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local state page 5the herald Wednesday, July 31, 2019 a holland issues boil advisory hOllaNd Because of a water main break tuesday afternoon, the town of Holland is under a boil advisory until further notice. contact Holland town Hall at 812-536-3640 with any questions. portion of 12th avenue to reopen JaSper the city of contractor, Knies construction, has completed Phase 1 of the 12th avenue reconstruction project and will open 12th avenue from u.s. 231 to test drive for traffic around 9 a.m. thursday.

Motorists will be able to access uebelhor toyota and springs Valley Bank atM from u.s. 231. Knies construction will soon begin Phase 2 of the project, and will close 12th avenue from test drive to approximately 250 feet west of Power drive. Motorists wishing to access businesses west of this location may do so by either using HRJ lane and Kimball Boulevard or division Road and st. charles street.

this schedule will proceed barring any unforeseen events or inclem- ent weather. tat Indiana man admits killing mom and brother CrOWN pOINt a northwestern Indiana man faces up to 23 years in prison after pleading guilty in the fatal shootings of his brother and mother. thirty-seven-year-old Robert stewart pleaded guilty Monday to voluntary manslaughter and reckless homicide charges in the december 2017 killings. Prosecutors have agreed to dismiss murder charges and firearm enhancements stewart had also faced. the (northwest Indiana) times reports that if a lake county judge ac- cepts plea at a sept.

12 hearing the Merrillville man would face consecutive prison terms of 17 years and six years on the charges. authorities say stewart killed 27-year-old Ryan Halbe and 55-year-old candy Halbe at the Merrillville home during an argument over disciplining of his 7-year-old son. Indiana man accused of posting trump threats pleads guilty haMMONd a northwestern Indiana man has pleaded guilty to making threats against President donald trump on Facebook. the (northwest Indiana) times reports 20-year-steffon Gonzalez en- tered the plea tuesday with hopes that get a more lenient sentence. Federal authorities have said Gonzalez posted on March 28 that he was outside the location with a bullet to his head trump had a rally that day in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Gonzalez lived in Hobart, about 145 miles (233 kilometers) southwest of Grand Rapids. He told the court that he made the threats from home while watching the rally live. sentencing is expected in october. He was previously charged in lake superior court with intimidation, but that charge was since dismissed. Federal court warns of scam using telephone number INdIaNapOlIS Federal court officials in Indianapolis are warning that scammers are using the main phone number to scam and intimidate people.

the u.s. district court for the southern district of Indiana says its office recently began receiving calls from people reporting that someone claiming to be with the had called them hoping to scam them. the would-be caller Id made it appear as if the culprits were calling from the main phone number, 317-229-3700, when they actually were not. the would-be scammers told several stories, including telling the recipients that their social security benefits had been and asking for their social security number. Many of those being tar- geted have latino heritage.

court officials say government employees would never request per- sonal information over the phone. i i a i North Spencer Schools the north spencer school Board met Monday, July 22, and: approved the following resignations: instruc- tional assistant andrew Hagan at chrisney elemen- tary and Heritage Hills Middle school; instructional assistant lesley Meyer at chrisney elementary; instructional assistant Jennifer Rosales at lincoln trail elementary; lead perschool teacher lexi sigler at nancy Hanks elementary; and part-time business teacher angie Hochgesang at Heritage Hills High school. approved the following hires: instructional as- sistant laura scouten at chrisney elementary; lead preschool teacher Kendra tribbie and preschool as- sistant shannon Werne at nancy Hanks elementary; and volunteer assistant girls golf coach tom nelson, assistant girls soccer coach Breigh Haase, head boys tennis coach Phil Burden and assistant boys tennis coach corey Mauck at the high school. approved transferring $100,000 from the educa- tion fund to the operations fund. this is a monthly action.

approved advertising the proposed 2020 budget. approved reducing the amount paid into the teacher retirement fund as required by law. north spencer is able to reduce their contribution to the state fund by $13,400, and that amount will be directed to teacher compensation for the coming year. the move is the result in a change in state law aimed at helping local school corporations give teachers more pay. Reviewed superintendent goals from the 2018- 19 school year and noted plans to meet in executive session following the Monday, aug.

