Unemployment

Unemployment rises in area counties

Grundy County’s unemployment rate has climbed to 5.1% according to the most recent report from the Division of Employment Security.  July is the most recent month available with the county by county statistics, and it’s noted that most area counties have rates above the state unemployment level of 3.4%. Grundy County’s rate shows 227 on […]

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Missouri Department of Labor launches new web portal to promote workplace safety & health

The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations Division of Labor Standards has launched a new tool that will give Missouri businesses faster access to resources that help them develop safer and healthier workplaces while saving money on lost time and workers’ compensation insurance costs. On Thursday, September 6, at the Governor’s Conference on Economic […]

Senator Dan Hegeman

Hegeman endorsed by Missouri Farm Bureau

Missouri Farm Bureau’s Northern Regional Endorsement Committee has endorsed Dan Hegeman for reelection in Missouri’s 12th State Senate District. Trustees interviewed on September 5 in Cameron and voted unanimously to endorse Hegeman’s candidacy. “As a family farmer, Senator Hegeman knows our issues and has a long history of working with Farm Bureau.  He supports us […]

Missouri State Highway Patrol

Highway patrol releases details of Labor Day operations in multiple counties

The Highway Patrol office in St. Joseph has released results of the Labor Day holiday weekend impaired driving enforcement operations. The northwest Missouri troop conducted DWI saturations in eight counties: Andrew, Buchanan, Daviess, Dekalb, Grundy, Harrison, Livingston, and Nodaway. There was one driving while intoxicated arrest, 39 traffic citations, five drug arrests, and two misdemeanor […]

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KCP&L files petition with Missouri Public Service Commission to remove “Solar Rebate Application” from tariffs

Kansas City Power and Light Company and its Greater Missouri Operations Company have filed a joint application with the Missouri Public Service Commission asking the Commission to grant them variances on requirements of the Commission’s Net Metering Rule. The Public Service Commission reports KCP&L and GMO are asking to be granted a variance to allow […]

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Audio: Missouri farm group says release of CRP land does not go far enough to address drought problems

The Missouri Cattlemen’s Association wants producers to have access to even more Conservation Reserve Program land as the drought continues. Executive Vice President Mike Deering says the Farm Service Agency’s release of such land in certain counties is a step in the right direction but not enough.     Deering thinks a lot of Missouri […]

Missouri state capitol

Audio: Dozens of Missouri bills become law today

Dozens of bills passed by the Missouri Legislature this year become law today. Alisa Nelson reports about some of the top proposals becoming official.     The Legislature is fully funding the formula used to finance Missouri’s K-12 public schools by giving 3.5 billion dollars to education. State aid to most of Missouri’s public colleges […]

2018 4-H Hall of Fame Inductees

Fifty inducted into 2018 Missouri 4-H Hall of Fame

“Making the best better” for generations of Missouri 4-H club members, 50 volunteers joined the Missouri 4-H Hall of Fame on Aug. 18 at State Fair Community College in Sedalia. Inductees from 38 counties established a legacy totaling 1,318 years of service to 4-H. More than 250 family members and friends attended the 12th annual […]

Missouri State Highway Patrol

Highway patrol to conduct DWI operations in multiple north Missouri counties

The commanding officer of Troop H of the Missouri State Highway Patrol has announced plans for driving while intoxicated saturation operations in multiple north Missouri counties. During the Labor Day holiday weekend, Troop H will conduct DWI saturations in Andrew, Buchanan, Daviess, Dekalb, Grundy, Harrison, Livingston, and Nodaway counties. The areas selected for enforcement are […]