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Jefferson County Leader - April 2

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Cedar Springs Elementary principal to retire after 16 years
Local News
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Cedar Springs Elementary principal to retire after 16 years

  • By Kate Bequette
  • Dec 9, 2025
  • 1 min to read

Cedar Springs Elementary Principal Cynthia Spurgeon plans to retire at the end of this school year after 16 years in the position.

Jefferson College administrators, directors get raises
Local News
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Jefferson College administrators, directors get raises

  • By Kevin Carbery
  • Aug 26, 2025
  • 2 min to read

All 46 of Jefferson College’s administrators and directors received pay raises for this school year, which began July 1 and ends June 30, 2026…

Crystal City Joann fabric store to close
Business
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Crystal City Joann fabric store to close

  • By Goldie Lowe
  • Feb 13, 2025

Joann Fabric and Crafts announced on Feb. 12 that it had filed a motion seeking court authority to begin closing 500 of its stores across the …

911 Dispatch seeks replacement for retiring chief
Local News
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911 Dispatch seeks replacement for retiring chief

  • By Kevin Carbery
  • Jul 20, 2024
  • 1 min to read

Jefferson County 911 Dispatch officials recently began seeking applicants to replace Chief Travis Williams, who plans to retire from the agenc…

Earthquake detected near Kimmswick on Tuesday night
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Earthquake detected near Kimmswick on Tuesday night

  • By Leader staff
  • Dec 7, 2022

Residents near Kimmswick may have heard a loud boom and felt shaking Tuesday night, Dec. 6.

Fealie “Vern” Hamelback, 72, Ste Genevieve
Obituaries

Fealie “Vern” Hamelback, 72, Ste Genevieve

  • May 3, 2021

Fealie “Vern” Hamelback, 72, of Ste Genevieve, formerly of the St. Louis area, died May 1, 2021, at Riverview at the Park in Ste. Genevieve. M…

Free PPE available at 10 Jefferson County locations
Coronavirus
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Free PPE available at 10 Jefferson County locations

  • By Katelyn Mary Skaggs
  • Nov 18, 2020

To help mitigate the spread of COVID-19, the Jefferson County Office of Emergency Management is offering free PPE (personal protective equipme…

County Emergency Management monitors rising waters
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County Emergency Management monitors rising waters

  • By Kevin Carbery
  • May 2, 2019

A portion of Hwy. AA south of Festus is closed because of flooding from the Mississippi River, Warren Robinson, director of Jefferson County E…

Richard Herman Belz, 82, Van Alstyne, Texas, formerly of Arnold
Obituaries

Richard Herman Belz, 82, Van Alstyne, Texas, formerly of Arnold

  • Oct 18, 2018

Richard Herman Belz, 82, of Van Alstyne, Texas, formerly of Arnold, died Oct. 13, 2018, in a home hospice in The Woodlands, Texas. Mr. Belz se…

New gauge on Joachim Creek could alert De Soto to flood risk
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New gauge on Joachim Creek could alert De Soto to flood risk

  • By Gordon Bess
  • Aug 11, 2018

The city of De Soto took a potential major step forward in flood management last month with the installation of a stream gauge that can provid…

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• Jefferson County Leader: ISSN 3064-948X (Print) ISSN 3064-9498 (Online) • Arnold-Imperial Leader: ISSN 2998-078X (Print) ISSN 2998-0798 (Online) • West Side Leader: ISSN 2998-0828 (Print) ISSN 2998-0836 (Online) • Eureka Leader: ISSN 2998-0801 (Print) ISSN 2998-081X (Online)

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