12, school board meeting to conduct the superintendent evaluation. Reviewed new transportation laws and heard how they will affect north bus routes. approved a student bus pickup requiring students to cross state Road 145 between county Road 1200 north and county Road 1100 north. approved two field trips: five middle school special education students to stir-n-up Hope in Ferdinand; and 15 high school publication students to a yearbook graphic design workshop at Vincennes university Jasper campus. approved superintendent dan scherry to at- tend the fall Indiana school Board association and Indiana association of Public school superintendents conferences in Indianapolis.

approved the Minutemen Football to use the high school cafeteria for equipment distribution on aug. 15, grassy areas at the corporation elementary schools for practice and the high school football game and practice fields as available for games on saturdays during the season. Heard that the marching band launched a web- site, hhpartiotsband.com. Heard that high school student ethan Roos was elected governor at Hoosier Boys state this sum- mer and that high school student Mason sandage won second in the nation at a motorcycle repair competition. The Most Complete News Coverage in Dubois County The Herald DuboisCountyHerald.com By RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS The body of notorious 1930s gangster John Dill- inger is expected to be exhumed in September from a concrete- encased grave at an Indianapolis cemetery more than 85 years after he was killed by FBI agents outside a Chicago theater.

The upcoming exhumation could put to rest conspiracy theo- ries suggesting that the violent criminal some people considered a folk hero during the height of the Great Depression even buried in his marked grave. The Indiana State Department of Health approved a permit July 3 sought by nephew, Michael C. Thompson, to have the body exhumed from Crown Hill Cemetery and reinterred there. The permit give a rea- son for the request, and Thompson immediately be reached for comment. However, Dan Silber- man of Networks says the ex- humation will be covered as part of a documentary on Dillinger for The History Channel.

Indiana health department spokeswoman Jeni said that based on the permit, the agen- cy expects body will be exhumed and reinterred on Sept. 16 the date listed on the document. But digging up grave might prove a difficult task be- cause days after his funeral, father had the casket reburied under a protective cap of concrete and scrap iron topped by four reinforced-concrete slabs, said Susan Sutton, a historian with the Indiana Historical Society. think going to have a hard time getting through Sutton said. The reason for the concrete-en- cased grave was to thwart would-be vandals, she said, citing Hill: History, Spirit, and Sanctu- a 2013 book the historical soci- ety published about the history.

main fear was that some- one would come in and dig up the grave and either desecrate the corpse or steal Sutton said. Dillingers had actually been offered money to his body for ex- hibits, so they were She added that she hopes the ex- humation ends lingering specula- tion that Dillinger even buried beneath all that concrete, and con- firms his identification of her body. The Indianapolis-born Dillinger was one of most notori- ous criminals. The FBI says Dill- gang killed 10 people as they pulled off a bloody string of bank robberies across the Midwest in the 1930s. Dillinger was never convicted of murder and he was considered a folk hero by some during his violent rise amid the Great Depres- sion as banks were failing, others were limiting withdrawals and many Americans had lost homes and farms to foreclosure, Sutton said.

somebody who had, as may- be people would say now, it to the would easily become a folk she said. was also known by some people to be very polite even while he was stealing. an odd Dillinger was awaiting trial in the slaying of an East Chicago po- lice officer when he escaped from jail in Crown Point, Indiana, in March 1934 with a gun carved out of wood. While on the run, he un- derwent plastic surgery to alter his face and was said to have tried to remove his fingerprints with acid. Dillinger, who was portrayed by Johnny Depp in the 2009 movie was fatally shot in July 1934 by FBI agents outside the Biograph theater in Chicago after he was betrayed by a woman who became known in the papers as the in Crown Hill Cemetery spokes- woman Crystal King said the cem- etery has no information about the plans to exhume Dillinger, whose grave is an attraction at the hilltop graveyard on near north side.

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