and laughing on the journey along the yellow brick road to the ultimate climax of self-actualization and inner strength in the Actors Community Theatre production…
Dodge; it’s in the name
The Jasper Park and Recreation Summer Program offered up several rounds of dodgeball in the Cabby O’Neill Gymnasium Wednesday morning. Kids aged six to 14 took turns attempting to dodge flying balls of all sizes and colors for about an hour. Through multiple rounds, no clear winner could be determined, but a fun time was…
Birdseye bubble fun
The Jasper-Dubois County Public Library provided a special bubble play time at the Birdseye Town Park Tuesday afternoon. Kids were given access to a special formula concocted by Gayle Edelen, the library Maker Space Coordinator. She says it has to be mixed a day in advance. She does so in special five-gallon buckets that are…
Shaving cream-coated fun
The Jasper Volunteer Fire Department joined in the shaving cream fun at the annual Shaving Cream Wiffleball game held at Bohnert Park in Jasper on Friday. With rules as slippery as the Wiffleballs and shaving cream-covered field, the firefighters and hundreds of kids that turned out had a great time, with everyone walking off the…
The Process: A photo
The runners got together at 7 a.m. on the Fourth of July for a special training run with breakfast afterward. I showed up at 8:15ish and took this photo. There are a couple more, but nothing worth sharing. Breakfast was some fruit and cinnamon rolls, and KJ made pour-over coffee in his Chemex. The group…
The Process: Running to the Heartland
This will seem a little different than the typical story you find here. Considering how to create a story around the timeline leading up to The Heartland Half Marathon, I decided to allow the audience to see how the sausage is made — or at least give a little peak into the process. I hate…
2023 PRIDE
The 2023 Dubois County Pride Festival was held at Dave Buehler Plaza on the Riverwalk Saturday. Here are a few photos.
Here we go!
Luis asks if they have any bandaids. He is resting on the couch in Scott and Laura Garrison’s living room, and his heels are bleeding from the five-and-a-half mile ruck that began before daylight. The four other guys that joined in for the heavy circuit around Ferdinand spread out in the living room. One, Jacob,…
Beautiful Saturday highlights 20th Chalkwalk, more
Saturday, crowds head to the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center for the 20th Annual Jasper Chalkwalk and Redevelop Old Jasper Action Coalition celebration. Here are a few photos of the day.
Beautiful friendship creates meaningful moment for 100-year-old pilot
Ruth King is a pretty private person. She admitted as much Thursday as she expressed her discomfort with being the center of attention in a media frenzy over a special birthday gift from her dear friend, Brenda Hartke. But flying brought out the smile. Ruth is turning 100 years old on May 12. Nearly everyone…
Vroom! Vroom! Kiwanis Car Show on full display
Huntingburg’s Fourth Street was filled with cars, trucks and other “Things” Saturday morning and afternoon for the annual Huntingburg Kiwanis Car Show.
Memorial to Fallen Heroes of the War on Terror
The traveling Fallen Heroes Memorial was put on display over the weekend at the Fourth Street entrance to Market Street Park. The memorial is made up of 7,040 dog tags with the names of those servicemembers killed since 9-11. Each tag includes the date of their death. The 50 stars represent all Gold Star families…
JMS presents ‘Annie JR’
The Jasper Middle School Performing Arts is set to bring “Annie JR” to life at the Jasper Middle School Auditorium this Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the door. Directed by Mrs. Courtney Heberer as well as student directors Ava Claire Werne and Tali Fleming, the performers will bring the…
‘Oklahoma!’ sweeps through Forest Park
Forest Park High School thespians will present the musical classic Oklahoma! this week. The Forest Park production directed by Chuck Bradley is based on Lynn Riggs’ 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs, which tells the story of farm girl Laurey Williams and her courtship by two rival suitors, cowboy Curly McLain and the sinister farmhand Jud Fry….
Huntingburg teen’s dream for special needs festival coming to fruition
When Maleah Dearing received the special assignment in her seventh-grade language arts class at Southridge Middle School, she knew exactly what she would do. Tasked with creating a special event or festival with a group of students she was teamed up with, Maleah drew upon her life experience with her nephew, Isaiah. Isaiah was born…
Bowling fun
The Optimist Club of Jasper Youth Bowling League is underway, with 83 bowlers ranging from first through eighth grade taking part in a fun hour of bowling at Eastown Recreation Center Saturdays. The league is held in the spring and fall and usually fills up. Here are a couple of photos from Saturday’s fun.
Making waves for a good cause
With numbers rivaling the first year of the event, organizers of the annual Dubois County Plunge were enthused with the 68 people that ran into the frigid water of Ferdinand Forest Lake Sunday afternoon. In all, $5,705 was raised at Sunday’s plunge, bringing the total up to $56,865 over the 12 years the event has…
Night to Shine: Back on the dance floor
Night to Shine returned to its full prom-like experience Friday evening at Redemption Christian Church in Jasper. The event is part of the Tim Tebow Foundation’s initiative. In a special broadcast during Friday’s Night to Shine at Redemption, Tebow and his wife welcomed the guests to the prom. About 175 special kings and queens participated…
Dressing up
The dancing, karaoke and other festivities will again fill Redemption Christian Church on February 10 when Night to Shine returns after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. Saturday, the church hosted a Dress Shop matching the honored guests with their gowns for the upcoming prom-like event. Dresses are still available, as well as suit…
Making new friends
Wednesday was a special day for children enrolled in Headstart at Tri-Cap. They were invited to participate in the Cops and Kids program offered through the local Fraternal Order of Police #138 Wood Capital Lodge. Members of the local law enforcement family were teamed up with the special shoppers to find needed clothing items and…
Mass celebrates grand church’s reopening
Saturday, St. Joseph Catholic Church celebrated the nearing completion of a multi-year, multimillion-dollar renovation hosting a Mass and dedication of the altar. The church was nearly full as Bishop Joseph Siegel led the congregation through the special ceremony, blessing the church and anointing the altar before holding communion. Plans for the renovation began in 2014….
Gifted grapplers: Boy and girl wrestlers’ progress ‘fulfilling to see’
Huntingburg — Local youth wrestlers are getting an early jolt with Southridge Wrestling Crew. Drew Songer, a volunteer and wrestler from the class of 2010 Southridge alumnus, is helping usher in these future boy and girl wrestling Raiders. He is one of several former wrestlers helping Crew coach Dan Rauscher, also a former Raider grappler,…