Posts Tagged ‘Rock City’
What’s in store for 2024?
An array of legislation, construction projects and other developments are expected for the coming year both locally and statewide along with a major national news item set to come at…
Read MoreValmeyer budget proposed
Valmeyer Treasurer Larry Andres presented trustees with a tentative budget for the current fiscal year during last Tuesday’s village board meeting. While the Valmeyer’s fiscal year runs May 1 through…
Read MoreValmeyer nixes concert at Rock City
Last week, students in this year’s Monroe County startUP class received a first-hand lesson about the best-laid plans of mice and men. An effort to secure a venue for a…
Read More‘Extensive damage’ at Rock City results in arrests
Four young men stand charged with felonies in connection with damage exceeding $100,000 in value caused at the Rock City cave business complex in Valmeyer. Valmeyer Police Chief Marty Seitz…
Read MoreAmeren to build Valmeyer substation
At its meeting last Tuesday night, the Valmeyer Village Board discussed plans to sell land to Ameren to create an electricity power substation. Valmeyer Village Administrator Dennis Knobloch told the…
Read MoreMonroe County tops 1,000 active COVID cases
Over the weekend, Monroe County’s number of active coronavirus cases, according to the local health department, seemed to have gone down. With Tuesday’s total case count topping 1,000, it is…
Read MoreValmeyer begins TIF renewal
At the Valmeyer Village Board meeting last Tuesday, trustees voted to approve a tax levy for the upcoming fiscal year, heard a report about a public use area in the…
Read MorePost-Thanksgiving COVID spike arrives
Monroe County Health Department Administrator John Wagner predicted the area would see an increase in COVID-19 cases shortly after the Thanksgiving holiday. He was right. On Friday, Monroe County reported…
Read MoreCOVID caution this Thanksgiving
Monroe County Health Department Administrator John Wagner reported 78 active COVID cases locally and one hospitalization on Wednesday. Late last week and early this week, the number of active cases…
Read MoreHalloween cause of case climb?
As of Friday afternoon, Monroe County is reporting 85 active cases and one hospitalization. This is up from from 30 active cases earlier last week. “It’s looking like Halloween, and…
Read MoreCOVID vax clinics continue
Monroe County’s COVID figures have been remaining low. As of Wednesday, the Monroe County Health Department reported 31 active cases, four hospitalizations and 105 deaths. Monroe County Health Department Administrator…
Read MoreCOVID vaccine options widen; hospitalizations increase
Between Thursday and Friday morning, Monroe County saw three additional COVID-related hospitalizations. Of the five total hospitalizations, two are fully vaccinated, Monroe County Health Department Administrator John Wagner said. He…
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