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Friday, Sept. 25, 2026: Boys and Girls Club set to open in Dubois County; Celebrate Ferdinand's new mural; New home of state archives; more

Friday, Sept. 25, 2026 Issue #375 From Dubois County Ireland Lions Club members Jerry Himsel, Dave Rudolph, Ron Mendel, and Junie Himsel were on hand for the dedication of the Washington Hawthorne that the club donated to Ireland Elementary. The club and school held the dedication Thursday afternoon. Hey Reader, Fifth grade students gave a presentation during the tree dedication. Members of the Sons of the American Revolution served as an honor guard. SAR member Thomas Leland gave the history...

Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026 Issue #374 From Dubois County Indiana Landmarks is renovating the exterior of a historic home in Huntingburg. Happy Thursday Reader, Indiana Landmarks purchased the home at 401 East Second Street in Huntingburg earlier this year with plans to renovate it and find a buyer. Gregory Sekula, Southern Regional Director, was on hand today with Stephanie Richard, director of the Southwest Field Office in Evansville, and Laura Renwick, associate director, as they worked on...

Wednesday, Sept 23, 2026 Issue #373 From Dubois County Meyer Fireworks big finale over Holland Lake closed out the Holland Fest Saturday evening. Photo by Julie Ann Peak. Afternoon, Reader, Today's story on the parking tickets in Downtown Jasper reminded me of something that happened to Amy and me. I attended something downtown, then returned to our home office, and Amy took our vehicle back downtown. She parked in the same spot I had and then received a ticket. What are the odds? From Dubois...

Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026 Issue #372 From Dubois County Hey Reader, Sorry, no photo today. The commissioners are moving forward with some type of zoning ordinance, but it's important to understand that creating an ordinance and passing it are two different things. Also, yesterday, we wrote about the proposed income tax increase. We tried to make that clear in the story, but this is a recommendation and it was required by the state. All counties and qualifying cities are supposed to submit...

Monday, Sept. 21, 2026 Issue #371 From Dubois County Bubble wands were a hit at Latino Fest on Saturday. Happy Monday, Reader, Sara Ann Jump and Marlena Sloss both worked as photographers at The Herald. I bumped into them often, since we covered some of the same county events. Sara Ann emailed me today to tell me about a collaborative art project they have together that combines their photography and storytelling with some special interactivity. Earth & Paper Mail Club combines Sloss' nature...

Friday, Sept. 18, 2026 Issue #370 From Dubois County Blake Beemer, Butler University's head baseball coach, posed in center field at League Stadium for filming of the docudrama "The Lost Superstar: The Oscar Charleston Story". There is a pictorial in today's headlines with more details. Also, in case you were wondering, Charleston played for the Indianapolis ABCs. According to biographer Jeremy Beers, ABC may have been a brewery that sponsored the team, but he said that fact is disputed....

Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026 Issue #369 From Dubois County Gavin Jones-Scott hugs Scott Highberger, the founder and director of Behind the Wire, a men's recovery home in Loogootee. Gavin graduated from Behind the Wire's programming earlier this year and serves as the house manager for Next Step Recovery Home in Jasper. He graduated from Dubois County's drug court program last week. It's Thursday, Reader, I attended a session of the Dubois County Drug Court last week. It is held in Dubois County's...

Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026 Issue #368 From Dubois County Evan Elrod (behind the desk) teaches media courses at Jasper High School and, as part of the Patoka Valley Career and Technical Co-op program, chairs a media program advisory committee made up of local media and content producers. I am a member of the group, and we met today. The wall of stories behind Evan's desk includes coverage of his program from our news organization and The Herald. Anyone listen to The Curve? Hey Reader, Have a...

Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026 Issue #367 is today's sponsor. From Dubois County Harvesting in the late summer sunset Monday near WITZ Bottoms. Hey Reader, As I drove around the curve on South Meridian, the combine in the photo above was emptying a load of corn into a truck. Dust plumed around them in the golden light of the sun setting behind them. Rays of light burst through the silt clouds. Thinking about all the moving parts of the moment I found myself in was bewildering. The truck had to be...

Monday, Sept. 14, 2026 Issue #366 is today's sponsor. From Dubois County Huntingburg Volunteer Firefighters took a moment to honor the 25th Anniversary of 9/11 at last Friday's Southridge football game. Fireman John Smith led the group in playing "Amazing Grace" while members of the fire department and police department stood at attention. Photo by Kylie Schepers. Happy Monday, Reader, Hope you had a great weekend. Here are today's headlines and a few more photos from the ceremony before...