Santa Claus Will Be In Downtown Jasper: Friday – Nov. 27: Santa will be at the Downtown Fire Station from noon until 1 p.m. and then will board the Firetruck. Along with Santa’s elves & members of the high school band, they will parade to Santa’s Special House on the west side of the square where *a…
Tuesday, the Jasper Redevelopment Commission passed a resolution to begin the process of creating the city’s first tax-increment finance district. Jasper could be the second city in the county to create and use the TIF districts as soon as early next year. The districts, created by resolution, allow the increased property taxes created by the…
The Jasper Common Council approved pay raises for themselves and city employees at the council meeting last night. The salary and full-time utility department and civil city employees will receive a two percent cost of living raise. The mayor and clerk will also receive a two percent raise. Part-time employees will receive a 15 cents…
The new turf for the Jerry Brewer Alumni Stadium passed another hurdle at the Jasper Consolidated School Board meeting Monday. “The overall project is large in scope, but we feel like we can certainly garner enough interest in private funding to put in a turf field by next year.” Jasper Football Booster Club president Richard…
Jasper Street Commissioner Raymie Eckerle received the 2014 Ivan H. Brinegar Municipal Management Award from the Indiana Association of Cities and Towns (IACT). Eckerle received the award on Wednesday, Sept. 10 during the Presidents’ Reception at the 2014 IACT Annual Conference & Exhibition in Fort Wayne. The Ivan H. Brinegar Municipal Management Award is presented…
The City of Jasper was recognized for safety during a special ceremony yesterday. In 2003, the city became the only municipality in the state to earn the Indiana Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (INSHARP) designation. It has maintained it for the 11 years since. Today, it is still the only municipality among the 39…
Jasper police arrested Michael D. Webb, 34, of E. State Road 56, Thursday after a resident reported a man was attempting to look in her bedroom window. The victim contacted police at 6:38 a.m. to report a man, later identified as Webb, was attempting to look in her bedroom window at her residence located on…
A committee of parents and faculty presented the Jasper School Board with several options to address the immediate concerns with overcrowding at the three elementary schools. Formed last spring, the committee has met three times over the course of four months. Jasper Middle School principal David Hubster was asked by School Superintendent Dr. Tracy Lorey to…
Jim O’neal, WITZ AM/FM News Director contributed to this story Monday night, the Jasper School Board approved hiring Jasper police officer Jason Knies as a part-time resource officer. The City of Jasper and the Greater Jasper Consolidated School Corporation have been discussing sharing the budget for an officer. To accommodate both entities, the two are…
Jasper Mayor Terry Seitz announced his intent to run for a second term in the 2015 Indiana municipal elections. First elected in November of 2011, Seitz said the underlying reason for seeking another term is simple. “Unfinished business. I understand the natural flow of government is at a very tempered pace especially anything involving major…
