Some Gluckstadt residents hope community will become Madison County municipality

Canton Mayor has no objection, Madison Mayor withholds judgement pending more information

Group pushes hopes for city



The future of the proposed city of Gluckstadt rests on 10 sets of petitions circulating in the Madison County community.

"We're going to put a push on this summer to get the signatures we need," said Bill Weisenberger, listed as the proposed mayor of Gluckstadt for incorporation purposes if a successful petition drive can get the cause to Madison County Chancery Court.

Two-thirds of the qualified electors living in the proposed city have to sign the petition asking for incorporation.

That number is "simply a moving target. The pool of qualified electors changes every day" as people move in and out of the community, said Jerry Mills, the attorney for city-status supporters. "You've really got to prove a super majority of voters - on the day of filing - want this incorporation."

Weisenberger said no target date has been set for getting the required number of signatures, but "we'd like to get them as soon as possible."

The committee overseeing the incorporation effort plans come-and-go meetings in the coming weeks for residents to sign the petitions and find out more.

Read more at The Clarion Ledger



Gluckstadt Incorporation

Man arrested for cocaine possession in Madison

A traffic stop lands one man behind bars in Madison County.

A Ford Explorer was traveling northbound on Interstate 55 when a sheriff's deputy conducted a traffic stop. After questioning the driver 47-year-old Jose Delarosa the deputy grew suspicious and requested consent to search the vehicle. A false compartment was discovered with five kilos of suspected cocaine inside.

Delarosa is charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, driving with a suspending drivers license and following too closely.

The vehicle was also seized.

Delarosa is being held in the Madison County Detention Center.

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Madison Police need help finding burglary suspect

Police release sketch of Cobblestone attempted burglary suspect


Madison Police have a composite sketch of a suspect wanted in an attempted house burglary in Cobblestone subdivision.

The burglary, in which an occupant of the house struggled with the suspect, occurred May 27.

The witness to the crime assisted police in creating the composite sketch. The suspect is about 5 feet, 10 inches tall and had an "unshaven, unkempt appearance," according to a Friday statement from police.

Anyone with information about the attempted burglary should call the Madison Police Department at (601) 856-6111.