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By NEZ SAVALA The annual Duchesne High School Dream Home Sweepstakes is underway, with the winner announced at the end of April. Ticket sales are limited to 3,500 to increase odds at winning a $120,000 grand prize. Chuck Nolan, school president, started the Dream Home program more than 20 years ago, when he was an administrator. “Duchesne’s Dream Home sweepstakes is the best kind of win-win,” Nolan said. “It gives people an opportunity to win a life-changing amount of money while supporting an institution whose exceptional education experience rivals schools with tuition that costs twice as much as ours.” Sweepstakes ...

The 2017 Land of Smiles Tour, presented by Delta Dental of Missouri, is on the road in St. Charles County to motivate children to adopt healthy life habits by teaching the importance of taking care of their teeth.

Lake Saint Louis and Dardenne Prairie voters approved a number of small annexations of property contiguous with their boundaries on the April 4 ballot that are a step toward bringing now unincorporated property inside their cities.

St. Charles County Assessor Scott Shipman will mail the 2017 real property assessment notices starting the third week of April.

A look at some of the great play and super finishes of local athletes

The St. Charles County Highway Department will close Flatwoods Road between Dyer Road and North Quail Point Drive beginning Monday, April 17 to allow for removal and replacement of a deteriorating culvert.

St. Charles County voters may be asked to decide if they want the option of having an Uber or Lyft driver pick them up.

Building on the success of his upscale Wyndgate Forest in western St. Charles County, Steve Thomas Custom Homes offers 10 large homesites on a single cul-de-sac street at Eagle Estates off of Orf Road.

Griffey Homes is a very creative company, notes sales manager Kim Valerio. “We like to say, ‘If you can dream it we can build it.’”

Beginning Monday, April 17, the St. Charles County Highway Department will close the South Shore Road bridge immediately east of Harbor Grove Drive and 0.4 miles west of Seeburger Road to allow for removal and replacement of the deteriorating bridge.