The Columbia County Quorum Court unanimously approved an ordinance amending county budgets for 2023 year-end cleanup by $43,431 at its monthly meeting Monday night.
Winston Franz "Bill" Maxwell, 90, passed away April 12, 2023 at his home. He was born April 19, 1932 in Belleville, IL the son of Edmond and Pearl Maurice (Rauschkolb) Maxwell. He was raised near the Black River in rural Williamsville, Missouri by his paternal grandparents, Leroy and Josephine (Manns) Maxwell. He loved to hunt and fish as a boy, but feeling the need to make his own way he went to work at a shoe factory in St. Louis the summer before his final year of high school. He quickly realized that he was spending all of his hard-earned money on lodging, eating out and having to pay to have his laundry done. He decided to move back to his grandparent's home to finish high school where he didn't have to pay rent, he got to enjoy his grandmother's home cooking, and she did his laundry for free. After graduation he went to work at McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft in St. Louis, Missouri and was drafted into the Army. He was stationed at Fort Polk, Louisiana where h