By Ralph Echtinaw Things will be quite different when St. Louis area kids return to school in September, thanks to the coronavirus. Aspects of the coming school year are coming into focus, […]
Ralph Echtinaw
I am editor and publisher of the St. Louis Sentinel, an online newspaper just for St. Louis, Michigan. I have lived in St. Louis since 2011 and run a window cleaning business called I Feel Your Pane. My journalism experience is 14 years as reporter, editor and copy editor from 1987 to 2001.
Heating period for Velsicol site extended with no end of pollution in sight so far
The following is a press release from the Pine River Superfund Citizen Task Force. Over 115,000 pounds of a toxic contaminant have been recovered so far by EPA at the Velsicol Superfund […]
City administrators urge coronavirus caution for those who watch fireworks Saturday
St. Louis has issued a press release urging people who watch the fireworks this weekend to take precautions on account of the coronavirus. The show begins at 10 p.m. Saturday, July 4. […]
Velsicol site’s Area Two yields twice as much contamination as expected… so far

From a Pine River Superfund Citizen Task Force press release Over 100,000 pounds of toxic waste have been brought up from underground during this summer’s heating process at the Velsicol Chemical Superfund […]
St. Louis, Ithaca, Pine River Township form transit authority to support Dial-a-Ride
By Ralph Echtinaw A transit authority that could keep Dial-a-Ride bus service in St. Louis was created this week. City councils in St. Louis and Ithaca and the Pine River Township board […]