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By MARK EVANS STE. GENEVIEVE HERALD Things are moving along on track for the replacement of waterlines along Clement Road. T. J. Garbs of Cochran Engineering reported to the Bloomsdale Board of Aldermen Sept. 12 that the timeline of having easement acquisitions in place by November. He asked whether the officials had heard any concerns…

A wide variety of topics were covered at the annul Ste. Genevieve History Conference on Saturday. Mark W. Kelly spoke on the divorce case of Andrew Henry v. Marie Villars, while Dr. Brad Lookingbill spoke on “Native Ground: The First People of Missouri before Statehood.” After lunch, Charlotte Young Slinkard gave “Meet the Girardeaus,” while…

By Mark Evans STE. GENEVIEVE HERALD The Holcim Group (formerly LaforgeHolcim) will put on a free large-item recycling event this fall after all. County leaders had been under the impression that the event would need to be postponed until next spring. At an Environmental Quality Control Committee meeting the commissioners attended last week, however, they…

By MARK EVANS STE. GENEVIEVE HERALD Improving the appearance and usefulness of the Ste. Genevieve-Modoc Ferry landing. is something in which the Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen would be willing to take a leadership role. Ward 3 Alderman Joe Steiger described a project the Ste. Genevieve Rotary Club would like to do, to revamp the…

By MARK EVANS STE. GENEVIEVE HERALD Patrick Fahey, an owner of the Main Street Inn and Ste. Genevieve Antique Mall, was sworn in as the new Ward 1 alderman at the start of last Thursday’s Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen meeting. Fahey will finish the term of Gary Smith, who resigned this summer. He will…

By MARK EVANS STE. GENEVIEVE HERALD After some discussion during a work session last Thursday, the Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen opted not to clean out a drainage ditch behind 744 Rozier Street, as a resident had requested. Duke Bleckler of 744 Rozier had complained that the stormwater swale behind his house that runs toward…

By MARK EVANS STE. GENEVIEVE HERALD Charter Spectrum personnel and one subcontractor came in to hash some things out with the Ste. Genevieve County Commission last Thursday. The situation dates back more than a year, to when Spectrum began hiring subcontractors to lay cable in Ste. Genevieve County and neighboring counties. Some of the subcontractors…

From Staff Reports Ste. Genevieve’s annual Oktobertfest, this Saturday and Sunday, will celebrate the old French town’s strongly German heritage. Music, food, games, and of course beer will be on tap, along with other fun. According to event coordinator Kara Burt, it will be “more compacted,” to the area around Audubon’s and Silvanus on Merchant…

For the second time in seven years, Ste. Genevieve will be in the center of a total solar eclipse next spring. The eclipse will take place April 8, with Ste. Genevieve County appearing to be right in the center of the band. A group from the city, county and Chamber of Commerce has started meeting…

Staff Reports Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Martha Williams has accepted the Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge Final Land Protection Plan. “Local residents, elected officials, and fish and wildlife representatives have been working on our portion of the plan for over five years with much of the emphasis the last three years getting…