Proposal is made to city to use statue of Hermann as new logo
By staff writer Historic Hermann, Inc., has been working on a logo in hopes that the city would adopt it as the new official logo for Hermann. The city board of alderman and mayor are not yet convinced that they want it.
At Monday night's city council meeting, Joy Kallmeyer and Dave Fagerness made a presentation on behalf of Historic Hermann's board of directors. A few months ago, John Klinger made the first announcement to the city, letting the aldermen know that a log featuring the statue of Hermann that adorns the parkway is being proposed as the new logo.
The statue of Hermann has been in place for over a year, and has been met with acceptance, Fagerness told
By staff writer Historic Hermann, Inc., has been working on a logo in hopes that the city would adopt it as the new official logo for Hermann. The city board of alderman and mayor are not yet convinced that they want it.
At Monday night's city council meeting, Joy Kallmeyer and Dave...
By staff writer Seven Gasconade County elected officials whose terms are up this year re-filed for office last Tuesday, the first day of filing for county, state and U.S. offices. All seven who filed for the Tuesday, Aug. 3 primary election are Republicans. (Read Wednesday's Advertiser-Courier...
By staff writer Good news for Hermann electric customers: the city is going to lower rates. But there's not-so-good news, too. The sewer rates are going up. Those were topics at Monday's city council meeting.
The board of aldermen approved the first reading of an ordinance to revise...
By staff writer Tim "Chip" Stutzman was hired as principal at the Hermann Middle School for the 2010-2011 school year. He will replace Dr. Bonnie Holloway, who is retiring at the end of this school term.
The Gasconade County R-1 Board of Education offered the contract to Stutzman in...
By staff writer After a long discussion on the issue of feral cats at Monday night's city council meeting, a committee will be formed to look at how to deal with what some consider a growing problem in Hermann.
The discussion was about a rough draft of an ordinance that the board of...
By staff writer Citizens are keeping an eye on an ordinance being drafted that pertains to feral cats. The issue was discussed at length at a city council meeting two weeks ago, and it was brought up again at Monday's meeting.
Ray Oetting, owner of Massas Creek Animal Shelter in Warren...
By staff writer Gasconade County has started housing prisoners at the Crawford County jail at Steelville.
Under an agreement signed by county commissioners on February 11, Gasconade County will now pay only $30.00 per day per prisoner, with a 10-bed agreement, according to Gasconade...
By staff writer Don Gosen of Chesterfield, a graduate of Hermann High School, filed for state representative, District 84, last Tuesday, the first day of filing.
Gosen, who has been an insurance agent for State Farm for 20 years, is also co-owner of The Tin Mill Brewery in Hermann....
By staff writer McKittrick Farmers Mercantile, a 100-year-old building at 500 Washington St., in McKittrick, gained approval of the state's Historic Preservation Council to be considered for the National Register of Historic Places.
The action took place during a quarterly meeting on...
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake was detected in southeast Missouri last Tuesday, a reminder that the region is in the most geologically active zone east of the Rocky Mountains.
The earthquake, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey at 1:37 p.m., occurred 15 miles east-southeast of Sikeston....
By staff writer Both the state representative and state senator who represent Gasconade County filed for re-election last Tuesday in Jefferson City, and both will be opposed in the Aug. 3 election.
Tom Loehner, Republican from Koeltztown, filed for his state representative seat in District...
By staff writer The Gasconade County Clerk's office will be conducting a canvass of voter registration records, a process that takes place every two years.
In an effort to identify those voters who have moved within Gasconade County, which is over 10,500 people, they will be receiving...
By staff writer Hermann's Lady Bearcats sewed up their first Four Rivers Conference basketball title in 22 years last Friday, defeating Owensville, 71-41, on the Dutchgirls' floor.
The win gives the Hermann girls the undisputed league title (7-0). St. James is second (6-1), with its...
By staff writer Hermann's girls and boys basketball teams were seeded first in the Class 3 District 9 tournament that will be played at Linn from March 1-6.
The Lady Bearcats, who won last year's district title and advanced to the state quarterfinals before losing to Fair Grove, were...
By staff writer Hermann's girls had no trouble with winless Bourbon in the first round of the Class 3, District 9 basketball tournament Monday at Linn. They rolled past the Warhawks, 87-13.
The Lady Bearcats took a 29-1 lead at the quarter, and built up a 51-point halftime lead. The...
