Business
ASL Pewter Certified For Apprenticeship Program
By MARK EVANS mevans@stegenherald.com In November last year, ASL Pewter became a Registered Apprenticeship Program Sponsor with the United States Department of Labor (USDOL). Wade Johnson of the USDOL Office of Apprenticeship – Missouri presented owners Tom and Pat Hooper with a framed certificate marking this achievement on Jan. 19. The program, under the USDOL’s…
Read MoreSteigers Sell Jewelry Business After 40 Years
By MARK EVANS STE. GENEVIEVE HERALD Gas was 57 cents a gallon, Gerald Ford was in the White House and Bob Gibson was still pitching for the Cardinals in 1975, when Tom and Sue Steiger started working at the jewelry store at 272 Merchant Street. Harry “Quinton” Klaus owned the business, having run it since…
Read MoreGadell Eager To Continue Anvil’s Long Heritage
By MARK EVANS STE. GENEVIEVE HERALD Owning the Anvil Saloon and Restaurant is not a new idea to Stephanie Gadell. Gadell, who bought the establishment from Madeline Jett this fall, along with her boyfriend, Cade Marceaux, has been around the place a long time. She started working there several years ago at age 17. “It’s…
Read MoreMachos Tacos Brings Mexican Flavor To Town
By MARK EVANS mevans@stegenherald.com Cousins Gerardo Milian and Josiah Seyer are reaching back to their Mexican heritage to bring a new taste treat to Ste. Genevieve. Milian and Seyer have opened Machos Tacos at 634 Ste. Genevieve Drive (US Highway 61). The building once housed a Taco Bell restaurant. Milian said most of the recipes…
Read MoreHahn Is New Country Mart Pharmacist
From staff reports Erika Hahn has taken over as pharmacist at Rozier’s Country Mart in Ste. Genevieve. She assumed duties June 30, upon the retirement of Mark McKenzie, who had served for nine years. Hahn has more than 10 years of pharmacy management experience, along with 15 years of previous retail management. A Ste. Genevieve…
Read MoreElpers, Ability NetworkMark 30 Years
A Ste. Genevieve company is making it possible for over 2,000 children and adults with developmental disabilities across Missouri to receive a variety of needed services. That company is Ability Network, Inc., which has a small administrative office across from Sirros on Merchant Street. Ability Network is the largest and oldest contracting agency for Missouri…
Read MoreFarmers Market Open For 2020 Season
The Ste. Genevieve Farmers Market officially opened this past weekend and is open each Saturday morning at the Knights of Columbus pavilion. The market has a variety of spring vegetables, canned goods, baked goods, herbs, soaps, bees wax items, and more. Signs will direct the flow of people and encourage social distancing. Pets are discouraged.
Read MorePSC Sets Intervention Deadline For Spire Case
Spire Missouri, Inc. (Spire East and Spire West) has filed an application with the Missouri Public Service Commission seeking an Accounting Authority Order (AAO) to govern costs and financial impacts associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Spire Missouri, Inc.’s application states it is seeking an AAO from the commission authorizing the company to track and defer,…
Read MoreCounty Library Receives Grant From Dollar General Literacy Foundation
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation last week announced the award of approximately $154,000 in literacy grants to Missouri nonprofit organizations, including $2,000 for the Ste. Genevieve County Library. The grants are part of the Dollar General Literacy Foundation’s largest one-day grant announcement, which supports summer, family and adult literacy programs. In total, the foundation awarded…
Read MorePublic Service Commission OKs Increase In Spire’s ISRS
The Missouri Public Service Commission approved an agreement reached by Spire Missouri, Inc., the staff of the Missouri Public Service Commission and the Office of the Public Counsel which will change the infrastructure system replacement surcharge (ISRS) for Spire West customers and Spire East customers [formerly Laclede Gas Company] of Spire Missouri, Inc. The ISRS…
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