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The entrance to the future Children's Discovery Center. Construction began last week on the space and is expected to take two years./ Photo by Matt Pike By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post Construction is now underway on the Mosaic Children's Discovery Center in downtown St. Joseph Mosaic Life Care Foundation President Julie Gaddie says this is a milestone project that everyone came together on for young families in St. Joseph "It really is about just looking to the future and thinking about how wonderful this community can continue to grow and to be for the families we serve,"...

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostA pilot was injured after failing to take off from Rosecrans Memorial Airport shortly after noon Sunday.Rosecrans officials report the pilot was the only one on the privately-owned plane. As the plane began takeoff it ran off the runway and crashed into a fence.The pilot was taken to the hospital for treatment.

The switch to light up Holiday Park at Krug Park on the north end of St. Joseph will be flipped this Friday welcoming in people from around the area to see the holiday lights/ Photo courtesy of St. Joseph Parks and Recreation Facebook By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post With the Thanksgiving season nearing its end, two St. Joseph city parks will light up the Christmas spirit with annual lightings. St. Joseph City Manager Bryan Carter says the St. Joseph Parks Department has been hard at work getting both Krug and Hyde parks ready for Christmas."Getting everything started and going, set to thro...

Interim St. Joseph Police Chief Dave Hart/Photo by Brent Martin By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostSt. Joseph police plan to use extra money approved by voters to not only fill vacancies, but enhance the police department.Interim Police Chief Dave Hart says there is always room for improvement in any organization and the money raised by the half-cent sales tax will address real needs. "What we want to focus on right now is making this the best department that we can make it, so that we can attract people," Hart tells host Barry Birr on the KFEQ Hotline. "That's the goal. That wa...

By MATT PIKESt. Joseph PostWith the cold weather seemingly here to stay for the winter, officials with Community Missions in St. Joseph are opening up cold weather shelters. Executive Director Rachael Bittiker says last year the cold weather shelters served 96 different homeless men around St. Joseph. And this year, Bittiker says, Community Missions is also opening up the shelter to homeless women"As far as women goes, we do know that there's a significant need for that for the fact that the women numbers are increasing living on our streets as well," Bittiker tells KFEQ/St. Jos...