Residents Are Encouraged to Recycle Christmas Trees

Beginning Christmas day, and continuing through Wednesday, January 7, local residents may take their real Christmas trees to the designated collection site on Airport Drive behind the Chamber of Commerce building.  On Thursday, January 8, Park Division employees will load a portion of the trees collected on to a trailer provided by Pullen Brothers, Inc. for transport to the Corps of Engineers at Lake Wappapello.  The remainder of the trees will be taken to the City’s two lakes in the Recreation Complex and R.S. Matthews Park where they will be bundled in small groups to be submerged in the lakes for fish shelters.
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City Implements CodeRED - An Emergency Telephone Notification System

The City of Sikeston has activated an ultra high-speed telephone communication service that will provide emergency notification to local residents. The notification system can issue a city-wide alert or target affected areas of the City by street or block.  

Citizens should not assume that their phone number is in the system already and are encouraged to complete a CodeRED Community Notification Enrollment to receive these emergency notification services.   Individuals with unlisted numbers or those who rely entirely on cellular phones must also complete a CodeRED Community Notification Enrollment as well.>>Click here to go to our CodeRed page  or Click the CodeRED image above to go directly to the enrollment page.

Strategic Planning Meetings for Sikeston's FutureàNext Meeting is January 8

With the last community planning effort having been completed in the late 1980’s, the Sikeston City Council is undertaking a strategic planning effort to identify the community’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. 
The next meeting will be at the Sikeston High School Cafeteria at 5:30-8:30 PM.  All Sikeston residents are invited. 

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The City of Sikeston and Sikeston Board of Municipal Utilities have partnered to bring a free PC based Internet Information and Emergency Alert System to the area. “Sikeston InfoLink” connects users to commonly accessed informational websites, the National Weather Service, the Department of Homeland Security, the State’s AMBER Alert System, and local governmental entities for official notices and announcements & now RSS feeds. 
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