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Belleville News-Democrat Madison County Board Chair Kurt Prenzler proposed reducing the number of board members to 25. The county board rejected his plan Wednesday night saying it would make it harder for people without financial backing to be elected. Editor’s note: This story was originally published by the Belleville News-Democrat, a news partner of St. Louis Public Radio. The Madison County Board voted down a redistricting map proposed by County Chairman Kurt Prenzler Wednesday night, one day after the plan was heavily criticized by county board members. The redistricting map present...

County appoints two new department heads Scott Cousins, scousins@thetelegraph.com FacebookTwitterEmail EDWARDSVILLE — Two new department heads were approved Wednesday by a divided Madison County Board. Adam Walden was approved as Madison County engineer, replacing Mark Gvillo, who retired in November. Michael Bold was named the county’s facilities director, taking over from Rob Schmidt, who left to work for the Madison County Transit District in July. Voting against both appointments were Democratic board members Michael “Doc” Holliday and Bruce Malone of Alton, Matt King of East Alt...