The trial for a former Washington County Commissioner that was to have begun this morning in Washington Circuit Court has been delayed because the current county government has closed the courthouse due to the snow.

Due to the extreme weather conditions and the closing of the circuit court, Washington County officials closed the courthouse and circuit court this morning.

Jurors are to report at 9a Wednesday January 22 to the Circuit Court to begin the trial.

Mike Goering was arrested in March 2013 on charges of child molestation involving a Washington County girl under the age of 16.

Goering turned himself in to Washington County police officers.

Washington County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Roger Newton said the  accusations are shocking.

“It was reported by the victim’s family,” Newton said.

Goering was the director of the county’s solid waste district until his arrest.

Before that, he was the county engineer and served as a county commissioner and owned and operated a Maple Syrup farm and business and festival in Eastern Washington County.

Bloomington’s Walmart was closed for a couple hours Monday night after police say a man called in a bomb threat, demanding gift cards.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office reported that the Walmart at 3313 State Road 54 was closed just before 6 p.m. after a man called in the threat.

No bomb was found in the building or in the parking lot by investigators and their bomb-sniffing dogs brought to the scene.

The store was opened back up at roughly 8 p.m. after it had been cleared by bomb experts from the EOD at NSWC Crane bomb squad. No explosive device was found.

The sheriff said the man who called in the threat demanded six Walmart gift cards.

He has not yet been found by investigators.

All Washington County Schools have been cancelled for today due to the snow storm moving across the Midwest early this morning, dumping up to 3 inches in places.

According to the National Weather Service, the WSLM listening area is under a Winter Storm Warning until 1p today.

Predictions of 1-5 inches were noted primarily between 5a-10a this morning with more snow coming the rest of the day.

Check wslmradio.com for the latest cancellations and tune in to WSLM 97.9 FM and WSLM 1220 AM for the latest news and any emergency alerts.

An accident this afternoon involving a mini-van and a fully-loaded dump truck at the intersection of State Road 60 East and the Bypass sent four to the hospital with no fatalities. The highway was closed for about 3 hours.

According to Salem Police Department Officer Ronnie Mays, a Temple and Temple dump truck driven by Bill Adkins was driving on State Road 60 and struck a white minivan.

Three from the minivan were taken to the hospital for treatment. It is not known at this time which of the injured was taken by helicopter ambulance to U of L Hospital.

The minivan was owned by Katherine Banister of Palmyra.

Mays said he was not certain at the time if Banister was driving the vehicle.

“She was coming from Palmyra and was crossing the bypass when the crash occurred,” said Mays. “From what I observed, she failed to yield the right of way to the dump truck. She either stopped at the stop then pulled out and didn’t see him or didn’t stop. We don’t know yet.”

Indiana State Police are on the scene now as the accident is cleared. The road has been closed since the accident occurred at approx. 3p.

Mays said the dump truck had swerved into the left lane to avoid the mini van and applied his breaks. The weight of the full load of dirt and rocks caused the truck to tip over.