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Vestas and the Outlaw Wind Project crew had an amazing float complete with Santa and reindeer, as well as a working wind turbine. Pictured are Wyatt Burke, Garrett Alsup, Gray  Continue Reading »

Winds howled for most of the afternoon and night Wednesday, December 15, 2021, across the Midwest, plowing down whatever stood in its way. In Tarkio, at least one resident measured  Continue Reading »

Rock Port’s Main Street has an extra festive look this year. New Christmas banners and lights were donated by the Tourism Board. The city crews (below) installed the lights.

The restoration of historic Rankin Hall is moving forward with the next phase of the project. In the summer of 2020, over 200 damaged slate tiles were removed from the  Continue Reading »

There were 27 cases reported to the Atchison County Health Department December 13-19, 2021. They were: 1 female, 1 male, ages 0-9 2 males, ages 10-19 3 females, ages 20-29  Continue Reading »

In 2019, Tarkio Renewal (TR) established a grant program designed to encourage and assist with visible property improvement in Tarkio, with an overall goal of improving the aesthetic value of  Continue Reading »

Tarkio Hy-Vee donated 2,550 personal-sized hand sanitizers to the Tarkio R-I School District to help the school stay germ-free during cold and flu season. Pictured are, from left to right,  Continue Reading »

The First Baptist Church Live Nativity and Soup Supper was held Sunday, December 19, 2021. Pictured are, from left to right: front row – Abbie Harms and Alyson Wooten; and  Continue Reading »

Debra Wyatt’s residence was named the Grand Prize Overall winner of the Christmas Home Decorations Contest sponsored by Fairfax’s Xi Lambda Beta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi. The winner of  Continue Reading »

The Tarkio R-I Board of Education met December 15, 2021. The meeting was called to order by board president Garrett Wood at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom due to inclement weather.  Continue Reading »

The City of Tarkio Board of Aldermen held a special meeting Tuesday, November 30, at Tarkio City Hall. The meeting was called to order at 12:00 p.m. and was conducted  Continue Reading »

The Fairfax R-3 School Board of Education met November 17, 2021. All bills were approved for payment. The school’s fund balance was $1,232,007. Five out of six board members completed  Continue Reading »