Valmeyer

A community chorus stood shoulder to shoulder, 30 members strong, on the sanctuary steps of St. John United Church of Christ in Valmeyer, Illinois, on a…

Let the river rise. Let the heavens fall.Let the storm make soldiers of us all.A community chorus stood shoulder to shoulder, 30 members strong, on the…

In the summer of 1993, flood waters from the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers broke levee after levee in the St. Louis region, covering large swathes of…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 5, 2013 - Twenty years after the Great Flood of ’93, Susan Schillinger remains firmly planted on…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 5, 2013: Among the twists and turns that Valmeyer has taken since the Great Flood of ’93, the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 1, 2013: Dennis Knobloch, then the mayor of Valmeyer, said he didn’t grasp the magnitude of the…

This article originally appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 30, 2013: Most springs, nature sends a reminder to the residents of the St. Louis region…

This article originally appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 30, 2013: Lush, green soybeans now populate the plot of good earth where Dennis Knobloch’s…