People & Living

Tarkio Girl Scouts held their meetings at Farmers State Bank all year and wanted to improve the surroundings for the workers at the bank and those who rent the room.  Continue Reading »

The Board of Directors for the Tarkio Rotary Club for 2021-2022 are, from left to right, Brad Mathers, Gary Riley, Don White, Anita Sutter, Bob Koch, Dean Sparks, Dave Hoffman,  Continue Reading »

Girl Scouts donated a cookie tray to the Rock Port Fire Department. Pictured above, from left to right, are: front row – Portia, Taylor, and Joci; and back row –  Continue Reading »

Lane Wyatt Riley Lane Wyatt Riley was born on May 13, 2021, in Shenandoah, Iowa. Lane weighed nine pounds and was 21 inches long. Lane is the son of Justin  Continue Reading »

The Missouri Freedom Quilters of Atchison County, representing Quilts of Valor, presented a quilt of valor to Jim Morrison of Tarkio Friday, July 9, at the Legion building in Tarkio.  Continue Reading »

Submitted by Pastor Donna Clark Fuller, Rock Port and Watson United Methodist Churches “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in  Continue Reading »

StarGuard Elite, a company which does on-site unannounced audits, visited the Rock Port pool last week. During the sight audit they observed the lifeguards in action, management, ran skill and  Continue Reading »

Looking for some outdoor fun for your family and school-aged children this summer? Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge is offering Summer Junior Naturalist Programs with area naturalists. The summer is quickly  Continue Reading »

July 12, 1946 • Garry, three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Parshall of east of Fairfax is recovering from an operation which was necessitated by the lodging of a  Continue Reading »

July 12, 1946 • The 17th child was born Sunday night to Mr. and Mrs. Tom McCall. The 10 pound baby girl was born at the McCall home on the  Continue Reading »

July 12, 1946 • The large flume which highway department workmen have been building just south of the Rock Port depot has been completed and operations are proceeding to fill  Continue Reading »

Ethan Hunter, left, of Rock Port and Hunter Bolin, right, of Rock Port earned some extra summer spending money by selling baseball and other cards at the corner of 4th  Continue Reading »