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Mercer woman injured in crash on Highway 65

The Highway Patrol reports a Mercer woman sustained minor injuries when a car attempted to make a U-turn in a private drive and was struck by a sport utility vehicle about three miles north of Princeton on Wednesday afternoon. Emergency medical services transported SUV driver Catherine Woodley to Wayne County Hospital in Corydon, Iowa. Twenty-nine-year-old […]

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SUV hits parked car in Albany injuring two

The Highway Patrol reports two Albany residents sustained injuries as a result of a sports utility vehicle hitting a parked vehicle and overturning inside the Albany city limits on Tuesday night. An air ambulance transported 28-year-old Joshua Sweat to Mosaic Life Care in Saint Joseph with what was described as serious injuries. An ambulance transported […]

USDA resumes signups for Conservation Reserve Program

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced this week that it will resume signups for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) under both general and continuous enrollment beginning Monday, Dec. 9. Established in 1985, CRP is considered one of the nation’s most successful private lands conservation programs. The general signup is the first held since 2016 […]

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Cameron man hurt in crash on Highway 69

The Highway Patrol reports a Cameron man sustained moderate injuries as the result of a pickup truck striking a van and the van overturning about six miles north of Cameron Thursday morning. An ambulance transported van driver 62-year-old Allen Reed to the Liberty Hospital. No injuries were reported for pickup driver 44-year-old Jeannie Little of […]

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Patrol reports nine people died in traffic crashes during this year’s Thanksgiving holiday counting period

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports nine people died in traffic crashes during this year’s Thanksgiving holiday counting period, from 6 p.m. Wednesday, November 27, 2019, through 11:59 p.m. Sunday, December 1, 2019. : Patrol’s Thanksgiving Holiday Traffic Statistics for 2019  Crashes ─ 404 Injuries ─ 166 Fatalities ─ 7 DWI ─ 94 Drug Arrests ─ 63 During the 2018 Thanksgiving […]

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Altamont teen injured in crash on I-35 near Winston

An Altamont teenager was hurt when the car he was driving was involved in an accident with a sports utility vehicle on Interstate 35 near Winston. Nineteen-year-old Stephen Youtsey was taken by private vehicle to Cameron Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. The driver of the SUV, 17-year old Morgan Anderson of Blue Springs, was […]

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Great Plains Growers Conference set to begin January 9, 2020 in Saint Joseph

The Annual Great Plains Growers Conference in Saint Joseph will offer updates on technology, production, and safety in commercial fruit and vegetable production. The event will be held at the Fulkerson Center on the Missouri Western State University campus on January 9th through 11th. Workshop topics will include food safety grower training, honeybees, drip irrigation, […]

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Kirksville Regional Airport receives $3.3 million to rehabilitate runway and taxiway

Sam Graves has announced the Kirksville Regional Airport will receive federal money through the Airport Improvement Program. Graves received notification from the U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao that the Kirksville airport will be receiving $3.3 million through the program to rehabilitate both a runway and a taxiway. “Rural airports are incredibly important […]

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Cameron woman arrested on numerous allegations

The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a Cameron woman in Caldwell County on Monday night on multiple allegations. Thirty-three-year-old Stephanie Catron has been charged with drug-related charges of felony possession of a controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana or synthetic cannabinoid as well as the misdemeanors of unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia […]

Jennifer Dixon, Director of Nursing at Wright Memorial Hospital, Angie Snyder, Manager of Quality and Risk at Wright Memorial Hospital, and Julie Johnson, Infection Control and Quality Resource Analyst at Wright Memorial Hospital, accepted the 2019 Guardian of Excellence Award for Wright Memorial Hospital from Press Ganey’s Executive Chairman, Patrick T. Ryan at the Press Ganey National Client Conference in Orlando, Florida.

Wright Memorial Hospital receives 2019 Guardian of Excellence Award from Press Ganey

Wright Memorial Hospital recently announced it has been named a 2019 Guardian of Excellence Award® winner by Press Ganey. The Guardian of Excellence Award recognizes top-performing health care organizations that have achieved the 95th percentile or above of performance in clinical quality. The Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award is a nationally-recognized symbol of achievement […]