Excise police arrested a Jasper restaurant server on Wednesday and the Dubois County Sheriff’s Department arrested a man and accused him of possessing a device designed to defeat a drug or alcohol screen.

A Dubois County Sheriff’s Department deputy had to put down a deer this morning after it was injured in a collision with a car on State Road 56 west of County Road 350W.

Jasper firefighters received an early wake-up call today and Huntingburg firefighters were in action twice Saturday.

Seat-belt use was credited with lessening the severity of injuries in a three-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon just west of Jasper that shut down State Road 56 for about an hour. Police also arrested three people for alleged impaired driving during the weekend.

The Jasper Police Department is asking for the public’s help as officers investigate a Friday evening hit-and-run accident. Police also made drug and shoplifting arrests Friday in the county.

A man wanted for a work release violation was holding a knife when Jasper Police Department officers made contact with him late Thursday night.

The man charged with murder, rape and other felonies after a Jan. 10 incident east of St. Henry that took the life of 37-year-old Jeffrey D. Perry made a brief appearance today in Dubois Circuit Court.

A Dubois County Highway Department employee was airlifted this morning after he fell about 15 feet from a bridge construction site south of Holland. And units of the Ferdinand Volunteer Fire Department responded Tuesday afternoon when an LP gas tank spraying vapors was reported at a farm southeast of Huntingburg.

Police say the setting sun factored into a two-vehicle crash Monday evening at the Bretzville Junction that injured both drivers.

A 19-year-old nursing home employee was arrested early Sunday morning on multiple drug charges after police say she was found to be sleeping in her car outside of her place of employment. And Ferdinand firefighters say a man escaped injury Sunday evening when his zero-turn riding mower overturned on him at the bottom of a deep ravine.

Indiana State Police say that what started as an investigation into the theft of a vehicle in Jasper turned into a multi-state, multi-agency case. And the Birdseye Volunteer Fire Department had a quick response early this morning when fire was reported in a mobile home west of town.

Total damage reached $7,000 in an SUV-versus-pickup truck collision Thursday afternoon in Jasper, and Dubois County authorities brought a Vanderburgh County woman to Dubois Superior Court to answer to an active theft warrant.