People & Living

Neighborhood Leadership Academy opens fall registration In-depth leadership training emphasizes community-building principles

Written on July 28, 2020

University of Missouri Extension invites Northwest Missouri residents to register for the fall 2020 Neighborhood Leadership Academy (NLA), a leadership training focused on community building principles. Created in 2002, Neighborhood  Continue Reading »

Volunteers needed at Rock Port Senior Center

Written on July 28, 2020

The Rock Port Senior Center needs volunteers for home deliveries on Thursdays. If you can spare 30 minutes every other week, please consider volunteering to help deliver meals to seniors  Continue Reading »

Planned road work

Written on July 28, 2020

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 27 – August  Continue Reading »

Additional commodities eligible for Coronavirus Food Assistance Program

Written on July 28, 2020

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue recently announced an initial list of additional commodities that have been added to the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), and that the U.S. Department  Continue Reading »

More than 1.2 million acres accepted in recent sign-up for CRP Grasslands

Written on July 28, 2020

The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) has announced the acceptance of more than 1.2 million acres in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Grasslands during the  Continue Reading »

Veggie and fruit stands popping up around the county

Written on July 28, 2020

Growers throughout Atchison County are selling their homegrown fruits and vegetables, including Brilee Slemp and Brynna Alsup in Tarkio. Be sure to stop by one of the many stands in  Continue Reading »

Chats

Written on July 21, 2020

Atchison County Health Department reported five new positive COVID-19 cases this past weekend. Dr. Aron Burke strongly recommends that everyone wear masks in public. Remember to also socially distance, wash  Continue Reading »

Old Time Notes – Atchison County Mail

Written on July 21, 2020

July 20, 1945 • There are now three persons in the community with the same name – Chas. M. Fox. The newest Chas. M. Fox resident, along with his wife,  Continue Reading »

Extra! Extra! A blast from Tarkio’s past

Written on July 21, 2020

July 27, 1945 • Harry Murphy recently contracted with the prisoner-of-war camp at Shenandoah, Iowa, to employ, for 30 days, 10 of the Germans imprisoned there. Unguarded, they have been  Continue Reading »

Formerly Forum

Written on July 21, 2020

July 27, 1945 • Charlotte, 11-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alva Taylor, who live on the M.A. Williams place, three and one-half miles southeast of Fairfax, narrowly escaped serious  Continue Reading »

Governor Parson signs Share the Harvest bill to include shelf-stable venison

Written on July 21, 2020

The Conservation Federation of Missouri’s (CFM) Share the Harvest program will expand to include shelf-stable venison in the years to come as Governor Mike Parson signed HB 1711 on Tuesday,  Continue Reading »

Letter to the editor

Written on July 21, 2020

The past few days, I have been seeing on TV the story of the woman whose husband was put into a nursing home with COVID-19. In order for her to  Continue Reading »

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