Some bipartisan political firepower has been unloaded to try to delay implementation of those federal flood maps that have stirred controversy in parts of St. Charles and unincorporated St. Charles County.

Bond

Republican Sen. Kit Bond and Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill fired off…

St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann and St. Charles Mayor Patti York have urged the county’s Congressional delegation to help them get a delay in the imposition of new federal flood risk maps.

Ehlmann

Ehlmann said he and York met last week in…

Dan Engemann, an aide to U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-St. Elizabeth, will be at three municipal buildings in the Chas Beat readership area on June 24 to get input from local residents on Congressional issues.

Engemann will be at the City Hall…

St. Charles County’s two Republican Congressmen - Reps. Todd Akin and Blaine Luetkemeyer - will hold a small business “town hall” next week at St. Charles Community College in Cottleville.

Akin

The event will be from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. April 16…