The Princeton R-5 Board of Education approved the 2018-2019 school calendar during a calendar hearing prior to the regular meeting Monday evening. The start date for next school year will be August 22nd, and the closing date will be May 22nd. The approved calendar can be found on the Princeton R-5 website. During the regular […]
The Newtown-Harris R-3 Board of Education voted Monday evening to extend the contract of kindergarten through 12th-grade Principal Dustin Freeman which will run through the 2018-2019 school year. The board approved calendar changes, including makeup days missed for illness with district staff to vote on which days they would like to make up in February […]
The Gilman City Board of Education renewed the contract for Superintendent Roger Alley at its January meeting. The board also approved the 2018-2019 school calendar and announced there will be no school board election for Gilman City April 3rd. Tony Gregg and Keith Preston filed for the two open positions.
The Grundy County Health Department has announced a contract has been signed with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to continue to provide Women, Infants, and Children services for the federal fiscal year 2018. The health department will serve 293 persons eligible for WIC every month under the terms of the contract. WIC […]
The Missouri Department of Revenue and the Office of Administration have awarded the management contract for the Milan License Office. Laura Feagins of Milan was awarded the contract through a competitive bid process. The Milan office conducted more than 12,600 transactions in the fiscal year 2017, which generated $41,515 in contractor processing fees. The Missouri […]
The Newtown-Harris R-3 School Board approved the extension of Superintendent Kim Johnson’s contract through the 2018-2019 school year in its executive session Monday night. During the regular meeting, the board approved the 2017-2018 school calendar; FFA, third through sixth grade, and senior trips; and district policies and regulations provided by Missouri Consultants for Education. Fence […]
The Pleasant View R-6 School Board voted to extend Superintendent Rebecca Steinhoff’s contract for one year to maintain her three-year contract during its closed executive session Tuesday night. The board approved the resignation of Early Childhood Special Education paraprofessional Shelby Glidewell and to hire Michaela Simmer of Chillicothe to take her place. Approval was given […]
The Princeton Board of Education has approved a contract with the firm Ellison and Auxier for architectural and engineering services. The firm is to receive 6% of the project cost, however, the Princeton district is not subject to any charges if no project takes place. Princeton Superintendent Jerry Girdner described the 6% as common. The board […]
The North Central Missouri Regional Water Commission finalized contract documents necessary to access $5.5 million that was recently released by the Natural Resources Conservation Service for the purpose of advancing engineering and lake bed preparation prior to construction. The 2,350-acre water supply reservoir is situated on 4,300 acres of land that will be owned by […]
The North Mercer Board of Education has adopted a budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1st in which expenditures are anticipated to exceed revenue by nearly 69-thousand dollars. Spending is estimated at nearly two point six million dollars. The amended the current budget to show an 82-thousand dollar deficit for the fiscal year ending […]
At a meeting of the Galt Board of Aldermen, three members took the oath of office. They are Victor Tunnell two year term in the north ward; George Griff two year term in the south ward; and Bill Jackson for a one year unexpired term in the south ward. A motion was made to change the […]
Additional work is coming for the Trenton plant of Modine Manufacturing. A news report from the company says Modine has been selected by another Wisconsin-based business, Oshkosh Defense LLC, to produce cooling modules for Oshkosh’s Joint Light Tactical Vehicle contract on behalf of the U-S Army and the Marine Corps. The production contract calls for […]
The Fire Fighters Association of Missouri has named The Chillicothe Fire Department as “Department Of The Year” for 2016. The FFAM serves 7, 533 members and 367 fire departments. The award was presented to the department at the FFAM 62 annual convention held at Tan Tara resort. The Chillicothe Fire Department is a progressive Department with […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Chiefs signed Charcandrick West to a three-year extension and fellow running back Spencer Ware to a two-year extension Thursday, solidifying their backfield alongsideJamaal Charles. West and Spencer proved to be a potent change-of-pace duo when Charles went down with a season-ending ACL injury last season. Charles is expected to be […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) A person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press that the Chiefs and Tamba Hali have agreed to a three-year contract to keep the veteran linebacker in Kansas City. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity Tuesday because the deal had not been announced. The 32-year-old Hali is coming […]
(Kansas City Star) – When outside linebacker Tamba Hali took a $3 million pay cut to remain with the Chiefs last season, the team did it by adding four voidable years to the contract to spread out his $5 million signing bonus to future salary cap years. Reworking the final year of Hali’s contract freed up […]
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) Making a long-term commitment to Kolten Wong as their second baseman, the St. Louis Cardinals agreed Wednesday to a $25.5 million, five-year contract with the 25-year-old. Wong gets $1.25 million this year, $2.5 million in 2017, $4 million in 2018, $6.5 million in 2019 and $10.25 million in 2020. St. Louis has […]
SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) Salvador Perez signed a club-friendly deal with the Royals four years ago in part so his mother, Yilda, would no longer have to work in their increasingly violent hometown in Venezuela. Now, Perez hopes he can move her to the U.S. permanently. The Royals signed the All-Star catcher to a contract through […]
