By Editor | January 6, 2021 By MARK EVANS mevans@stegenherald.com In addition to battling COVID-19, seeing the Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park established, the Ste. Genevieve Museum Learning Center and the new art guild museum open and other accomplishments previously listed, several other noteworthy things took place in 2020. One notable thing did not take place. For once, the Mississippi River, consummate friend and foe of the old village, stayed within its banks throughout the year. At one point in the spring, predictions were made that it could be a moderate flood year during the summer. That, however, never materialized, with the river stage actually dropping below four feet at the Chester, Illinois gauge.