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By MATT PIKESt. Joseph PostWater main valve replacement will force a road closure in St. Joseph Tuesday. Missouri American Water will begin work to replace water main valves on 28th Street. South 28th Street will close to all traffic at the north intersection of Walnut beginning Tuesday April 4th at 7:00 a.m. Northbound traffic will follow the detour north on Agency Road then east on Jackson Street back to 28th. Southbound traffic will detour east on Winterwood Lane, south on Valley Brook Ln, east on Walnut Street and south on Parkway Boulevard back to 28th.The road closure is expected to end...

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostBuchanan County voters will decide today whether to extend the sales tax that pays for much of the county ambulance service.The quarter-cent emergency ambulance service expires at the end of the year. Buchanan County EMS is asking voters to approve a 20-year extension.Field Operations Director Steve Groshong says the tax is vital to funding the ambulance service."So, the county collects a quarter-cent sales tax, which basically covers probably about 45% of our expenses," Groshong tells host Barry Birr on the KFEQ Hotline. "We make up the rest of tha...

By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post With a number of local issues that will impact the community, officials are expecting a low voter turnout for today's election. Buchanan County Clerk Mary Baack Garvey says it's surprising to her how quiet voters have been in this election thus far. "Our absentees, the people that came into the counter, we barely broke 100 people," Baack Garvey tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "So, I'm going to predict about an 11% turnout for today for all around Buchanan County." In Buchanan County, voters will choose two new St. Joseph School Boar...

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostSt. Joseph voters will decide Tuesday whether sales of recreational marijuana will be taxed in St. Joseph.City Manager Bryan Carter says the city council at first passed on asking voters to impose the tax, but changed its mind after receiving additional information."That decision was made when we figured out that there were about 60 other communities, at least 60 other communities, that were running a tax in April," Carter tells host Barry Birr on the KFEQ Hotline. "Plus, we were kind of in the midst of dealing with all the other changes we have to ...

 photo by Tommy Rezac. By TOMMY REZACSt. Joseph PostThe Kansas Ci