Commission

Elections chief grapples with crowded April ballot

HERMANN — The proposed creation of the Owensville Fire Protection District has generated a heightened interest in the April 8 ballot, says Gasconade County Clerk Lesa Lietzow. …

Budget officer cautions against relying too heavily on strong sales tax revenue

HERMANN — Gasconade County administrators last week adopted a 2025 operating budget that calls for almost $4 million worth of expenditures in the General Fund, fueled by strong sales tax …

Commission set to identify priority projects tomorrow in TIP meeting with MoDOT, MRPC

HERMANN — The newest list of priority transportation projects in Gasconade County will be crafted tomorrow in a meeting of the County Commission, planners from Meramec Regional Planning …

Hermann
Hermann student helps create road grader for Zimbabwe Mission Hospital
CEDARVILLE, Ohio — A team of Cedarville University engineering students, which includes a Hermann resident, is building a custom-made earth mover for a hospital in Zimbabwe to keep its roads …
Fire at nursing home quickly put out with no reported injuries
HERMANN — The quick action of local emergency service units responding to a fire last Wednesday at Stonebridge (formerly Frene Valley) nursing home were hailed by city and county government …
Commission could act on county’s IT manager at tomorrow’s session
HERMANN — A manager for Gasconade County’s computer network could be selected at tomorrow’s session of the County Commission after officeholders were given an extra week to give …
Federal overhaul reaches courthouse as clerk prepares for busy April ballot
HERMANN — The Trump Administration’s effort to overhaul the federal government has given Gasconade County Clerk Lesa Lietzow one more thing to think about with a busy April election less …
Owensville
Three locals involved in separate county crashes
An 84-year-old Gerald man was stopped in a 2006 Ford F-150 on State Route T on Wednesday, March 12. He began to cross Highway 100   failing to yield to traffic and drove into the path of a 2012 …
ity approves surplus of Jeep Compass, basket lockers
OWENSVILLE — At Monday’s Board of Aldermen meeting, two items were approved to be put up for bidding as surplus property: a 2010 Jeep Compass and basket lockers from Winter Water Park. …
ORAC murder mystery dinner theatre this Saturday at VFW
OWENSVILLE — The Owensville VFW Hall will be the site of a lively wedding this Saturday evening for a dinner theatre event by the Owensville Regional Arts Council. Comedy and murder …
Owensville considering funding options for needed infrastructure improvements Discussions surrounding funding of the needed water and wastewater collection systems upgrades in Owensville continued Monday during a special meeting of the Board of Aldermen,
Discussions surrounding funding of the needed water and wastewater collection systems upgrades in Owensville continued Monday during a special meeting of the Board of Aldermen, City Engineer Travis …
Gerald

Chief of county’s E-911 agency to depart in career move to private-sector position

ROSEBUD — Gasconade County’s Enhanced-911 program soon will be looking for a new chief as longtime Executive Director Lisa Thacker will be making a career change, taking a position in the …

Gerald voters to face sales tax question on April ballot

On the ballot in the April 8 General Municipal Election, Gerald voters will be asked to decide whether to keep a one cent sales tax in place. The sales tax was originally approved by voters in 2012 …

Artist commissioned for mural in the heart of Gerald

Ray Harvey of rural New Haven has been commissioned to paint a mural on the former MFA building on Main Street. His concept image includes both the past, present and future of the Rock Island Railroad and now the Rock Island Trail. The mural will be highly visible around town and to those passing on U.S. Highway 50.

A years-long dream of many in Gerald is about to come to fruition in the near future. A mural will soon adorn the south wall of the former MFA feed store on Main Street just north of the Rock Island …

Features

Local man pleads guilty to federal sex charges

Donald Eugene Fields II

The FBI announced in a recent press release that a man from Franklin County, Theodore “Ted” John Sartori Sr., 63, pleaded guilty in U. S. District Court in St. Louis. Sartori pleaded to …

Stand for the Silent, an organization helping to stop bullying, is helping to make schools safe

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., – Increasingly, people consider their child’s safety at school, and many even turn to homeschooling. In fact, according to the National Center for Education …

County official to probe cause of AT&T cellular ills

DAVID KELLY, director of Missouri State Parks, shakes hands Thursday morning with Southern District Gasconade County Commissioner Jerry Lairmore after signing an agreement for upkeep on the Rock Island Trail once sections are completed in the county. Ron Bentch, scope project manager for development of the Rock Island Trail (center) also visited with the commissioners and County Clerk Lesa Lietzow (far right).

A Gasconade County administrator has pledged to investigate the cause of the cellular telephone problems that have plagued some county AT&T customers since shortly before the Independent Day …

Gasconade County

New Haven man in custody on felony child abuse charges

A New Haven man reportedly captured in Illinois is being held without bond on a felony warrant alleging four counts of first-degree statutory rape of a minor child under 12 years of age. Patrick …

Two-car crash kills New Haven man

A 26-year-old New Haven man was killed in an 11:46 a.m. traffic accident Friday, March 7. The crash occurred in the westbound lane of Highway 100 east of Recreation Drive. The man from New Haven …

Back to work: County looks to finish effort to put new doors on courthouse

There appears to be light at the end of that long tunnel leading to new doors on the Gasconade County courthouse. At last week’s session held in Owensville City Hall, the County Commission …