Governor Mike Parson has signed 13 remaining pieces of legislation into law, concluding bill singings for the 2021 legislative session. SB 26 – Public Safety Modifies several provisions related to public safety, including providing taxpayers with the ability to obtain injunctive relief if a local government decreases its police department’s budget by a prescribed amount […]
The Princeton R-5 Board of Education approved bids July 12th. A milk bid was approved from Anderson Erickson, and a fuel bid was approved from MFA Oil of Princeton. Superintendent Jerry Girdner reports the fuel bid was tax free two cents off of retail. The board approved student and staff handbooks. The tax rate hearing […]
The Laredo R-7 Board of Education set meal prices on July 12 for the 2021/2022 school year. The cost of lunch was set at $2.70, with breakfast costing $1.60. A bus bid was accepted from Johnny Engleman to buy a bus from the district for $501.50. The board approved the student/faculty handbook and an emergency […]
Hy-Vee, Inc. announced today the addition of Dr. Daniel Fick to the Hy-Vee leadership team as its chief medical officer. In this role, Fick will help oversee all of Hy-Vee’s existing health and medical initiatives and the development of new services and offerings to improve the overall health and wellness of Hy-Vee’s customers and employees. […]
The Jamesport Tri-County R-7 Board of Education accepted a proposal for remodeling the high school gym and multiple bids on July 8. Secretary Heather Turner reports the gym remodeling proposal was from Kramer Contracting at an estimated cost of $108,230. Bids accepted were from Graves for bread, Hiland Dairy for milk, and Landes and MFA […]
Missouri First Lady Teresa Parson will visit Chillicothe to participate in Sliced Bread Day activities on Saturday, July 10. Mrs. Parson will serve as Grand Marshal of the Sliced Bread Day Parade in Downtown Chillicothe at 10 a.m. on Saturday. The parade route travels Washington Street from Polk to Third Street and then Locust Street […]
Gardening offers many rewards, according to David Trinklein, state horticulture specialist for the University of Missouri Extension. One of them, he said, is the satisfaction of sharing plant knowledge with others. The MU Extension Master Gardener program has a motto of ‘helping others learn to grow. Trinklein notes it emphasizes service to others as the program’s […]
University of Missouri Extension of Livingston County will host the 13th Annual Back to School Bonanza for Livingston County students in kindergarten through 12th grade. The event will be at the Calvary Baptist Church Family Life Center of Chillicothe on July 27, 2021, from 11 to 1 o’clock and 4 to 6 o’clock. Free backpacks and […]
North Central Missouri College is assisting students through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds created under the American Rescue Plan to help students with exceptional needs. NCMC will be awarding grants for students to use toward educational costs and other emergency costs that arise due to COVID-19, such as tuition, food, housing, health care (including […]
The Jamesport Tri-County R-7 Board of Education will consider bids for milk, bread, and fuel on July 8, 2021. The board will also discuss lunch prices in the superintendent’s office at 6 o’clock that evening. The agenda also includes capital projects, the second reading of Missouri School Boards Association policy updates, employee and student handbooks, […]
Former Trenton resident Steve Maxey spoke at the Trenton Rotary Club meeting on July 1st. He is a sales manager for the Hy-Vee Arena in Kansas City, which was previously the Kemper Arena. He gave the history and personal stories of the former Kemper Arena, which hosted events including the 1976 Republican National Convention, the […]
A Mercer County farmer has directed America’s Farmers Grow Communities donation to the Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri, which will forward the funds into the account of the Princeton Ball Association. Shane Michael Cox recently directed the $2,500 donation from America’s Farmers Grow Communities, which is sponsored by the Bayer Fund. The Princeton Ball Association […]
(Missouri Independent) – During June, as the Delta variant of COVID-19 took hold in Missouri, the seven-day average of new cases doubled. And now that the easily spread mutation has reached every corner of the state, July will be a repeat of June, or worse, according to the University of Missouri professor monitoring wastewater for the […]
Missouri State Fair concert and event tickets are on sale now! This includes all concerts and events in the State Fair Grandstand, presented by CFM Insurance, State Fair Arena events, the Governor’s Ham Breakfast, and $10 advanced gate admission. These tickets will be available through The Etix website and also at the Missouri State Fair […]
(Missouri Independent) – With fewer than 12 hours to spare before the start of a new fiscal year, the Missouri House on Wednesday approved a bill extending medical provider taxes essential to balancing the budget, forestalling more than $700 million in cuts planned by Gov. Mike Parson. Divisions over how and whether to add provisions sought by […]
(Missouri Independent) – Missouri will enter the new budget year with a record budget surplus and no restrictions on appropriations. The $35.6 billion budget includes rate increases for some Medicaid providers, higher funding for colleges and universities, and new mental health crisis centers. A few hours after lawmakers passed an extension of provider taxes vital to funding […]
The Grundy County Extension Office is moving into the Green Hills Regional Planning Commission building at 1104 Main Street in Trenton. Carlee Quinn with Extension says the Extension office is closed this week and will reopen in the new location on July 6. Grundy County Extension was in the basement of the Alexander Student Center […]
(Missouri Independent) – Kendra Findley had thought the Springfield area had seen the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic in December — a month when cases regularly surpassed 200 a day and that saw a record 98 residents die of the virus. Looking back, that was when the Alpha variant, first identified in the U.K., was […]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention extended through July 31, 2021, the moratorium on evictions of the hundreds of thousands of Americans who live in multifamily housing communities supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “The United States is recovering from a nationwide housing affordability crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s […]
Missouri’s top 30 FFA high school seniors completed the seventh annual Helping Youth Prepare for Excellence (HYPE) FFA Academy June 22-24, in Jefferson City, Mo. The three-day intensive program is designed to inform and empower students to effectively engage on pressing agriculture topics. Since 2015, the Missouri Corn Merchandising Council has sponsored and facilitated the […]
