Simms Mountain Tower News Today

The board overseeing St. Francois and Ste. Genevieve counties’ 911 operations used its Dec. 17 meeting to discuss the Simms Mountain Tower project and an initiative to be placed on the April 6 ballot. The taxpayers in the 911 service region approved a 3/8-cent sales tax in 2014 that has been the 911 center’s chief source of revenue since landlines lost popularity more than a decade ago. The money has been used for a variety of major projects, including improving and expanding the cent...