Ste. Genevieve News

MDC reports 14,896 deer harvested during antlerless portion

JEFFERSON CITY – Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that deer hunters in Missouri harvested 14,896 deer during the antlerless portion of the firearms deer season, Dec. 4-12.   Top harvest counties were Callaway with 467 deer harvested, Pike with 376, and Morgan with 354. Perry County hunters harvested 179 deer: […]

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Sales tax receipts are up in Perryville and Ste. Genevieve

JEFFERSON CITY — Sales tax receipts in both Ste. Genevieve and Perryville continue to lead results from last year, at this point in time. Ste. Genevieve’s main sales tax is up $36,217.64 over last year’s receipts through November. The total at this point is $679,330.48. Ste. Genevieve’s two other retail sales taxes show similar increases.

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State is assisting Missouri communities affected by deadly tornadoes and severe storms

JEFFERSON CITY – The State Emergency Operations Center remains activated and state agencies continue to assist Missouri communities affected by a series of strong tornadoes and severe storms that swept through the state Friday night, December 10. The storms killed at least two people and destroyed or did major damage to hundreds of homes and buildings,

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Ste. Genevieve Co. Democrats donate to Adopt-A-Family

STE. GENEVIEVE — On Wednesday, December 8th members of the Ste. Genevieve County Democratic Club presented coats, board games and books to the Adopt-A-Family Christmas program through the local University of Missouri Extension Office under the direction of Estrella Carmona. Democratic Club members from left to right are David Bova, Joan Wilson, Elaine Belovich, and

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BLES fifth graders take on ‘Find Your Voice’ project

STE. GENEVIEVE — This year, fifth grade students at Bloomsdale Elementary are participating in a new year-long project through Amy Rowland’s counseling program. This new effort is called the Find Your Voice Project, and is based upon the 8th Leader in Me Habit that focuses on using your unique talent or passion to make a

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Bloomsdale Elementary School participates in fourth annual ‘Hour of Code’

STE. GENEVIEVE — Bloomsdale Elementary School participated in its fourth annual Hour of Code Wednesday. Hour of Code is sponsored by code.org and began as a one-hour introduction to computer science to show that anyone can learn the basics of coding and to build more interest in the field of computer science, which is integrated

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SGHS FFA member ranks in the top six in state in public speaking contest

STE. GENEVIEVE – Ste. Genevieve High School has announced FFA member Sophia Fritsch is among the top six students who participated in this year’s Missouri Soil and Water Conservation Public Speaking Contest.   Sophia is a freshman at Ste. Genevieve High School. She is the daughter of Gerald and Andrea Fritsch. Sophia presented a speech

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Statewide, Perry and Ste. Gen County figures show decline in COVID-19 cases

JEFFERSON CITY — The number of COVID-19 cases in Missouri seems to have stabilized as the seven day total of confirmed and probable cases was 18,361 for the week ending December 7, slightly less than the seven days ending December 5th. The number of confirmed and probable deaths was 19. The average number of confirmed

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