Joe Behnken elected as LKSI president

Joe Behnken

Joe Behnken, mayor of New Athens, was elected president of the Lower Kaskaskia Stakeholders, Inc. (LKSI) at the Jan. 22 meeting of the membership.

LKSI is a coalition of representatives of recreational boating, intermodal port districts, agricultural, local, state and federal government, economic development, public utilities, environmental, other businesses and individuals. The primary mission of the organization is the protection, use and preservation of the Lower Kaskaskia River Basin and the promotion of the Kaskaskia River for cargo shipments.

For more on LKSI, please see this week’s print edition.