(Missourinet) – About 4,700 freshmen began classes Monday at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Brian Hauswirth has details on the numbers. Mizzou officials say that’s a 13.1 percent increase compared to 2017 and is the largest increase in ten years. Mizzou says the 87 percent retention rate is the highest in school history. School […]
The Missouri State Fair celebrated Youth in Agriculture Day, sponsored by the Missouri Department of Agriculture, on Saturday, Aug. 18. The annual Sale of Champions highlighted the day, raising $195,350 – the largest amount ever raised in the history of the Missouri State Fair Sale of Champions! The Grand Champion Steer was exhibited by Mackenzie […]
The highway patrol reports a motorcycle struck a deer resulting in two persons from Bevier being thrown off the motorcycle in Macon County Thursday night killing one of the individuals and hospitalizing another. The operator of the motorcycle, 74-year-old Phillip Long of Bevier received serious injuries and was transported to University Hospital in Columbia while […]
Probation was revoked for Trenton resident Levi Grant Bell when he appeared Thursday in Division One of Grundy County circuit court. The previous stay of execution was set aside and Bell was sentenced to a prison term of seven years on each of two counts of second-degree burglary. The terms run concurrently and Bell was […]
Crowned queen of the North Central Missouri Fair last night was Emma Leamer of Chillicothe. Leamer will reign over activities this week at the fairgrounds in Trenton. Miss Leamer receives a $300 college scholarship, a tiara, a bouquet of roses, and a plaque. She will represent the North Central Missouri Fair next year in the […]
This week’s report on crop conditions indicates the soil moisture supplies in Grundy County are getting worse as the extreme drought continues. A report from the Farm Service Agency office shows topsoil moisture as 40 percent very short, 50 percent short, and just 10 percent adequate. Subsoil moisture is only a little better: 30 percent […]
(Missourinet) – West-central Missouri Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler is proposing to let VA hospitals recruit and hire doctors during their residency. She tells Missourinet doctor offices and hospitals practice such recruitment measures. Hartzler, whose district includes Columbia, goes on to say she thinks failing to recruit doctors during the residency period has contributed to […]
Missouri’s top 30 FFA high school seniors completed the fourth annual Helping Youth Prepare for Excellence (HYPE) FFA Academy June 26-28, in Columbia The three-day intensive program is designed to inform and empower students to effectively engage in pressing agriculture topics. Since 2015, the Missouri Corn Merchandising Council has sponsored and facilitated the academy in […]
The Missouri 4-H shooting sports teams won first-place honors at the 2018 4-H Shooting Sports National Championships, June 24-29 in Grand Island, Neb. This is the fourth time in the event’s 15-year history that Missouri has brought home the Tom Davison Championship Trophy for the top overall result by a state program. More than 675 […]
Northwest Missouri State University has announced that Andy Peterson, a former student-athlete, and coach who has served in the University’s athletics administration since 2013, is Northwest’s next director of athletics. Peterson had served as Northwest’s interim director of athletics since Mel Tjeerdsma’s April 30 retirement. His new appointment is effective immediately. “Andy is a Bearcat […]
A Higginsville resident was injured Monday night in Carroll County when the Polaris ATV he was operating struck a gate ejecting him from the vehicle. Twenty-two-year-old Marcus Hayes was flown by medical helicopter (Lifeflight Eagle) to University Hospital in Columbia with serious injuries. The accident happened at 8:15 on private property off Carroll County Road 239. […]
A Novinger man was hurt Saturday evening when the motorcycle he was operating traveled off a road south of Novinger. Fifty-eight-year-old Stephen Embree was taken to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, then flown by medical helicopter to University Hospital in Columbia. The accident happened two miles south of Novinger on Route K as Embree […]
The Highway Patrol reports one person from Lancaster died and another sustained moderate injuries when a sports utility vehicle overturned two miles south of Atlanta Thursday morning. Sixty-nine year old Donna Welte traveled north on U. S. Highway 63 when the SUV ran off the left side of the road, she then overcorrected, which caused […]
Farmers will get latest updates to control crop pests at Pest Management Field Day, July 10. The annual event once called Weed Day, now covers weeds, insects, diseases and more. Sign-in starts at 7:30 a.m. at University of Missouri Bradford Research Center, 8 miles east of Columbia. Kevin Bradley, an MU Extension weed specialist, explains […]
A Milan man was killed and another injured Saturday evening when a UTV overturned on a road north of Green Castle. Fatally injured was the driver, 46-year old Nathanial Wolfe, while the patrol reports his passenger, 27-year-old Kelby West of Milan, received serious injuries. West was flown by medical helicopter to University Hospital in Columbia. […]
The University of Missouri Extension is seeking landowners and land renters to respond to an online survey for the MU Crop Resource Guide. The Cash Rent Survey covers rent for grain bins, machine sheds, and recreation land as well as land agreements, including crops, pastures, and hay ground. It only covers cash rent and is […]
The West Fork Locust Creek Bridge closed Monday, June 18 and the Elm Branch Bridge is scheduled to close Monday, June 25. Both bridges, located on U.S. Route 136 east of Lucerne, will be rebuilt in the same alignment as their predecessors. The Missouri Department of Transportation contracted with Boone Construction Company of Columbia to […]
(Missourinet) – Mizzou sports fans can expect additional congestion when a traffic ramp closes for good next month in Columbia. Missouri Transportation Department engineer Mike Schupp says closing the business loop ramp where Interstate-70 and Highway-63 meet will be safer for drivers in the eastbound lanes of the interstate there. When the ramp […]
A Saint Catherine man received serious injuries Saturday afternoon when he lost control of the motorcycle he was operating north of Bevier. Sixty-six-year-old Clarence Futhey was flown by medical helicopter to University Hospital in Columbia. The crash happened three miles north of Bevier on Route O when the southbound motorcycle went out of control on […]
Milan and Unionville residents were injured Tuesday night when according to the Highway Patrol, a car swerved to avoid a deer, traveled off Highway 5 and overturned in an accident was two miles north of Milan. Twenty-three-year-old Jakeob Stark of Unionville received minor injuries and was transported by ambulance to Sullivan County Memorial Hospital in […]
