People & Living

The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has planned in Atchison County for the week of June 27 through  Continue Reading »

Northwest Missouri Enterprise Facilitation (NWMEF) has hired Adam Summers as their new Enterprise Facilitator. Summers is replacing former Enterprise Facilitator Keli Morris. Summers is a 2018 graduate of William Woods  Continue Reading »

Tarkio Rehabilitation and Health Care’s Fun and Fireworks Friday, June 24, 2022, included many fun-filled games, as well as delicious food. Cate Crawford watches the Tarkio Volunteer Firemen shoot off  Continue Reading »

Submitted by Beverly Clinkingbeard Here we are, celebrating the birth of our United States of America. We do so with fireworks, parades, picnics and whatever a family tradition is. Fourth  Continue Reading »

Doug and Mary Palmer, former residents of Rock Port, Missouri, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on July 2, 2022. Their children, Dan Palmer and Jennifer Turgeon, welcome you to  Continue Reading »

Peru State College and its president, Dr. Michael Evans, granted degrees to 192 undergraduates on Saturday, May 7, 2022, in the Al Wheeler Activity Center on the campus of the  Continue Reading »

The Rock Port Park Board met Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. at the Rock Port City Park. Members present were Tisha Jackson, Jill Lager, Tawni Ellis, Jennifer Geib,  Continue Reading »

Brooks Hurst was the guest speaker at the June 21, 2022, meeting of the Tarkio Rotary Club. He shared with the Rotarians information about the fly-in to be held on  Continue Reading »

Tarkio/Westboro/Fairfax Food Pantry The Tarkio/Westboro/Fairfax, Missouri, Food Pantry is currently low on the following items: tomato juice (64 oz.), saltine crackers, cereal, cake mixes (chocolate or white), beef and chicken  Continue Reading »

The Tarkio Food Pantry and Rock Port Food Pantry worked together with Community Services, Inc. to host a county-wide food drive for the youth who are home from school for  Continue Reading »

  The Tarkio Branch of the Atchison County Library recently received several wonderful donations in memory of Ellen Driskell. Three books on cro-cheting and one on recipes and tips on  Continue Reading »

Hailey Morton of Tarkio, Missouri, is pleased to announce the birth of her baby girl, Gianinna Iyanna Morton. She was born at 3:55 a.m. Monday, June 20, 2022, at Community  Continue Reading »