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Workers were cleaning and putting the finishing stages on Dragon Field this afternoon. There will be a walk-through tomorrow, and practice begins on Monday. Let the 2021 season begin.

FOOTBALL: Ste. Genevieve Middle School football camp (for seventh- and eighth-graders) will run from July 12-22 at Dragon Field. Sessions will take place from 6-8 p.m. those days.

STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY FAIR QUEEN CONTEST Contestants Miss: Alexis Wright, Khloe Ellis, Hailey Davis and Rihanna Gretzmacher. Good luck, girls.

BASEBALL: The American Legion Junior Tournament is taking place all this week at Yanks Field, with the championship set for Friday night. Our Post No. 150 juniors suffered an 11-1 setback on Wednesday evening, losing to the older Festus Reds 17s.

SPORTS FRONT: For the Wednesday, July 7, edition of the Ste. Genevieve Herald. Read a preview of the upcoming second annual disc golf tourney, a local business raises concerns about a bid process and motorsports set for the Ste. Genevieve County Fair. Subscribe on 1-573-883-2222.

NEWS FRONT: For the Wednesday, July 7, 2021 edition of the Ste. Genevieve Herald. Read stories on aldermen beginning the budget process here in Ste. Genevieve, planning and zoning commission news, Fourth of July and the park board readies "Little Rascals." 1-573-883-2222.

MISSISSIPPI RIVER: The National Weather Service office in St. Louis has cancelled a flood warning for the river at Chester, Ill., which includes our area. Levels will continue to drop, as you can plainly see on this graphic.

STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY FAIR QUEEN CONTEST Contestants Tiny Miss: Kora Armbruster and Rhia Cannon Good luck, girls.

STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY FAIR QUEEN Contestants Fair Queen: Paris Hoy Teen Miss: Lauren Wright Young Miss: Allie Rumbold, Leyla Schmidt and Autumn Wolfin Little Miss: Kinslee Gretzmacher, Audrey Placke, Peyton Matthews, Harleigh Hildebrand and Vera Rottler

TONIGHT AT THE STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY FAIR "Blue Jeans and Country Dreams" Highlights • Fair Queen Interviews Begin • Open Building Exhibits • Amateur Wine Contest Begins • Ste. Genevieve Racing Series • Beer Garden and Dance, 7-11 p.m. (with music by Kick N' Kountry)

GOVERNMENT: Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen, meeting, 6 p.m., at city hall, 165 South Fourth Street. For more information, read the agenda attached to this post. Also see the Zoom teleconferencing meeting identification and passcode. It airs on Spectrum Ch. 991.

GOVERNMENT: St. Mary, Board of Aldermen Meeting, St. Mary City Hall, 782 Third Street, St. Mary. For more information, read the agenda attached to this post.

SPECIAL EVENT: This evening Harold's Famous Bee Company will have a STEM night at 5:30 p.m. at Ste. Genevieve County Library. Rather than one presentation for the entire group, there will be multiple workstations set up so that everyone can learn at their own pace.

AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL: Carter Klump and Drew Bauman both pitched as Ste. Genevieve Senior Post No. 150 defeated Cape Girardeau, 7-5, at Yanks Field on Friday evening. The Junior team also played at home Friday, trouncing Cape Girardeau, 14-2.

FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION: Downtown Ste. Genevieve, noon, Sunday. • Event will take place in front of the courthouse. • Milice de Ste. Genevieve provides an honor guard, salute. • Jim Baker reads portions of the Declaration of Independence. Bring your own lawn furniture.

FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION: Kaskaskia Bell State Memorial, Sunday, 1 p.m., Kaskaskia, Ill. Program: • Historian Stephen Kling speaks • Donald Welge rememberance • Chester (Ill.) Municipal Band • Rifle volley Refreshments available; however, bring your own lawn furniture.

THE STE. GENEVIEVE HERALD: Will be present at the Fourth of July Celebration at the Ste. Genevieve Golf Club in Zell. Here's a rundown. Adult dinner plates will cost $10 each, and children $5. For more information, read the attached post.

TO INFORM, AND NOT TO ALARM: The Mississippi River continues to be above flood stage according to data gleaned from the reporting station at Chester, Ill., the closest NOAA data point to Ste. Genevieve. The area remains under a flood warning, the National Weather Service said.

TONIGHT: At Ste. Genevieve Golf Club, local band Saints 'Til Friday performs on a Saturday at 7 p.m. with fireworks to follow at roughly 8:30 p.m. Zell's the happening spot tonight.

Jared Richardson, from the Ste. Genevieve Chapter Rotary Club, spoke during the board of aldermen work session on Thursday evening about a future beautification project set for Progress Parkway. Read stories on BoA meetings in the June 30 and July 7 editions.