September 2024

Good Earth Tools donates to Ste. Genevieve Elementary School

STE. GENEVIEVE -Good Earth Tools made a donation of school supplies to Ste. Genevieve Elementary’s Early Childhood Special Education and Preschool classes!   The donation included a large assortment of items for the classrooms, some of which included pens, pencils, crayons, highlighters, Lysol wipes, folders, binders, paper towels and more! We would like to thank […]

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Group seeks creation of Ste. Genevieve Co. Fire Protection District

STE. GENEVIEVE — A proposal to create a fire protection district in Ste. Genevieve County is being launched.   The proposal was posted on the SGC Fire Prot District Facebook page.   The document explains that the six fire departments in Ste. Genevieve County have decided to join forces and is now asking the citizens

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IDFPR’s Division of Banking receives 2024 CSBS Re-accreditation

CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation’s (“IDFPR”) Division of Banking (“DOB”) is proud to announce it recently received reaccreditation by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (“CSBS”), once again confirming DOB maintains the highest standards and practices in state bank supervision. Illinois was initially accredited by CSBS in 1984 and has remained

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Madelyn Griffard is Valle Elks Student of the Month for September

STE. GENEVIEVE – Madelyn Griffard has been named the Elks Student of the Month at Valle Catholic High School for the month of September. She is the daughter of Philip and Adrienne Griffard. Following her graduation, she plans to attend Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Mo. “Once there, I will study kinesiology, take honors

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MDC, partners finish third round of Brown-headed Nuthatch reintroduction

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and partners recently finished phase three of Brown-headed Nuthatch reintroduction efforts in the Missouri Ozarks.  In 2020 and 2021, MDC released 102 birds to the U.S. Forest Service’s Mark Twain National Forest as part of a pilot effort to achieve holistic ecosystem restoration of Missouri’s shortleaf pine

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Missouri casinos partner with American Gaming Association to promote Responsible Gaming Education Month in September

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Missouri casino employees are partnering with the American Gaming Association (AGA) to celebrate the casino industry’s 26th annual Responsible Gaming Education initiative. Casinos across Missouri Casinos across Missouri are sponsoring activities, providing free educational materials and promoting responsible gaming all September to increase awareness among patrons and reinforce the education employees receive

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Missouri DCI encourages emergency preparedness, including insurance coverage

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Despite the drought Missouri experienced for much of the past year, severe weather and flash flooding this spring and summer resulted in costly damage to hundreds of homes as well as roads, bridges, and other public infrastructure across the state.  In September, National Preparedness Month raises awareness about the importance of

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MSHP report

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest report of arrests.   43-year-old Scott J. Bone of Ste. Genevieve was charged with driving while intoxicated at 2:05 p.m. Wednesday, September 11 in Ste. Genevieve County. He was released.

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Smith demands investigation into unacceptable mail delays in rural Missouri

WASHINGTON – Missouri’s Eighth District Congressman Jason Smith (Mo.), along with Congressman Sam Graves (Mo.), Congresswoman Ann Wagner (Mo.), and Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (Mo.), recently sent a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to demand the United States Postal Service (USPS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit the Sorting and Distribution Center in Hazelwood, Mo., to

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