Rita Gehlhausen, 83

Rita Gehlhausen, 83, of Ferdinand, passed away Wednesday August 14, 2013 at The Waters of Huntingburg. She was born August 18, 1929 at St. Meinrad to Edward and Claudina (Schnellenberger) Meyer. Rita married Urban Gehlhausen on July 19, 1952 in St. Meinrad. He passed away December 2, 2007. Rita is survived by six sisters, Esther…

Schuck attains certification as death investigator

Katie Schuck, Dubois County Deputy Coroner, has been certified as a medicolegal death investigator. [box type=”info”]From the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators – A medicolegal death investigator investigates any death that falls under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner or coroner, including all suspicious, violent, unexplained and unexpected deaths. The medicolegal death investigator is responsible…

Albert W. Lueken, 88

Albert W. Lueken, age 88 of Jasper, passed away at 4:22 a.m. on Tuesday (August 13, 2013) at Brookside Village in Jasper, IN. Albert was born on January 24, 1925 in Schnellville, Indiana to Math and Frances (Prechtel) Lueken. He married LaVerne C. Sermersheim on June 29, 1948 in St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Jasper,…

Wanda M. Richardt, 95

Wanda M. Richardt, age 95, of Huntingburg, passed away at 6:45 p.m., Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born in Cherokee, Iowa on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1917, to Raymond and Hettie (Ranson) Goodson. She was united in marriage to John J. Richardt on September 16,…

Help Pfaffenweiler compete to become “Winefest des Jahres 2013”

Pfaffenweiler came to the aid of its sister-city Jasper and helped to vote the Schnitzelbank Bratzel the number one sandwich in Indiana for the Super 46 in 2012. Now, Pfaffenweiler is calling for help from Jasper to be voted the top wine festival in Germany. The Schnecke-Fescht Pfaffenweiler, a wine festival held annually, has been…

Probation search finds stolen gun, stolen ATV, marijuana growing and meth manufacturing

Spencer County — Late last night troopers from the Jasper Post along with deputies from the Spencer County Sheriff’s Office conducted a probation search at 490 E CR 600 N, in Rockport that led to the discovery of a meth lab, a stolen vehicle and a stolen gun. Authorities went to that address at about 6:48…

Dubois County Humane Society Pet of the Week

Snickerdoodle is a small, white, male Poodle/Schauzer mix. He is a calm little guy who is sitting, waiting for his forever home, stop by and see him!   Dubois County Humane Society P.O. Box 408 426 Wernsing Road Jasper, IN 47547-0408 Ph. 812-482-7387 Email dchsmail@yahoo.com Adoption Hours: Wed. 4:30-6:30 pm Sat. 11:00-1:00 pm

Patricia Ann Ahrens, 55

Patricia Ann Ahrens, age 55, of Jasper, Indiana passed away Sunday (August 11, 2013) at 4:55 p.m. CDT in St. Mary’s Medical Center in Evansville, Indiana. She was born in Jasper, Indiana on May 25, 1958 to Hubert and Earlene (Newton) Gardner. She married Mitchell Ahrens on September 1, 1991. Patty Ahrens was working for…

Police seeking information on vandalism

Jasper — The Jasper Police Department is seeking information about two vehicles that were vandalized sometime between Sunday evening and Monday morning. The department was contacted on August 12 by Ralph E. Kiefer, of 2536 Birk Drive, Jasper about two of his vehicles being vandalized. . Kiefer told police that a red 2007 Ford Focus and beige Ford…