People & Living

The Rock Port Tourism Board met August 5, 2025. Present were: Philip Angle, Alyssa Angle, Ashtyn Beatty, Jim Clodfelter, and Alexa VanSickle, board members; Mayor JR Chaney; and Kim Brake,  Continue Reading »

Join the Atchison County Library for family fun, story time, crafts, and snacks at the Third Thursdays event at the Tarkio Library at 10:00 a.m. Thursdays, September 18, October 16,  Continue Reading »

Brownville’s Main Street Art & Studio Tour will be held Saturday, September 13, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Brownville, Nebraska. Studios participating  include Glass@601, New Earth Clay, George  Continue Reading »

Fairfax Legion Post #284 will hold a cook-out fundraiser Saturday, September 20, in front of Fairfax City Hall at 201 E. Main Street. Legion members will serve hamburgers, brats, hot  Continue Reading »

I rudely interrupted this Eastern Gray Squirrel’s mouthful of walnut dinner at the Rock Port park on a gorgeous Tuesday afternoon. He tolerated my presence and dutifully posed for a  Continue Reading »

Donnie Dockins is selling produce for Travis Holmes from the back of his truck at the Big T Motel, located at the intersection of Hwy. 59 and Hwy. 136 in  Continue Reading »

Northwest Missouri State University (NWMSU) is com-memorating lives lost during the events that transpired on September 11, 2001, with its annual stair climb. The stair climb will take place from  Continue Reading »

Submitted by Jim Crawford, Field Specialist in Agricultural Engineering – University of Missouri Extension Drones and their increasing use in production agriculture was the highlight of the 36th annual field  Continue Reading »

Kayden Guymon, Director of Regulatory Affairs & Policy Council for the Missouri Farm Bureau Federation, was the speaker at Atchison County Farm Bureau’s annual meeting Wednesday, September 3. (Submitted by  Continue Reading »

The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in the Northwest Missouri region for the week of September 8-14.  Continue Reading »

Mark your calendars! The  Atchison County Artisans group is hosting its fourth annual Holiday Makers Market at Tarkio Tech Saturday, November 8, 2025, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. This fun  Continue Reading »

A reception will be held Thursday, September 25, to recognize Julie Jones, retiring CEO of Community Hospital-Fairfax. Stop by the hospital’s conference room from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. that day  Continue Reading »