When ice freezes and melts, it creates vortices that drag warmer waters from the depths to the surface, where they eat away at the continent's rapidly degrading ice shelves.
Dorothy (Dottye) Agnes Cecelia Gierse Erbs was born 4/29/1930 to Theodore Joseph Gierse (1885-1965) and Clara Bertha Meyer Gierse (1891-1982), in St. Louis, Missouri, their only daughter and oldest of three children.
Hartman, Edward Richard, 91, of Bridgeton, MO, died on November 18th, 2025. Alternative Funeral & Cremation Services. 636-498-5300, Alternativefuneralcremation.com
Thursday night, the Festus Planning and Zoning Commission voted to approve a measure to rezone hundreds of acres of land, potentially clearing the way for a proposed data center. It comes just days after the Festus City Council voted to annex the land into the city.