November 2021

Chester man receives minor injuries in Highway 51 crash in Perry County

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JEFFERSON CITY — A 55-year-old Chester man received minor injuries in a traffic crash on Highway 51 in Perry County Monday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports Michael D. Herschbach was taken to Perry County Memorial Hospital by ambulance. The patrol says the crash happened when the 2007 Dodge 2500 Herschbach was driving came […]

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COVID-19: Perry Co. has 55 new COVID-19 cases, Ste. Gen Co. has eight new cases

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JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services continues to report a higher number of COVID-19 cases in Perry County than in Ste. Genevieve County. The department reports Perry County had 55 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 during the seven day period ending November 5th for a daily average of

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District 32 says it will not vaccinate students

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PERRYVILLE – Perry County School District No. 32 has issued a statement regarding incorrect information circulating in the community. “This statement is being issued in response to incorrect information being circulated this morning in our community regarding public schools, students and vaccinations: Perry County School District 32 will never vaccinate your child; we’re a school,

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Do kids need a COVID-19 vaccine?

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By Liz Ahlberg,Touchstone      SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The availability of a COVID-19 vaccine for school-aged children offers protection for children as well as eases challenges faced by their families and their schools, says Rebecca Lee Smith, an epidemiologist at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Children ages 5 to 11 now can receive a COVID-19 vaccine

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Farmer Tax Workshops slated

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By Rachel Hopkins, Ag Business Specialist STE. GENEVIEVE—As the year winds down, tax season starts up. University of Missouri Extension is hosting Farmer Tax Workshops again this year. The workshop will be Thursday, December 2 from 6:15 – 8:30 p.m. in Ste. Genevieve. There will be an online option for each night. Topics will include:

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Gary Rabine: Pritzker takes aim at individual rights with assault on Right of Conscience Act

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WOODSTOCK, Ill. – Gary Rabine, Republican candidate for Illinois Governor, is issuing the following statement on the Governor signing legislation to shield employers from litigation stemming from vaccine mandates. “The Right of Conscience has long been a part of our nation’s heritage. Going all of the way back to the American Revolution, the Colonial Army

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Missouri Attorney General files motion for preliminary injunction in border wall lawsuit

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – On Monday, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and the Texas Attorney General’s Office filed a motion for preliminary injunction in their lawsuit against the Biden Administration for refusing to continue construction on the Southwest border wall. Missouri and Texas filed suit in late October to require the Biden Administration to continue

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Missouri Chamber files public comment against federal vaccine mandate

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JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry is continuing to speak out against the Biden Administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate and testing plan. Under the plan, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is forcing all businesses with 100 or more employees to either vaccinate all their staff members against COVID-19 or do weekly

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MSHP reports

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JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest report. Among those listed as arrested: 24-year-old Cody R. Braeuner of Altenburg at 1:05 a.m. Saturday in Perry County on patrol charges of driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of a traffic crash. He was released. 47-year-old Matthew B. Heob of St.

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