People & Living

Medicare’s prescription drug plan annual open enrollment is October 15 through December 7, 2023. It is encouraged that Medicare beneficiaries do a plan comparison to assure cost effective drug coverage  Continue Reading »

October 1, 1948 • U.S. Senator Forrest Donnell and Mrs. Donnell spent Saturday afternoon and night in Fairfax as the guests of the senator’s uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.  Continue Reading »

October 1, 1948 • In a speech given here Wednesday, the Honorable Ray Weightman, judge of the circuit court, presented his own proposal for a wiser treatment of delinquent youth  Continue Reading »

October 1, 1948 • Forty-one volumes of rare, old, Rock Port newspapers in the files of the State Historical Society of Missouri are now being microfilmed. They include 16,778 pages  Continue Reading »

Thank you to the Tarkio Parks & Recreation board, the Flower Mill, Tarkio Hy-Vee, and Tarkio Police Department, as well as those who volunteered their time to make Friendship Day  Continue Reading »

Submitted by Pastor Bill Hargis, Rock Port and Watson United Methodist Churches We have just wrapped up another “Old Fashioned Saturday night.” I ate lots of good food, watched a  Continue Reading »

To help make it more convenient to be involved with Samaritan’s Purse/Operation Christmas Child 2023, the Fairfax Baptist Church has become a collection point for Northwest Missouri churches and organizations  Continue Reading »

Tarkio/Westboro/Fairfax Food Pantry The Tarkio/Westboro/Fairfax, Missouri, Food Pantry is currently low on the following items: grape juice (64 oz.), cereal, beef and chicken broth, boxed macaroni and cheese, frozen pizzas,  Continue Reading »

Betty Jane Johnson, Fairfax, Missouri, will celebrate her 95th birthday October 4. Cards may be sent to Betty at 309 North Sly Street, Fairfax, MO 64446. Family will be hosting  Continue Reading »

The Tarkio Girl Scouts toured the Tarkio Fire Station Wednesday, September 20, 2023. The girls earned their first aid badges and fireman Roger Aufenkamp showed them around the facility, explaining  Continue Reading »

Families and friends from Tarkio Presbyterian Church celebrated the season after worship on Sunday, September 24, 2023, with a trip to the Bill and Susan Slaughter farm east of Fairfax,  Continue Reading »

Pam Cline, right, Director of Respiratory Services at Community Hospital-Fairfax, was a guest of the Hospital Auxiliary at their September 21 meeting. The auxiliary had recently donated the money to  Continue Reading »