By Mark Evans ste. genevieve herald Prior to tackling the tourism director position, the combined Tourism Advisory Council ad Tourism Tax Commission got an update from City Administrator Happy Welch during the Nov. 15 meeting, and look at some advertising campaigns. Welch gave the group an update on tourism activities. He reminded them that the…
By Michael Boyd, jr. STE. GENEVIEVE HERALD The approval of Amendment 3 is a huge win for Missouri’s established medical marijuana industry, creating a licensing system for businesses that wish to sell or grow cannabis. In addition to Ste. Genevieve County saying “no,” entities such as the NAACP, Pro-Choice Missouri and Great State Strategies also…
By MARK EVANS mevans@stegenherald.com Thanks to Amendment 3, Aries, the Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s Department drug dog and K-9 contemporaries across the state are out of a job. “You can’t untrain a dog,” Sheriff Gary Stolzer explained to the county commissioners during their meeting last Thursday. The drug dogs were trained to recognize marijuana, along…
The wrong Country Mart section was run in this week’s Herald. The correct section, with thanksgiving specials, is available bot at Rozier’s Country Mart and at the Herald office. Additionally, the correct Country Mart section has been uploaded to the Herald website, where subscribers may access it, as part of the online pdf newspaper pages.
To be considered on time and to avoid late penalties, mailed payments for 2022 tax bills must be postmarked by the USPS on or before December 31st 2022. All mail in this area goes to a St. Louis facility to be postmarked. Dropping a letter in the mail in the last few days of December,…
By Missouri Conservation Department Special to the Herald JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds deer hunters that it will be holding mandatory CWD sampling during opening weekend of the November portion of firearms season, Nov. 12 and 13, for hunters who harvest deer in 34 of 38 MDC CWD Management…
By MARK EVANS STE. GENEVIEVE HERALD Shortly after midnight Friday morning, a vehicle full of adults and juveniles led local law enforcement on a high-speed chase through downtown Ste. Genevieve and up Highway 61. A Ste. Genevieve County deputy observed a red 2014 Ford Explorer stopped on Rozier Street at the Center Street stop sign.…
2022 Midterm elections unofficial results Ste. Genevieve County Precinct: all 14 Presiding Commissioner Total votes: 6,632 Randy Ruzicka (R) 4,040 (61.27%) David Bova (D) 2,554 (38.73%) Recorder of Deeds Total votes: 6,585 Mary Jane Fallert White (R) 4,362 (66.24%) Annette Roth (D) 2,223 (33.76%) County Collector Total votes: 6,568 Kim (Resigner) Gielow (R) 4,497 (68.47%)…
Predictions of a national “Red Wave” were certainly borne out in Ste. Genevieve County Tuesday. Every Republican on the ballot rolled to commanding victories Tuesday night. Randy Ruzicka won the presiding commissioner race by nearly 1,500 votes over David Bova. Ruzicka garnered 61.3% of the vote (4,040) to 38.7% (2,554) for Bova, while Republican Mary…
By MARK EVANS STE. GENEVIEVE HERALD Concerns are still high about the future of area 911 operations. Alan Wells, director of the 911 joint communications Center in Desloge, Deputy Director Chuck Farr, Sheriff Gary Stolzer, Kendall Shrum, executive director of the Ste. Genevieve County Ambulance District, and Ste. Genevieve City Administrator Happy Welch all attended…
By MARK EVANS STE. GENEVIEVE HERALD Scott Schmieder, county road and bridge foreman, reported to the county commission last Thursday that temperatures are getting too cold at night for much more asphalt work to be done. He said potholes had all been patched. His crews were working on Bodine Road and made call-ins to locate…
By MARK EVANS STE. GENEVIEVE HERALD The official program for the 38th Annual Ste. Genevieve Holiday Christmas Festival has been printed. The program includes the official schedule for the annual event – the only major local event to survive the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic virtually unscathed. Things kick off at 10 a.m., Saturday Dec. 3 with…
By MARK EVANS STE. GENEVIEVE HERALD Three Ste. Genevieve County offices will be contested on the Nov. 8 ballot. In the race for county collector, Kim Gielow is the Republican candidate and Susan Mueller the Democratic candidate. For Recorder of Deeds, Democrat Annette Roth faces Republican Mary Jane Fallert White. In both cases, the current…
By MARK EVANS STE. GENEVIEVE HERALD Bill Denkler of Aptitude Internet discussed plans to install cable in the county. The commissioners were clearly skeptical after dealing with Spectrum and its various contractors like MasTec. MasTec created several road hazards as well as trespassed on private property and installed pedestals on private property without permission and…
By MARK EVANS STE. GENEVIEVE HERALD Ste. Genevieve’s Dubourg Centre hosted the annual Center For French Colonial Studies’ (CFCS) 22nd Annual History Conference on Saturday. A good-sized crowd listened to several speakers who brought the French colonial era of the Illinois Country (as this region was known) to life. Mark Barbeau, CFSC president, gave opening…
