By Editor | May 12, 2021
By MARK EVANS
STE. GENEVIEVE HERALD
Imminent domain attorney Paul Henry expressed cautious optimism about the ability of concerned landowners in Ste. Genevieve County to defend their land last Friday night.
Henry addressed a crowd of well over 100 people at the Bloomsdale Knights of Columbus Hall, concerned about an attempt by Citizens Electric Corporation (CEC) and Wabash Valley Power to build a 19,000-kilowat power line through the county.
The meeting was organized by Heather Carron, who along with Andy Bartek and Kyla Parker, had expressed concern and frustration about the situation at a Ste. Genevieve County Commission meeting in April.
By Editor | May 5, 2021
From Staff Reports
State representatives Dale Wright, Cyndi Nuchheit-Courtway and Mike Henderson, all three Ste. Genevieve County commissioners and at least some Citizens Electric Corporation board members are expected to attend a public meeting this Friday in Bloomsdale to discuss the 19k-volt power line being proposed by Wabash Valley Power and Citizens Electric Corporation along a 19-mile path in the northern and western parts of the county.
The meeting, at 6 p.m. at the Bloomsdale Knights of Columbus Hall.
Paul Henry, an eminent domain lawyer will also be there and will give an hour-long Power Point presentation at the start of the three-hour or so meeting.
By Editor | April 21, 2021
By MARK EVANS
Masks are no longer required to enter the Ste. Genevieve County Courthouse.
The County Commission voted last Thursday to reascend the mandate from last fall that face masks had to be worn to enter the building.
With some 27 percent of the county vaccinated and numbers of confirmed active cases down, the commission decided to relax the entry requirement.
Visitors will still have to get their temperature taken and certain offices within the building require masks – including the circuit court and circuit court clerk’s office.
“You don’t have to have one to enter the building or to walk down the hall,” First District Commissioner Karen Stuppy said.