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Candidates vie for area school board posts (5/30/20)In the June 2 election, candidates are running for three-year school board terms in eight local school districts. There are four candidates running for three positions on the board of the 4,287-pupil district. Incumbent and Cape Central graduate Jared Ritter said he believes his experience as a student will be helpful to his service on the school board. A realtor, Ritter has served one term so far and said he enjoys contributing to the positive atmosphere of the school...
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Portable internet hotspots available at Riverside Library branches (8/1/17)Riverside Regional Library now has a way for people to connect to the internet anywhere they can connect to a Sprint cellular tower. Wi-Fi portable hotspots are available to check out at the library, said director Jeff Trinkle. The devices can be checked out for seven days at a time by all Riverside Regional Library cardholders age 18 or older, he said...
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Two suspects appear in court for fatal I-55 accident (10/26/16)Witnesses said the Cape Girardeau man was swerving into the other lane, changing speeds drastically before a car collision that killed Carl Wayne Black, 59, of Altenburg, Missouri, early Sept. 12 on southbound Interstate 55. The man said he fell asleep at the wheel, and that's why he could not remember the crash, according to Cape Girardeau police officer Ryan Droege...
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Community Counseling Center soon will expand services to Perry County students (10/18/16)The Community Counseling Center plans to expand its services to students in Perry County by the time winter break is over in early January. The not-for-profit behavioral-health organization already provides services to students in Cape Girardeau and Ste. Genevieve counties...
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Animals remain a big draw at East Perry fair (9/25/16)ALTENBURG, Mo. — Hundreds attended the annual East Perry Community Fair to enjoy the fair, the rides and the mule-jumping. But most of the myriad other animal events took place before the mules were jumped. Dan Jokisch, 72, of Illinois and his team of Haflinger horses took second place in their cart-and-buggy show...
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Two men charged with felonies after fatal I-55 crash (9/13/16)Cape Girardeau police arrested two men after they were in a collision that killed an Altenburg, Missouri, man about 5:30 a.m. on southbound Interstate 55 near mile marker 100.8. Cape Girardeau County prosecuting attorney Chris Limbaugh charged Marcelino L. Cruz, 24, with first-degree involuntary manslaughter, felony leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident and felony tampering with physical evidence...
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Wet weather doesn't deter East Perry fair visitors (9/27/15)ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Despite drizzly weather, thousands of people turned out Saturday for the East Perry Community Fair. Mike Engert, the fair's publicity co-chairman, said although it's difficult to get precise numbers on attendance, the fair has seen around 18,000 to 20,000 people each year, and this one was no different...
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Funding restored for Perryville, Altenburg senior centers (7/23/15)After seven months of uncertainty, the Perryville Senior Center Board received the news its funding had been reinstated -- a relief for which it has been patiently awaiting. In January, $55,000 in planned cuts were applied to the Perryville Senior Center and the East Perry County Senior Center in Altenburg, Missouri. At the next meeting in April, a decision was scheduled to be made but was postponed because not enough information was available...
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Foster chosen as Altenburg's new mayor (4/8/15)The voters of Altenburg, Missouri, have chosen Daniel Foster as their new mayor. Unofficial results show Foster received more than 82 percent of the vote, unseating incumbent Mayor Harold France, who received the remaining 17 percent. The same record shows that 63 voters cast ballots in the mayor's race...
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East Perry Community fair begins Friday (9/18/14)ALTENBURG, Mo. -- As parades go, it's tough to beat the procession that begins the East Perry Community Fair that will be held Friday and Saturday at the fairgrounds in Altenburg, about 30 miles north of Cape Girardeau...
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Perryville may go new direction with school buses (3/5/14)PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Perryville County School District No. 32 is considering driving a different direction for its bus service. For as long as anyone can remember, the district contracted for bus transportation with Meyer Bus Line Inc. of Perryville. Superintendent Scott Ireland said the district is in its last year of a three-year contract with Meyer and has put out a request for bids for service...
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Altenburg school tax levy fails (8/7/13)Altenburg will not be building a new school anytime soon, voters in the school district decided Tuesday. Unofficial vote totals from the Perry County Clerk's office showed a proposed increase in the school tax levy for the district failed 356-227. Proposition Safe Schools, according to district officials, would have generated $1.9 million for the construction of a consolidated building to house kindergarten through eighth grade. ...
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Altenburg faces tax vote on new school (8/4/13)Voters in the Altenburg School District will decide Tuesday whether to approve an increase in their property tax levy to build a new school. Dubbed Proposition Safe Schools by the district, the measure would generate $1.9 million for a consolidated building to house kindergarten through eighth grade by raising the tax levy from 3.6 to 4.3 cents per $100 of assessed property value. ...
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Taxpayers, officials meet to discuss tax levy for Altenburg School District (7/19/13)ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Nearly 40 taxpayers, parents and school officials of the Altenburg School District gathered at Altenburg School on Thursday night to discuss Proposition Safe Schools, a tax levy that would pay for a new school building.
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Altenburg Truck Pull Saturday (5/29/13)The East Perry Community Fair will be hosting its second annual 4X4 truck pull at the fairgrounds in Altenburg on Saturday, June 1, beginning at 3:00 pm. Last year was the first time that the fair held a stand-alone truck pull after having a pull several times during the annual fair in September. The 2012 pull drew 44 trucks for 71 hooks from throughout southeast and east central Missouri and southern and west central Illinois...
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Altenburg Truck Pull set for Saturday, June 2 (5/23/12)The East Perry Community Fair will be hosting a 4X4 truck pull at the fairgrounds in Altenburg on Saturday, June 2, beginning at 3:00 pm. Following the truck pull at last year's fair, members of the fair board held discussions with the drivers that had pulled in that event on what it would take to hold a stand-alone pull in 2012. ...
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Over 200 years of marriage (1/18/12)On June 18, 2011 Stephanie Roth and Samuel Lueders of Arnold, Mo., were joined in marriage. They were fortunate to have all four sets of grandparents present for this special occasion. Pictured from left: Lee and Gladys Gausemel of Sun City, Ariz., married 54 years; Richard and Verna Roth of Frohna, Mo., married 65 years; Stephanie and Sam Lueders, newlyweds; Wilmer and Marie Lueders of Frohna, married 64 years; and Herb and Thelma Steffens of Altenburg, married 63 years...