NEW MADRID GETS EMERGENCY GRANT

NEW MADRID -- Citizens in New Madrid Public Water Supply District 4 may stop boiling drinking water soon thanks to an emergency grant from the Missouri Department of Economic Development.

New Madrid County will receive $17,000 to replace a broken water line. After inspecting the site, officials with the Department of Natural Resources declared the situation an emergency and issued a boil-water order.

The money was awarded under the Community Development Block Grant program administered by the Department of Economic Development. The emergency grants are available to cities of less than 50,000 with critical public needs and no money to address them.