Women's Self Defense

Women’s self defense class to be offered in Cameron

The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department, Cameron Police Department, Green Hills Women’s Shelter, and the Cameron YMCA will host a free Women’s Self Defense Class later this month. The class about situational awareness, creating distance, and defensive moves will be at the Cameron YMCA October 27th from 8 o’clock to noon. Cameron Green Hills Women’s Shelter […]

Mary Ellen Harman NISOD award

Maryellen Harman presented NISOD Excellence Award

North Central Missouri College presented Maryellen Harman, History Instructor the NISOD Excellence Award at the September Board of Trustees meeting. Pictured is Maryellen Harman with President, Dr. Lenny Klaver. NISOD’s Excellence Awards recognize men and women each year who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment and contribution to their students and colleagues. In 1989, in connection […]

Swan Lake Wildlife Refuge

Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge to offer Sparrow Identification Workshop

Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge south of Sumner south of Sumner will host a two-day free Sparrow Identification Workshop next month. The workshop is open to the public and will include sparrow identification in classroom and field settings. Participants will meet at the Swan Lake Headquarters building October 19th at noon for classroom identification presentations, […]

United Parcel Service

Audio: UPS seeks 850 workers in KC area

A major delivery company hopes to hire hundreds of people soon in western Missouri.     UPS says it wants to hire 850 people in the Kansas City area. The Atlanta-based company will host a hiring fair today (Tuesday) from 9 to 6 at the Kansas City Health Department. Job seekers must have a resume […]

USDA partners with rural Missouri communities to support opioid prevention, treatment and recovery

The USDA is partnering with rural communities to support opportunities for opioid prevention, treatment, and recovery.  Among the 85 recipients nationwide receiving funding are four (4) Missouri organizations ready to make an impact in the state’s opioid epidemic. “In 2016, there were 908 opioid overdose deaths in Missouri and it is now estimated that 1 […]

Loving Support

Livingston County Health Center wins coveted award from USDA

The Livingston County Health Center’s Women, Infants, and Children Program have received a Loving Support Award of Excellence from the United States Department of Agriculture. The award program was established to recognize agencies that provide exemplary breastfeeding promotion and support services. Only agencies that operated a peer counseling program for at least one year and […]

Election Security

Audio: Missouri hosts National Election Security Summit ahead of November elections

(Misssourinet) – A bipartisan group of 25 Secretaries of State and other election officials from across the country were in St. Louis for the National Election Security Summit over the weekend. Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft tells Missourinet the state has several security advantages in its election infrastructure.     Missouri Secretary of State Jay […]

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USDA to implement regulatory reforms to increase access to capital; Local listening session to be held at Lake Ozark

Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced that USDA is hosting listening sessions to solicit feedback on a plan to increase access to capital in rural areas by streamlining regulations for four Rural Development loan guarantee programs. “At USDA, we know that for many rural communities the regulations that govern our […]