By Editor | March 10, 2021
By MARK EVANS
mevans@stegenherald.com
As winter melts into spring, road work is looming ahead for Ste. Genevieve Country road crews.
Road and bridge foreman Scott Schmieder shared a list of roads that need repair with the county commissioners during their meeting last Thursday.
He identified the following roads: French Village, Saline Creek, Dry Fork, Blum, Lawrenceton Cutoff, Straughn Road, Hager, Donze, Minnith, St. Mary Cemetery, Hart-Pinkston, and Burk’s Hill.
Many of them only have one or two spots. Blum Road has as many as 10 spots, Schmieder said, while French Village Road has four.
Schmieder estimated that it might take about a month to take care of all the fixes.
By Editor | February 4, 2021
By Mark Evans
mevans@stegenherald.com
Scott Schmieder, Ste. Genevieve County roads and bridge foreman, was proactive in dealing with the two-to-three inches of snow that struck the county the night of Jan. 26 (Tuesday night) and during the day, Jan. 27.
On Tuesday, Schmieder pulled road crews off of other jobs and had them begin salting and preparing county roads for bad weather.
“You made a good decision,” Presiding Commissioner Garry Nelson told him at last Thursday’s County Commission meeting. “You were prepared for the snow.”
Schmieder said the preparation and the plowing that came later, went without major incident.
By Editor | December 17, 2020
By ERIC X. VICCARO
eviccaro@stegenherald.com
Ste. Genevieve County Levee Board District No. 3 approved a resolution during Tuesday’s regular meeting.
It’s another step toward the levee board conveying property to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
The resolution (No. 20-01) covers operation, maintenance, repair and rehabilitation for the urban design levee.
Ste. Genevieve city administrator Happy Welch told the
Herald the United States Corps of Engineers wanted an official document in writing covering the area as well as maintenance of signs at the future wildlife refuge.
Welch reported the city will pay for the signage, which will provide tourists information on local fish and birds.