Back row: Nate Udovich, PTK 2018-19 President, Stetson Klise, Scotty Bowman Middle row: Lilly Simons, PTK 2019-20 President-elect, Skyler Adkison, PTK 2019-20 VP Leadership & Service-elect, Olivia Lauhoff, PTK 2018-19 VP Scholarship & Fellowship, Chasidy Finney, PTK 2019-20 VP Communications & Historical Events-elect, Makaylah Gordon Front row: Annaliese Riley, Natasha Jackson, Katie Blanchard, Jamee Scearce, PTK 2018-19 VP Leadership & Service, Kati Stafford

Phi Theta Kappa elects new officers

The Phi Theta Kappa Eta Mu Chapter Honor Society at North Central Missouri College recently held their family BBQ at Barton Farm Campus and elected new officers for the 2019-2020 year. Elected for the 2019-2020 year is President Lilly Simons, Vice President of Leadership and Service Skyler Adkison, and Vice President of Communications and Historical […]

Grain Belt Express

Audio: Grain Belt Express debate now in House Committee

The public service commission has approved a high voltage, wind energy transmission line to run through private property along Northern Missouri, and *some* landowners and farmers want the legislature to stop that from happening. Missouri House members heard both sides of the argument: That the lines are in public interest and the company can claim […]

Charges Filed

Gladstone man facing charges in Grundy County

A resident of Gladstone, 30-year-old Jason Edward Clay, has been arrested and faces two misdemeanor counts from an incident late last year in Grundy County. He was arrested Friday in Sullivan County. Clay is accused of resisting arrest and second-degree property damage with bond set at $3,500. Clay is scheduled for the Associate Division of […]

Special Olympics

Special Olympics Missouri announces new President & CEO

The Board of Directors of Special Olympics Missouri (SOMO) has announced the appointment of Susan Stegeman as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective April 1, 2019. She will lead the grassroots movement for the empowerment of people with intellectual disabilities in Missouri. Every day, Special Olympics uses the transformative power and joy of sports […]

Dr. Jane Greer

Livingston County Library to feature Dr. Jane Greer on Tuesday, March 12th

March is Women’s History Month and the Livingston County Library will be celebrating with a presentation by Dr. Jane Greer entitled, “Women’s Work, Women’s Words: Understanding Rural Literacies and Labors through Farm Women’s Memoirs.”  Dr. Greer is a member of the inaugural class of the University of Missouri System’s Presidential Engagement Fellows.  She is Professor of […]

Cows grazing in pasture

Use sound grazing practices to reduce overgrazing and weeds

Weed problems may explode this year thanks to the drought of 2018 and residual problems associated with overgrazing in parched pastures, says University of Missouri Extension agronomist Valerie Tate. Last year’s extreme weather conditions created a forage shortage. As a result, many pastures were overgrazed.  When pastures are overgrazed, there is little green leaf material […]