COLUMBIA, Mo. — The cervid livestock business is one of the fastest-growing industries in rural America. In Missouri alone, more than 250 farms are dedicated to raising deer. To improve overall herd health and support the state’s economy, researchers at the University of Missouri are working to determine how best to manage white-tailed deer on […]
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By Holly Thompson Rehder, State Senator JEFFERSON CITY – As Missourians head to the polls in less than one week, I am struck by the number of issues on the ballot and the significant impact this election will have on the future of Missouri. In my previous two columns, I wrote specifically about Amendment 3 and Amendment 2,
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STE. GENEVIEVE – A senior at Ste. Genevieve High School has won first place in the VFW Post 2210 and its Auxiliary Voice of Democracy Oral Essay contest. Lucy Sears with Lois Flieg, VFW Auxiliary Youth Activities and Scholarship Chairperson. Lucy Sears essay responded to the contest theme: “Is America Today Our Forefathers’ Vision?” Sears
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JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest report of arrests. Arrested was: 52-year-old Thomas E. Shearin of Ste. Genevieve at 8:35 a.m. Thursday in Ste. Genevieve County on a warrant out of Richmond Heights for improper lane use. He was being held in the Jefferson County pending the post of
ROLLA—After several days of battling the Sugar Fire in dry fuels and strong, gusty winds, firefighters were given a Halloween treat in the form of rain moving through the area Wednesday night. After successful firing operations on the south line helped secure the flanks Wednesday, the rain provided the necessary cooling that firefighters needed to
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BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota – They have quirky names and are often mistaken for stones, but freshwater mussels are very much alive and perform critical ecological functions in rivers and streams. We at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have published a recovery plan to save four imperiled mussels protected under the Endangered Species Act: the rayed
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by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – Much of the Earth’s freshwater eventually joins with massive, salty oceans where it can deeply impact life in those marine systems. Amid farm fields hundreds of miles away, researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are growing coral, a beautiful and sensitive lifeform sitting in the nexus of these systems
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STE. GENEVIEVE – The ‘Minutes’ from the Ste. Genevieve County Commissioner’s Meeting of Monday, October 28th, 2024.
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A funeral will be held Monday, Nov. 4, 2024 for 89-year-old Jonas W. Jokerst of Sainte Genevieve, MO who passed away Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at Mercy Hospital Jefferson in Festus, MO. He was born October 3, 1935 in Zell, MO the son of Valentine Jokerst and Emma (Huck) Jokerst who both preceded him
A funeral will be held Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024 for 87-year-old Dennis C. Brewer who passed away peacefully in his sleep on October 30, 2024. He was born at home on December 18, 1936, in Perryville, Missouri to Edward Louis and Stella Ann (Bass) Brewer, he passed away in the same home. Dennis
