February 2023

Bloomsdale Elementary School holds groundbreaking ceremony

BLOOMSDALE – Bloomsdale Elementary School held a groundbreaking ceremony recently to start construction of  a new addition to the school. Voters approved this and several other projects in the Ste. Genevieve County R-II School District by approving a no-tax rate increase $20 million bond referendum, with 70.51 percent support last year. The bond issue will […]

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History of Ste. Genevieve Land Surveying to be presented at museum

STE GENEVIEVE — Land surveying is an ancient practice that dates back at least to 1,400 B.C., when the ancient Egyptians used land surveying for the taxation of land plots. The Sainte Genevieve Museum Learning Center will feature Gerald “Duck” Bader of Bader Land Surveying, whose presentation, “History of Ste. Genevieve Surveying 1790-1850“ will be

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Steve Deterding

A funeral will be held Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023 for 71-year-old Steve Deterding of Prairie du Rocher, Illinois, who passed away at 12:05 a.m., Thursday, February 9, 2023 at Freeburg Care Center, Freeburg, Illinois.   He was born September 5, 1951 in Red Bud, son of the late Carl and Mabel (nee Franklin) Deterding of 

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Kim L. White

A funeral will be held Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023 for 51-year-old Kim L. White of Chester, Illinois, who passed away at 1:34 pm, Thursday, February 9, 2023 at Memorial Hospital, Chester, Illinois.   She was born to Donald and Freida (nee Lee) McKinney on May 25, 1971 in Pinckneyville, Illinois.   Kim married Bob White

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Lani Yamnitz named SGHS February Rotary Student of the Month

STE GENEVIEVE — Lani Yamnitz has been selected the Rotary Student of the Month for February from Ste. Genevieve High School. Lani is the daughter of Justin and Renee Yamnitz. Lani’s scholastic honors include: being ranked in the top 10 percent of her class and earning ‘A’ Honor Roll each semester. She earned the designation

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