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By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post Levee repairs along the Missouri River are ongoing and the Army Corps of Engineers has granted its largest contract ever for the Kansas City District to repair and raise the levee protecting St. Joseph as well as Elwood, Wathena, and Rosecrans Memorial Airport. The contract totals 14-Million dollars. It is the fifth in a series of six contracts to improve flood control in northwest Missouri and northeast Kansas. Project manager Craig Weltig with the Army Corps of Engineers says the work will raise the levees. "We have a raise of an average of like one foot...

Stock photo. By TOMMY REZACSt. Joseph PostSt. Joseph voters will decide in November if they're in favor of a half-cent sales tax increase designed to increase St. Joseph police officer pay. This would also go toward new equipment within the department.J.L. Robertson, co-chair of the Citizens for Our Police, Our City committee, says increasing officer salaries is vital in addressing some of the law enforcement shortages locally."In 2021, we had 135 officers," Robertson said. "In 2022, we had 118. Most of that result is coming from not having a competitive starting salary. Ou...

Candidates for Senate representing the 12th and 34th districts. (From L to R) Democrat Michael Baumli, Republican State Representative Rusty Black, Moderator Brent Martin, Republican Tony Luetkemeyer, Democrat Sarah Shorter/ Photo by Matt Pike By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post The candidates for the 12th Missouri State Senate District fielded a range of questions during a candidate forum sponsored by the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce. Republican State Representative Rusty Black of Chillicothe defended the tax cuts enacted by the legislature in the recently concluded special legislative session,...

Trudy Busch Valentine in St. Joseph/file photo By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostFormer northwest Missouri Republican Congressman Tom Coleman has come out in favor of Democrat Trudy Busch Valentine for United States Senate.Though Coleman throws his support to Valentine's candidacy, it is his opposition to the Republican nominee that is most prominent. Coleman calls Attorney General Eric Schmitt too extreme, pointing out Schmitt has done everything he could to win the endorsement of former President Donald Trump."Eric Schmitt is associated with Donald Trump as much as he could," Cole...

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostKansas voters will decide whether the legislature should have more power to overturn rules and regulations devised by state agencies.Question One is a Constitutional Amendment on the November 8th ballot in Kansas.Americans for Prosperity of Kansas supports the measure with Legislative Director Michael Austin arguing the power of state agencies is growing without accountability."If we take a step back, let's remember our Civics 101," Austin tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "We're supposed to have three branches of government, all accountable to ...