Multiple reports were given at the North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees meeting October 26th. President Doctor Lenny Klaver gave updates on what are considered three key strategies for success in the college’s Plan 2025: accreditation, expansion, and funding. Regarding accreditation, Klaver called the Higher Learning Commission’s 10-year review last month a “major milestone.” […]
The Chillicothe City Council will hold a workshop and regular meeting next week. City finances will be discussed at the workshop in the Chillicothe Municipal Utility meeting room on October 25, 2021, at 5 p.m. Ordinances involving the city purchasing real estate will be considered at the council meeting to follow at 5:30. One ordinance […]
Local government agencies in Missouri can avoid common mistakes and take several steps to safeguard electronic data from hacking, theft, and other disruptions, State Auditor Nicole Galloway said. The Auditor today released her annual summary of the most common cybersecurity risks found by her audits of local governments and courts, along with recommendations those agencies […]
(Missouri Independent) – Missouri students and teachers identified as being exposed to a coronavirus case in school may now be permitted to remain in class if they continue to test negative for the virus and properly wear a mask. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) updated its school reopening guidance Friday to include the new […]
The North Mercer R-3 Board of Education October 11th approved the replacement of a window and a bus barn door opener. Mid-America Glazing Systems submitted a bid to replace the large front window of the cafeteria. The bid was for $8,360. The work is planned in the spring. The bus barn opener was from CSI […]
Grammy Award-winning bluegrass singer-songwriter Rhonda Vincent and her band The Rage will perform at the Trenton High School Performing Arts Center on October 6, 2021. The performance will benefit the Dream Factory of Northwest Missouri. Doors will open for the concert at 6 p.m., and the show will start at 7 p.m. Vincent says she […]
The Chillicothe Board of Adjustments approved one variance application and denied another on October 4th. Zoning Administrator Kevin Shira reports the variance application that did not pass was by the Midwest Sign Company to install a new pylon sign with an overall height of 51 feet versus the city allowed a max of 40 feet […]
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Carroll County Memorial Hospital offering patients 3D Mammography. CCMH is also offering a $75 cash special for a mammogram during the month of October. The average risk of a woman in the United States developing breast cancer sometime in her life is about 13 percent. This means there […]
State Auditor Nicole Galloway released today her regularly scheduled audit of Schuyler County, located in northern Missouri. Schuyler County received an overall rating of “good” in the audit, which matches the “good” rating received by the county in a 2015 audit. “My audit recommended several areas for improvement that county government officials have shown a willingness […]
State Auditor Nicole Galloway released today her regularly scheduled audit of McDonald County, located in southwest Missouri. The audit report, which makes several recommendations to improve the efficiency of county government, gave a rating of “good.” A prior audit of McDonald County, issued in September 2016, issued an overall rating of “fair.” “My audit identified several areas for […]
(Missouri Independent) – On one side were tyrannical oligarchs. On the other, petulant children. Or at least that was the takeaway from the Missouri Senate’s day-long rules debate Wednesday. Gathered for the legislature’s annual veto session, the demons that have haunted the upper chamber for more than a year didn’t take long to reappear. The […]
(Missouri Independent) – Members of the Missouri House on Wednesday floated the idea of pursuing legislation to undermine a mandate from the Biden administration meant to increase vaccination rates in the U.S. The House Judiciary Committee held what Rep. David Evans said was the first in a series of discussions about vaccine mandates, including an executive order […]
Registration is open for the 2021 Great Central U. S. “ShakeOut” earthquake drill on October 21, 2021. More than 320,000 people are already registered for this year’s ShakeOut drill, which is designed to remind people how to protect themselves during an earthquake. Missouri is one of 14 participating central U.S. states that could be impacted […]
A collection of works by area artists has begun the 2021-2022 exhibition schedule in the Dorris Rider Art Gallery at North Central Missouri College in Trenton. “Local Artists Showcase 13” is now open and runs through October 8. The show includes 38 artworks by 21 different artists, seven of which are showing in the gallery […]
The City of Trenton is accepting sealed bids for the sale of property at 1002 West 14th Street. A minimum bid of $500 is required. Bids should be marked “Sealed Bid for Property” and returned to the City Clerk’s Office at 1100 Main Street by September 24th at 2 p.m. Contact City Clerk Cindy Simpson […]
(Missouri Independent) – Clay LaRue, superintendent of the Van Buren R-1 School District, made a tough decision Sunday. With COVID-19 cases spiking in Carter County in southeast Missouri, and many of those infections among very young children, LaRue shut down the district’s pre-kindergarten program for two weeks. He had previously directed faculty, staff, and students […]
Calamity Jane Days will be held in Princeton September 17th through 19th. The Miss Calamity Jane Pageant will be held the weekend before. The Miss Calamity Jane Pageant will be at the Princeton United Methodist Church September 11th at 7 o’clock at night. Spokesperson Amanda Mitchell says there are 11 contestants. They are Raynah Collins, […]
With deer hunting in Missouri opening for archery season on September 15 and firearms portions in the coming months, the Missouri Department of Conservation wants hunters to know key information about chronic wasting disease. MDC will be holding mandatory CWD sampling during the opening weekend of firearms season and voluntary CWD sampling all season for […]
(Missouri Independent) – Federal education officials have launched civil rights investigations in five Republican-led states that have prohibited school districts from mandating mask-wearing, saying those policies could amount to illegal discrimination against students with disabilities. The Biden administration notified the education chiefs in Iowa, Tennessee, South Carolina, Utah, and Oklahoma of the investigations through formal letters Monday. The new investigations will examine […]
(Missouri Independent) – The dispute over the $1.4 billion contract to provide prisoner health care in Missouri is moving into the courts. Corizon Health, which has held the Department of Corrections contract since 1992, filed a lawsuit Monday in Cole County alleging that unfair treatment and improper scoring gave the contract to Centurion Health, a Virginia subsidiary of […]
