People & Living

East Atchison’s Natalie Hedlund, KMALand Missouri Volleyball Player of the Year, and Coach Madison Hagey, the first Missouri coach to be named KMAland Volleyball Coach of the Year, spoke at  Continue Reading »

University of Missouri Extension will host free farm tax workshops in December to update farmers and ranchers on farm and individual tax filings. MU Extension agriculture business specialist Mary Sobba  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 November 28 – December  Continue Reading »

From December through February, Missouri’s winter eagle watching is spectacular. Discover nature with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) through Eagle Days events around the state or enjoy watching bald  Continue Reading »

The annual Holiday Arts and Crafts Show will be held Saturday and Sunday, December 3-4, at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs. The show is billed as one of Iowa’s  Continue Reading »

Every year, Dollar General in Tarkio puts up a box next to the register sweetly decorated in Christmas wrapping paper asking people to donate toys for tots.  These toys are  Continue Reading »

Everyone is encouraged to get in the Christmas spirit and join in the fun in Tarkio Saturday, December 17, for the Live Nativity and Christmas Light Parade. The Live Nativity  Continue Reading »

The Watson school as it exists today, as an apartment complex. (Submitted photo)     By Matthew Barnes A school had been in operation at the old town of Sonora  Continue Reading »

Cover crops increase soil organic matter, improve soil health, reduce erosion, suppress weed growth, conserve moisture, and scavenge soil nitrogen. Care should be taken to in selecting which specie or  Continue Reading »

The Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges recently approved two new graduate degree programs for Peru State College. The two new programs are included as focus areas in  Continue Reading »

Atchison County’s Lucky Clover 4-Hers recently spent an evening making napkin rings and place mats for the Pleasant View Nursing Home’s Thanksgiving dinner in Rock Port. (Dixie Teten photos)

Dorothie “Pat” Seymour, age 94, of Fairfax, won the Kiwanis Club basket that was raffled at the Fairfax Fair last summer. The basket included tickets to a Kansas City Chiefs  Continue Reading »