Madison County
Spring Cleaning? Madison County offers year-round hazardous household waste drop-offs by appointment in Wood River
Madison County Building & Zoning, 249 North Old St. Louis Road in Wood River. https://www.madisoncountyil.gov/departments/planning_and_development/recycle_events.php Hours: first Saturday and third Friday of every month 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. Appointments are required. See website to schedule your appointment. Questions? Call 618-296-5237 or [email protected]
Read MoreTroy’s Dalton Gray opposed, supported on re-appointment in Madison County
by Randy Pierce • Dalton Gray of Troy has been reappointed to another three-year term, expiring in February 2029, as a member of the Madison County Park and Recreation Grant Commission but not without some opposition. Upon the announcement of his appointment at the most recent meeting of the Madison County Board, one of its…
Read MoreTroy’s Dalton Gray opposed, supported on re-appointment
by Randy Pierce • Dalton Gray of Troy has been reappointed to another three-year term, expiring in February 2029, as a member of the Madison County Park and Recreation Grant Commission but not without some opposition. Upon the announcement of his appointment at the most recent meeting of the Madison County Board, one of its…
Read MoreChief investigator for State’s Attorney’s Office in recovery following foot amputation
By Tribune Staff • EDWARDSVILLE — Chief Investigator Lee Brousseau of the Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office is recovering at a Chicago hospital following the amputation of a foot that he injured in a car crash eight years ago, when he was a police officer. Brousseau suffered the injury in an on-duty car crash in…
Read MoreAli Foley named First Assistant State’s Attorney
By Tribune Staff • EDWARDSVILLE — Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Haine has appointed Assistant State’s Attorney Ali Foley as First Assistant State’s Attorney. Foley joined the Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office in 2010 as a legal intern and began her career as an Assistant State’s Attorney in 2011. In 2021, she was named Chief…
Read MoreMadison County honors Director of Court Security Captain William Marconi
by Randy Pierce • Over a quarter century of public law enforcement service and the related interaction with a multitude of individuals are represented in Madison County Director of Court Security Captain William “Bill’ Marconi, who was honored on the occasion of his retirement earlier this month. At the regular monthly meeting of the Madison…
Read MoreBoost the blood supply: Red Cross offers free A1C testing as 1 in 5 donors have levels in prediabetic or diabetic range
ST. LOUIS — The American Red Cross urges donors to help the national blood supply recover from a severe blood shortage and empower their health by making an appointment to give blood or platelets in March. As a thank-you for helping save lives, successful donations will receive free A1C testing, commonly used to screen for…
Read MoreTwo area residents discuss data centers with Madison County Board
by Randy Pierce • In discussing an issue that won’t go away, a pair of local area residents presented their feelings about data centers under the public comment portion of the regular monthly meeting of the Madison County Board, held on Wednesday, Feb. 18. The first to do so, Carla Gassel, who said she lived…
Read MoreMadison County Judge receives excellence award in legal advocacy
By Tribune Staff • EDWARDSVILLE – Madison County Associate Judge Veronica Armouti received the Advocate Award for Excellence in legal advocacy Armouti received the Advocate Award for Excellence in legal advocacy at the inaugural Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL) Illinois Region Legal Leaders Awards held on Jan. 8 in O’Fallon, Illinois. Beyond the…
Read MoreMadison County officials share approaches to data center issue
By Randy Pierce • Madison County’s economic development contractor, Cathy Hamilton, as she had stated in January she would do, has shared details concerning the approach she and her colleagues are taking on the hot-button issue of data centers. Hamilton, in addressing the county board grants committee earlier this month, said since this “complicated and…
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