Trenton Adult Education offers tuition-free high school equivalency preparation; skills brush up to enter college; studying for reading, math, and language; and career planning. Classes are held at the North Central Missouri College campus in Trenton Tuesday through Thursday evenings from 5 to 8 o’clock. Six hours of weekly instruction are required for a minimum […]
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Princeton Board of Education renews liability and property insurance
The Princeton R-5 Board of Education approved the renewal of liability and property insurance on Monday evening. The insurances are with CPSK and the Missouri Public Entity Risk Management Fund for a total of $57,155, which is an increase of $825 from the previous year. The board approved the annual auditor’s report from Conrad and […]
North Mercer improves in all subject areas in annual performance report
The North Mercer R-3 Board of Education renewed property insurance on Monday evening. The insurance is through CPSK in Harrisonville, and the rates for the year are $36,793, which is up $986 from last year. Budget amendments were approved and it was announced North Mercer has shown improvement in all subject areas in the past […]
Laredo Board of Education approves 2018-2019 school audit
The Laredo R-7 Board of Education on Monday evening approved Missouri United School Insurance Council insurance renewal. A school representative reports the premium will be $670 per year for four million dollar umbrella coverage. The 2018-2019 school audit was approved as well as the schedule for candidate filing for the board election April 7th. Candidates […]
Jamesport Board of Education approves insurance policy coverage
The Jamesport Tri-County R-7 Board of Education approved the renewal of the Missouri United School Insurance Council insurance policy Monday evening. A school representative says the policy with the optional umbrella policy of 10 million dollars will cost the district $40,709 for a year. The purchase of a commercial mixer was approved from Burkett for […]
Farm Bill seminars to be held in Kirksville
The 2018 Farm Bill contains several new provisions that enable farmers and landowners to make decisions regarding their involvement in federal farm programs. University of Missouri Extension and USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) will host an educational meeting on Thursday, December 19th from 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. at the Missouri Department of Conservation Regional Office, […]
Gloria Ku selected as NCMC’s Outstanding Student
Gloria Elizabeth Ku from Princeton, MO, has been selected as North Central Missouri College’s Outstanding Student for December. Gloria, originally from Patchakan, Corozal, Belize Central America, is pursuing her nursing degree at the Bethany site where she can take classes at night and in the evening to work with her busy schedule. Gloria will graduate […]
Phi Mu Epsilon Sorority donates to Green Hills Women’s Shelter
North Central Missouri College’s Phi Mu Epsilon sorority, for the 2nd year, has partnered with MN of the Philanthropic Educational Organization and held a feminine product drive for the Green Hills Women’s Shelter. “NCMC’s Phi Mu Epsilon is proud to have the opportunity to collaborate for a second year with the MN of EOP. It’s […]
NCMC teacher education students donate to Princeton R-5 School District
North Central Missouri College students enrolled in the Teacher Education Program, and members of the Student Missouri State Teacher Association recently conducted their annual “Merry Mittens” project. Donations of hats, gloves, and scarves were collected for distribution to children at the Princeton R-V School District. The project sponsor was Cassie Cordray, NCMC Teacher Education Instructor/SMSTA […]
Three generations of family build a beef business at Ayers Stock Farm in Green City
Ayers Stock Farm in Green City, Mo., has spent three generations in the rolling hills of northern Missouri building a beef business driven on horseback. Rick Ayers has been involved in his family’s livestock farm since 1967 and his wife, Jonna Ayers, joined the family farm while both were teaching agriculture education at the local […]
Students from Chillicothe FFA Chapter part of National FFA Courtesy Corps
The 92nd National FFA Convention included everything from arena stage events to the Day of Service and workshops for nearly 65,000 attendees. It takes many volunteers to help make a convention of this magnitude a positive experience for all of its guests. This year approximately 900 FFA members, including students from the Chillicothe FFA Chapter, […]
Wright Memorial Hospital to host third annual Live Nativity Scene
The Wright Memorial Hospital Spiritual Wellness Team will be hosting the third annual Live Nativity on Tuesday, December 10, 2019, from 5:30 – 7 p.m. The event will begin underneath the Wright Memorial Physicians’ Group entrance awning and will conclude inside the hospital’s Education Center. The live display will feature five simple scenes that illustrate […]
Wright Memorial Hospital and Hedrick Medical Center call for red scarves in support of women’s heart health
More women than men die every year from heart disease and stroke. The good news is that 80 percent of cardiac events can be prevented with education and lifestyle changes. Annually, the month of February is designated National Heart Month. While the red dress promotes awareness about women’s heart disease, the red scarf symbolizes lifelines […]
Gilman City Board of Education will continue to pay 100% of employee health insurance premiums
The Gilman City R-4 Board of Education has approved continuing to pay 100% of employees’ health insurance for a deductible of $5,000. Bookkeeper Tori Wideman reports the district will pay $452.03 per employee, which is a 52 cent increase from last year. Employees have an option for a buy-up plan with a deductible of $3,000 […]
Pilot programs focus on helping more students finish a college degree in less time
Ten Missouri colleges and universities are participating in two programs that aim to reduce college costs and help students earn a degree in less time. The Department of Higher Education is set to begin pilot projects for Guided Pathways to Success and Concurrent Enrollment programs. “These programs focus on helping more students graduate on time, […]
Putnam County R-1 announces Career and Technical Student of the Month
The Putnam County R-1 School District recently recognized Tony Bondy as the Career and Technical Education Student of the Month for November 2019. The acknowledgment included the presentation of a certificate, a CTE Student of the Month shirt, and the addition of his name to the 2019-2020 CTE Student of the Month awards plaque which […]
GRM Networks in Princeton receives USDA grant of $41.6 million dollars through ReConnect Program
GRM Networks of Princeton recently received a $41.6 million grant/loan from the United States Department of Agriculture’s ReConnect Program helping GRM Networks fulfill its commitment to bring fiber-optic connectivity to northern Missouri and southern Iowa. USDA Farm Service Agency Administrator Richard Fordyce awarded the grant/loan to GRM at a reception held at the David Callaway […]
NCMC agriculture students participate in state conference
Five agriculture students from North Central Missouri College participated in the Missouri Postsecondary Agriculture Student Organization State Conference November 10-12 in Linn, Missouri. Approximately 100 students, advisors, and guests from seven Missouri community colleges and universities participated in the conference. The NCMC group had the opportunity to travel to the old Missouri State Penitentiary in […]
Twenty defendants charged with distributing heroin/fentanyl in Missouri
Twenty defendants have been charged in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl in the Springfield, Missouri, area. Many of the defendants were arrested in a coordinated law enforcement sweep that began Thursday, November 14 and continued into the weekend, after five criminal complaints were filed under seal on […]
Pleasant View Board of Education approves bid to replace light bulbs
The Pleasant View R-6 Board of Education approved a bid on Thursday evening to replace light bulbs in the school building with LED bulbs. The bid was from Cory Cutsinger for $11,975.26. A student request was approved to hold a Christmas dance for fifth through eighth graders December 6th and invite students in the fifth […]