State awards Chaffee license office contract

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- The Chaffee license office is under new management, but the faces behind the counter aren't likely to change. The Missouri Department of Revenue on Thursday awarded a contract to operate the office, which provides driver's licenses and motor vehicle registrations, to Ernst & Sadler Licensing, owned by Dena Ernst of Jackson and LaTanya Sadler of Chaffee. Sadler is the current office manager, and Ernst is a current employee in the office.

The office handled an estimated 29,795 transactions in the most recently completed year, earning about $95,732 in fees from customers. Ernst & Sadler promised to return 5 percent of fees to the state.