Jim Brumfield and Brad Korn this week filed for the Ste. Genevieve County Health Department, creating a four-way race for two seats on the board. Robert Kavaliauskas and Jeanette Wood had earlier filed for the two four-year terms, which are no held by Wood and Lisa Jokerst. Wood was appointed last month by the County…

The Ste. Genevieve R-II School District will pay Elizabeth Giesler for the 2018-19 school year in an agreement that secured her resignation, effective June 15, 2019. The agreement was signed by Giesler and R-II Board of Education president Martha Resinger on November 30, at which time Giesler submitted her resignation. The resignation was accepted during…

Hopes of seeing a pedestrian bridge spanning Progress Parkway by the time the Ste. Genevieve County Family Aquatic Center opens in May were dashed at last Thursday’s County Commission meeting. The commission had been notified by the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) in December that the county was approved for a Transportation Alternative Project (TAP)…

The Ste. Genevieve County Commission approved three amendments to the 2018 budget at its last meeting of the year on December 31. All had to do with the Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s Office. Since the department paid an increased amount on its loan for the jail expansion project of a few years back, the expenditures…

Robert Kavaliauskas and Carl Kinsky have filed for seats on the Ste. Genevieve County Health Department board since the first of the year, meaning any additional filings will result in a contested election for the board. There are three seats open — two four-year terms and the remaining two years of the term that came…

In addition to denying Michael and Jenna Mills’ request to install a digital LED sign on Washington Street, the Ste. Genevieve Planning and Zoning Commission approved two other special use permits at its meeting last Thursday. The commission approved a six-month permit for Kassie and Aaron Wolk to operate an in-home hair salon at 1045…