Views: 0The North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees on June 22nd heard about upcoming events involving academic affairs. Vice President of Academic Affairs Doctor Tristan Londre said a dual credit and adjunct workshop on June 23rd will provide professional development for returning faculty and orientation for new instructors. He noted the college hopes to […]
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State Auditor’s Office notifies local government entities that recent court ruling will impact allowable local tax rates
Views: 0The State Auditor’s Office is notifying more than 2,800 local taxing authorities in Missouri that they no longer have the option to calculate local tax rates using a subsection of state law a recent court ruling found to be unconstitutional. The taxing authorities include local government entities such as counties, municipalities, and school and […]
Governor Parson signs four Bills into law today
Views: 0Missouri’s Governor has signed a bill that could allow robots to deliver goods to your doorstep in Missouri. Another bill he signed will allow Missouri pharmacists to dispense HIV post-exposure drugs without a prescription. Parson has also signed legislation that allows car dealers to boost vehicle prices by as much as 300-dollars to pay […]
Webinar and publications offer guidance for local broadband initiatives
Views: 0Thirty-seven percent of Missourians did not have wired broadband in their homes from 2015 to 2019. Should we be concerned that one out of three Missouri households are not connected to high-speed internet? What does “wired broadband” mean? As governments roll out new broadband initiatives, these are timely questions that Broadband Technologies: A Primer […]
Putnam County Health Department reports surge in cases of COVID-19 Delta variant
Views: 0The Putnam County Health Department reports an additional COVID-19 case, which makes the total 524. One case is active. Thirteen COVID-19-related deaths have been reported. The Putnam County Health Department reports seeing surges in various locations in the state of the Delta variant among young, unvaccinated individuals. The office notes the Delta variant is […]
Audio: Missouri Public Defender System prepares to hire 53 new attorneys, biggest staffing increase since around 1989
Views: 0If Gov. Mike Parson does not make changes to the Missouri Public Defender System’s next budget, the office is on track to get its largest staffing increase since about 1989. Director Mary Fox tells Missourinet 53 new public defenders would be hired statewide. “This is going to make a huge difference in […]
Missouri State Highway Patrol reports multiple arrests over the weekend
Views: 3The highway patrol reports a st. Joseph teenager, 19-year old Tyler Winterbower, was arrested late Saturday night in Grundy County. Winterbower was arrested on a warrant from Buchanan County accusing him of failure to appear in court relating to an original charge of a stolen vehicle. Winterbower also was accused of operating a vehicle […]
MoDOT planned road work in northern Missouri for the week of June 21, 2021
Views: 0The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in North Missouri for the week of June 21 – 27. All road closures and planned roadwork may be viewed on the Traveler Information Map at http://traveler.modot.org/map/. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in some […]
Sullivan County Health Department to hold multiple vaccine clinics next week
Views: 0The Sullivan County Health Department will offer Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccines next week. Vaccines will be available at the health department in Milan on June 21 from 1:30 to 4 o’clock, June 22nd from 2 to 4 o’clock, June 23rd from 1 to 4 o’clock, June 24th from 2 to 4 o’clock, and June […]
Missouri State Auditor issues report on Missouri’s use of federal stimulus dollars received through CARES Act funding
Views: 0State Auditor Nicole Galloway today released her 12th monthly report detailing the state government’s use of federal stimulus dollars intended for the COVID-19 response. Last year, Auditor Galloway announced that her office would examine the state’s distribution and spending of funding received under the CARES Act and other federal assistance programs passed by Congress. The […]
Hy-Vee launches financial services across eight states
Views: 0Hy-Vee, Inc. announces the launch of Hy-Vee Financial Services, fueled by Midwest Heritage. Customers across Hy-Vee’s eight-state region can now enroll in and apply for financial services, including checking and savings accounts, auto and home insurance, home mortgages, consumer loans, and pet insurance. Additionally, Hy-Vee Fuel Saver + Perks and Hy-Vee Plus premium members […]
Missouri 4-H’ers flock to new American Sign Language project
Views: 0Aynsley Harmon, a 12-year-old from Kahoka, Missouri, wanted to be able to talk with a deaf relative she sees at family reunions. So she did what any resourceful 4-H’er does: She looked for a project to help her accomplish her goal. With a lot of support and collaboration along the way, her determination resulted […]
After winter cold snap drove up natural gas prices, utilities grapple with who should pay
Views: 0(Missouri Independent) – Penalties that Spire Missouri issued to suppliers who failed to provide natural gas during a February cold snap that forced power outages across the Midwest could drive bills for hospitals, schools, and businesses to astronomical levels, according to a trio of complaints pending before state regulators. During the worst of the cold snap in […]
MFA Oil raises more than $1 million for military families
Views: 0MFA Oil announces its Seventh Annual Charity Golf Scramble and Concert benefitting Operation Homefront raised $150,000 in donations and more than $1 million of support for America’s military families since the inaugural event in 2015. Operation Homefront is a national nonprofit that provides financial assistance to the families of U.S. military service members and […]
Department of Economic Development awards $15.8 million for community development projects statewide
Views: 0The Department of Economic Development announced it will award more than $15.8 million to 38 recipients through its Community Development Block Grant Program to help communities with infrastructure improvement and other projects across Missouri. “Strengthening infrastructure and improving our workforce remains my administration’s top priorities,” said Governor Mike Parson. “Whether repairing roads, upgrading facilities, […]
University of Missouri study says 97 of 114 Missouri counties have nursing shortage areas
Views: 0While the United States faces a nationwide nursing shortage, a recent study at the University of Missouri found rural Missouri counties experience nursing shortages at a greater rate than the state’s metropolitan counties. In addition, the study found rural Missouri counties have a higher percentage of older nurses nearing retirement, which could have a severe impact […]
Lawmakers introduce Bill to improve housing services for survivors of human trafficking
Views: 0U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.), Sherrod Brown (Ohio), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and Dick Durbin (Ill.), as well as U.S. Representatives Joyce Beatty (Ohio) and Ann Wagner (Mo.), introduced legislation that would commission a study reviewing current homelessness and housing services for survivors of trafficking. “We […]
Governor Mike Parson signs HB 271 regarding local public health orders and vaccine passports
Views: 0Governor Mike Parson signed HB 271 into law, which establishes greater accountability for local leaders when imposing public health orders and prohibits local COVID-19 vaccine passports. “This legislation I am signing today requires local leaders to be more transparent in their reasoning and accountable for their decisions when it comes to public health orders,” Governor Parson said. […]
Missouri Attorney General opposes reinstatement of overreaching WOTUS rule in Letter to EPA and Army Corps of Engineers
Views: 0Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Army Corps of Engineers, opposing their recent move to reconsider the more limited Navigable Waters Protection Rule, a President Trump-era rule that reversed the 2015 Obama-era Waters of the United States rule. EPA Administrator Michael Regan and […]
Fugitive from Livingston County arrested in Iowa
Views: 1A fugitive from Livingston County has been arrested in Union County, Iowa. Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports 25-year-old Casey Scott Welch of Jefferson City was arrested on a Livingston County warrant for alleged failure to appear in court on two felony counts of possession of a controlled substance. Bond was set at $20,000. […]