BY MICHAEL BOYD JR. A Goose Creek fire truck crashed into a tree and flipped upside down while responding to a house fire in the lake area this morning (Thursday, Oct. 13). A witness said that the breaks went out on the fire truck, causing it to leave the road. The driver could not get…
Northbound Interstate 55 in Ste. Genevieve county will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform bridge repairs. This section of roadway is located from Route Z to Route J. Weather permitting, work will take place Tuesday, Oct. 18 through Thursday, Oct. 20 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The work zone will…
There is a possibility that Genevieve Church Road will potentially have to be closed tomorrow and Thursday between Burks School Road & Colony Church Road. In addition, Kocher Road may have to be closed (1) mile off Highway 32. These closures are necessary due to culvert pipe replacements. All ‘roadwork’ is subject to…
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — A registered sex offender who tried to obtain nude photos of a 6-year-old girl has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, after a joint investigation earlier this year by the Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. William C. Dickens, 39, of the St. Louis area,…
At their September meeting, the Southeast Missouri Regional Planning Commission (SEMO RPC) honored Presiding Commissioner Garry Nelson for his service. Nelson has been on the SEMO RPC Board of Directors since becoming presiding commissioner in 2011 and had attended meetings since he became a commissioner in 2005. The plaque is “in recognition of your exceptional…
A Ste. Genevieve County Sherriff’s deputy on patrol over the weekend made a stop for a traffic violation that resulted in a seizure of drugs, cash and a weapon, therefore leading to arrests of the vehicle’s three occupants. The local sheriiff’s office found a variety of drugs, plus a pistol and around $54,000 in cash…
By MARK EVANS STE. GENEVIEVE HERALD During a brief work session last Thursday, the Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen agreed to expand Area 2 for stormwater review and also discussed street repaving. It was agreed that Area 2, which includes Rozier Subdivision, south, where water collects by Shuh and Sons Heating and Cooling, was the…
By MARK EVANS STE. GENEVIEVE HERALD A task force has been established to determine the best way to pursue and promote Ste. Genevieve tourism. At the quarterly joint Tourism Advisory Council (TAC) and Tourism Tax Commission (TTC) meeting Sept. 20, Laura Oliver and Nicole French, members of the tourism groups, Dena Kreitler, executive director of…
By MARK EVANS mevans@stegenherald.com During last Thursday’s county commission meeting, the topic of tourism came up. First District Commissioner Karen Stuppy reported on the Tourism Advisory Council and Tourism Tax Commission’s joint meeting earlier that week, at which a task force was formed. She said that the tourism department has an $89,548 budget, with $45,000-50,000…
By MARK EVANS mevans@stegenherald.com Ste. Genevieve aldermen approved a fiscal year 2023 city budget without further discussion at last Thursday’s meeting. It calls for anticipated total revenues of $3,075,703 and expenditures of the General Fund of $3,299,717. The Transportation (Street) Department shows total revenues of $751,250 and expenditures of $1,179,635, while the Cemetery Fund shows…
Ste. Genevieve High School capped its 2022 Homecoming week with a 44-6 win over Fredericktown Friday night. At halftime, Brynna Wehner, daughter of Dustin and Amber Wehner was crowned Homecoming Queen. During the high school pep assembly Friday afternoon, Aiden Boyer, son of Katie and Jason Boyer, was crowned Homecoming King. Thursday night, the senior…
By MARK EVANS STE. GENEVIEVE HERALD T.J. Garbs of Cochran Engineering reported that work is nearly done on the new 300,000-gallon water tank in Bloomsdale. The tank has been erected and work was ongoing pointing it – first over the welds. After the painting is done, the tank will be disinfected and site work such…
By MARK EVANS mevans@stegenherald.com More discussion was held about funding 911 services during last Thursday’s Ste. Genevieve County Commission meeting. The combined St. Francois – Ste. Genevieve County 911 center is funded by a special tax on landline phones. This is becoming less and less of a revenue producer. Felix Meyer, county emergency management director,…
From Staff Reports The Ste. Genevieve Board of Adjustment granted both requests for variances from city codes during the board’s annual meeting, Sept. 7. Carl Noll, owner of 479 N Main, has submitted a request for a variance from Municipal Code Section 405.110 Neighborhood Commercial District Regulations. He requested a variance to the setback requirements…
BY MICHAEL BOYD JR. HERALD STAFF Karen McDowell Vaeth of McDowell Marketing, owners of Marion Cliff Manor in St. Mary, Mo., said in a Facebook post Friday (9.2.2022) that the facility was robbed at gunpoint “by someone seeking controlled medications.” The Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that there was “an incident” at the assisted…