People & Living

The 84th annual membership meeting of the Atchison-Holt Electric Cooperative will be held Thursday, July 28, 2022, at the Rock Port High School Gymnasium. Registration will be from 5:00 to  Continue Reading »

Be sure to vote Tuesday, August 2. WCF SOF School supply lists are in this week’s issue. It’s hard to believe school will be starting in a few weeks! WCF  Continue Reading »

August 1, 1947 • Rock Port citizens will have the opportunity to vote on a $135,000 bond issue which will be used for revamping and rebuilding the city’s waterworks system.  Continue Reading »

August 1, 1947 • W. B. Munn and J. B. Shaum, Jr., recently purchased from Dr. C. L. Barnard the office formerly occupied by the Production Credit and yesterday moved  Continue Reading »

August 1, 1947 • The Wayside Inn is advertising a dance, both round and square dancing, to be held Thursday, July 31. • About 150 persons from Fairfax, Tarkio, Craig  Continue Reading »

The Tarkio Rotary Club welcomed city council woman Blu Dow to the club’s July 19, 2022, meeting as the guest speaker for the day. She shared the plans for improvements  Continue Reading »

  Iris Seaman, top, and Devin Preston, above, will instruct a physical theater workshop for students.   Southwest Iowa Theatre Group will host a physical theater workshop for students August  Continue Reading »

In 1923, during the annual Old Soldiers Reunion being held in Sidney, Iowa, Henry and Earl Tackett offered to furnish some entertainment with a real rodeo. Model T cars, buggies  Continue Reading »

The Brownville Concert Series will present Amra-Faye Wright in “Sittin’ On Top Of The World.” The show is a wry look at her fortuitous career as a femme fatale. It’s  Continue Reading »

Lauren Johnson, top, will be singing Patsy Cline tunes in a special musical performance sponsored by the Mule Barn Theatre Guild. Donovan Jones, above, will be playing the piano.    Continue Reading »

Rock Port Food Pantry The Rock Port Food Pantry is low on the following items: sugar, peanut butter, jelly, crackers, beef stew, cake mixes, icing, brownie mix, and laundry soap.  Continue Reading »

By Missouri state law, the sales tax holiday begins on the first Friday in August and continues through the following Sunday. Certain back-to-school purchases, such as clothing, school supplies, computers,  Continue Reading »