Mid Rivers Newsmagazine Your online news source for St. Charles County, Missouri

In an effort to put mortality rates from the pandemic into perspective, demography experts there recently calculated the impact of lives lost due to COVID-19 in different scenarios.

Money Magazine has named the city of St. Peters to its 2020 list of the Best Places to Live in America, ranking St. Peters at No. 13 overall. St. Peters was the highest-ranked city in Missouri.

Local civic organization Progress 64 West will award at least $5,000 in scholarship assistance to area high school seniors attending schools along in the Hwy. 40/I-64 corridor.

Recently, Duchesne High’s Kateri House officers Maria Santistevan and Mason Dowdy, along with sophomore sister Maya Dowdy, delivered donations to the Mercy Kids Child Life Program.

Emma Sieveking was diagnosed with Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes six years ago. To honor her battle, she organized a “24 miles in 24 hours” fundraiser for Friends of Children.

In 2019, the USPS increased the price for third-class mail by nearly 3%. That, coupled with an increased strain on local post offices, has moved Mid Rivers Newsmagazine to transition to a new type of postal permit.

Letter to the editor from the Oct. 7 issue.

Lindenwood University opened its fall semester on Aug. 24 with students on campus and in person. According to one student and the university president, the reopening has been going well so far, despite a recent rise in coronavirus cases.

An expanded project has been proposed for the new I-70 south outer road between Woodlawn Avenue and Hwy K.

The Fort Zumwalt South Bulldogs entered the last week of September as the No. 4 in the nation and No. 2 in the state, according to the Sept. 29 Max Preps' team rankings. The undefeated team has its sights set on claiming a state title in November. Leading scorer Karson Gibbs believes they can.