Apologies if there is already a topic for this--I could not find it 

Tony Messenger has posted a series of articles  in the Post-Dispatch this past week detailing suspicious activities related to money the city of Ironton recieved to boost tourism and development in the area after the the Taum Sauk Reservoir Disaster. 

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/col ... -top-story

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/col ... 87908.html

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/col ... dc259.html