MLM Counties News. Notices. Need-to-know Information.

The homebuilding industry in St. Charles County is faring better this year than in 2009. But the demand for new homes here now appears to be falling.

Moody’s hikes Wentzville’s credit rating Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded Wentzville’s credit rating to Aa2 from Aa3. The credit-rating and risk analysis firm cited the city’s moderate debt and sound financial position as reasons for the upgrade, according to Wentzville ...

Three named to library board The St. Charles City-County Library District Foundation has three new board members. They are: Kim Bakker of SSM Health Care; Steve McKinstry of Morgan Keegan & Company; and Keith VanHoy of Nichols, Ziemann, Ahmed & ...

St. Charles County Associate Circuit Judge William T. Lohmar Jr. will replace his son, Timothy, on the St. Charles Community College Board of Trustees in January.

Like any good political appointee, Federal Housing Administration Commissioner David Stevens paints a brighter picture of today’s economic environment than does some others.

William Emmons, an economist and assistant vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis explains to those gathered last week at the Old Hickory Golf Club how the housing foreclosure crisis spread across the region from 2006 through today.

Work continues on the new courtroom at the Jefferson County courthouse. It is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

The 23rd Judicial Circuit has decided to ban three bondsmen from writing bonds in Jefferson County.

The state of Missouri has a $42 million tax lien against Dow Chemical subsidiary Rohm & Haas for failing to pay withholding taxes in 2006.

All right, we’re done being subtle.

A Christian boarding school lost a long-running legal fight against state officials, as a federal jury Thursday rejected claims that the state should pay for violation of the school’s constitutional rights during a 2001 raid in which more than 100 students were removed from the program.