The Ste. Genevieve County Ambulance District board last week discussed the concept of billing for refusals, which director Kendall Shrum is now being allowed by Medicaid. Shrum raised the issue last Thursday while providing the board with an update from a review of billing and cost-reporting with the district’s billing company. “We’d have to bill…
Kirberg Company was awarded the roof repair contract at the February 18 meeting of the Ste. Genevieve R-II School District’s Board of Education. The St. Louis firm bid $58,450 for the job, lowest among six bidders. The board also approved the district’s 2020-21 calendar and changes to its Comprehensive School Improvement Plan [CSIP]. Dr. Julie…
With another spring of serious flooding predicted, Ste. Genevieve County’s commissioners are not optimistic about getting a lot of roads paved this year. “We’ve spent a significant amount of money on roads for no paving,” Presiding Commissioner Garry Nelson lamented, referring to preparation work done on county roads. “If it floods like it has the…
During the only Ste. Genevieve County Commission meeting last week, on February 10, the commission received an apology from the Southeast Missouri Regional Planning Commission (SEMO RPC) and found that one of the new dump trucks it has ordered will cost a bit more than expected. The commissioners met only one day last week due…
Elected county officials conducted their monthly meeting during the February 10 Ste. Genevieve County Commission meeting. Each official made a brief report on concerns or on recent progress. Second District County Commissioner Joe Gettinger detailed the work being done on the county recycling center. The roof, gutters and soffits all had to be repaired or…
Special Road District A will need to invest about $3,500 to repair its 16-year-old boom mower this spring. Road foreman Paul Bauman reported during the district board’s February 11 meeting that the mower needs new front tires and a new fuel tank. The fuel tank will be about $1,000. The board members had been anticipating…
Elizabeth Giesler, former assistant principal at Ste. Genevieve Middle School, entered an Alford plea on February 11 to a misdemeanor charge of harassment in the second degree. She had originally faced three felony counts of sexual contact with a student, three felony counts of second-degree statutory sodomy and two felony counts of second-degree statutory rape.…
Jack Huck, 23, of Ste. Genevieve was sentenced to 89 months in prison for his role as a leader of a drug trafficking organization that distributed marijuana and laundered drug proceeds, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri. Jack Huck appeared February 11 before U.S. District Judge…
New rental duplexes on Clement Road and the area around the city’s wastewater treatment plant both generated plenty of discussion at the Bloomsdale Board of Aldermen meeting on February 11. Developers Gail and Steve Zoellner and some adjacent property owners attended to discuss the duplex project. Five buildings, with a total of 10 rental units,…
Whether the Ste. Genevieve city administrator and chief of police should be required to live in the city limits sparked sharp debate during the final half hour of last Thursday night’s Board of Aldermen meeting. Two bills were tabled that would have changed requirements for the two positions to stipulate only that the individuals must…
Greg Becker, president of the Lakes Genevieve Homeowners Association, received assurances at last Thursday’s Ste. Genevieve County Commission meeting that his concerns about a sewage issue are not being taken lightly. Becker complained about a trailer park, located outside the private lake development’s gate but on land that has been annexed by Lakes Genevieve. Sewage…
An application for a medical marijuana dispensary was not among those receiving approval late last month when the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) announced 24 approved dispensaries in each of Missouri’s eight congressional districts. 40 Plaza LLC’s application for a medical marijuana dispensary at 44 Plaza Drive scored 1300.64 in the dispensary…
Two accidents were reported last week in Ste. Genevieve, both resulting in minor injuries, according to reports from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. — The first took place at 7:25 a.m. on January 29 on Highway 61 and was related to the weather. Nelson E. Pfaff, 62, of Ste. Genevieve was driving a 2000 Chevrolet…
Addressing an issue it has been considering for several months, the Ste. Genevieve Heritage Commission voted to recommend approval of an addition to the city’s historic preservation ordinance to the Board of Aldermen that would give residents facing financial hardships some leeway in repairing their homes. The Heritage Commission had a 40-minute work session prior…
