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The Slater City Council approved a request for the city to apply for a grant during its meeting on Tuesday, January 20. City Administrator Gene Griffith says the council talked about applying for grant money for sidewalks through MoDOT’s Transportation Alternative Program (TAP) a couple of meetings ago. Griffith explains he asked the council to bump up the city’s match to 35 percent to help it get more points in the process. He said by doing this, the city will spend an extra $40,000, but t...

Meat Packing Proposal Discussed by Granada Trustees Granada Trustees voted to approve a letter of intent to supply water and electricity to businessman Curtis Tempel during their February monthly meeting. Tempel, who is proposing a small-scale slaughter, harvest and processing facility in Granada in the vicinity of Camp Amache. Temple explained the operation would be filling a need for the area with the construction of a 15,000 square foot building. “Right now, the only USDA inspected meat pa...