People & Living

Join the Community Blood Center and Tarkio Technology Institute in saving a life with a blood donation Thursday, May 7. From 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., donate blood in the  Continue Reading »

The Tarkio High School Senior Awards Assembly will be held Friday, May 8, at 1:00 p.m. in the THS Gymnasium. Teachers, students, community, and family members are encouraged to attend.  Continue Reading »

The Nodaway County household hazardous waste (HHW) collection site will be open Saturday, May 9, 2026, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. The HHW collection site is located at the  Continue Reading »

An open house for the re-created Edna O’Dell paintings, the World War II newspapers, and the David Rankin/Tarkio Museum will be held Tuesday, May 12 at 5:00 p.m. in Thompson  Continue Reading »

The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in Atchison County for the week of April 27-May 3. There  Continue Reading »

The remembrances of Faye Clark By Beverly Clinkingbeard In 1981, Betsy Chapin was teaching the fifth and sixth graders at Westboro Elementary School in Westboro, Missouri. The pupils were given  Continue Reading »

Beautiful rainbow Cindy Walker Burton captured the beauty of a prismatic rainbow following the severe thunderstorm last Thursday night. “I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be  Continue Reading »

The alumni of Westboro High school or those who attended the school are invited to the 128th meeting Saturday, May 16, at 12:00 noon at the Westboro Fire Station (at  Continue Reading »

The 106th annual Fairfax High School Alumni Banquet will be held Saturday, May 15, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. in the high school gym (pictures of honored classes will be taken  Continue Reading »

Playing violin, Evermore Joy Bjorklund earned the highest rating possible (1+ Superior) at the Nebraska Music Teachers Association (NMTA) District Festival at the Omaha Conservatory of Music Saturday, April 25,  Continue Reading »

Tarkio High School agriculture teacher and FFA advisor Dustin Lambertsen was the guest speaker at the Tarkio Rotary Club meeting Tuesday, April 21, 2026. He shared information about the Missouri  Continue Reading »

The Brownville Concert Series will present Sally Mayes in “An Evening with Sally Mayes.” The New York Times calls her ‘incandescent, deliciously saucy.’ People Magazine describes her as “the kind  Continue Reading »