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File photo By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostAn investigation continues after the Buchanan County Drug Strike Force made two methamphetamine busts last week, taking meth off the street valued at an estimated $1.25 million.Buchanan County Sheriff Bill Puett says members of the strike force first seized 25 pounds of meth as well as guns in the first bust and five more pounds in a follow up bust."Our guys have been really aggressive and very busy," Puett tells host Barry Birr on the KFEQ Hotline. "They've had some other substantial investigations that are ongoing involving opiates...

By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post Bitter cold temperatures formed ice jams on the Missouri River earlier this winter, dropping the river's level. Missouri River Basin Water Management Chief John Remus says that prompted the U.S. Corps of Engineers to increase water releases from Gavins Point Dam from the minimum of 12-thousand cubic feet per second to mitigate the effects of the sudden extreme cold. But now, Remus says things are getting back to normal. "We just this week began to reduce releases as the ice cover and the associated impacts began to stabilize," Remus tells a mont...

Downtown St. Joseph/ Courtesy of the St. Joseph Conventions and Visitors Bureau By MATT PIKESt. Joseph PostA fairly new St. Joseph organization is focused on its piece of the pie in helping with development of buildings in downtown St. Joseph. Main Street St. Joseph is modeled after the Main Street America program, focused on historic preservation and revitalization. President of Main Street Dana Massin says the Main Street model has been successful across the United States and to follow that model the organization has to report several milestones to Main Street America. "We have to repo...

By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post St. Joseph Museums is offering a unique opportunity to stay after hours inside a potentially haunted museum. Glore After Hours will be held on Saturday at the Glore Psychiatric Museum from starting at 7pm. Group Tours Director Kami Jones says after doing Glore Overnight over the years, they thought of a way they could make that event shorter and more affordable for people. "We do kind of an abridged tour of the museum for you, take you around and show you everything, and then it's complete lights out," Jones tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "Kathy...

St. Joseph Mayor John Josendale/file photo By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostSt. Joseph Mayor John Josendale sees an attitude change in St. Joseph.Josendale says he has heard the old drumbeat that St. Joseph as a community has a negative attitude."Well, you can actually say that about anywhere," Josendale tells host Barry Birr on the KFEQ Hotline, "because anytime you go in to a location there are going to be pluses and minuses."Josendale, who won election in April of last year, perceives a change in attitude due to several new faces in key leadership roles, from president of M...