People & Living

Northwest Missouri State University hosted the fifth Agrivision Equipment Group Precision Agriculture Summer Academy, which gave 24 high school students and 12 agricultural educators an opportunity to work with state-of-the-art  Continue Reading »

August 2, 1946 • Primary Election ballots to be used in next Tuesday’s voting will be different from any used before in Missouri in a primary, due to a new  Continue Reading »

August 2, 1946 • The carnival grounds and city parks were sprayed this week with DDT, as were many privately owned lawns throughout Tarkio, in an effort to do away  Continue Reading »

August 2, 1946 • When the mechanical ditch digger, which is operating in the south part of town making a sewer ditch, opened an excavation on one of the sloping  Continue Reading »

Landowners lease roughly 35% of Missouri crop, pasture, and woodland acreage to renters every year. Rented acreage has increased in recent years as more land has transitioned to the next  Continue Reading »

A soybean field day will be held Wednesday, July 28, at Ferguson Farms located 6547 SE Pickett Road at the east edge of St. Joseph. Registration will begin at 8:30  Continue Reading »

Missouri’s Silver Haired Legislature (SHL) was founded in 1973, the first in the nation after the Older Americans Act was amended to include advocacy groups. The SHL is composed of  Continue Reading »

Caleb Z. Vandevere, 27, Tarkio, Missouri, sustained minor injuries in a one-vehicle accident July 15, 2021. Vandevere was westbound on U.S. Hwy. 136 at 12:15 a.m. east of S Avenue,  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 July 19 – 25.  Continue Reading »

OATS Transit is open for regular transportation service. Face masks are still required on the bus due to COVID-19. OATS Transit follows Federal Transit Administration requirements, which means face masks  Continue Reading »

Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri, awarded 2,954 degrees to students in spring 2021. The commencement ceremonies took place May 13-14, 2021, at JQH Arena. The following local students earned degrees:  Continue Reading »

Members of Community Hospital-Fairfax Auxiliary have awarded two $500 scholarships for the coming fall semester to two students enrolled in a medical field at their chosen colleges. Tacy Renea Mitchell,  Continue Reading »