Registration for grades K-12 at Rock Port R-II Schools will be Monday, August 17, and Tuesday, August 18. All elementary students grades K-5 will need to register in the school cafeteria on Monday, August 17, and Tuesday, August 18, 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Parents will need to fill out registration forms, health and lunch Continue Reading »
The 60th annual Fairfax Fair will be held Friday through Sunday, August 21-23, 2026, in the Fairfax City Park. The annual event is sponsored by the Fairfax Optimist Club. This year’s theme is “Celebrate America.” Booths will be open in the park Friday evening and all day Saturday with games, food, merchandise and homemade wares, Continue Reading »
The University of Missouri Graves-Chapple Extension and Education Center will showcase research and technological improvements at its field day Tuesday, August 25, 2026. The event is free and open to the public. Recent investments have strengthened the center’s ability to conduct research and deliver educational programming that supports producers and communities throughout the region, said Continue Reading »
All boys and girls and their parent(s)/guardian(s) are welcome to attend the Pack 88 meeting to learn more about scouting Wednesday, August 26, at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be at the Tarkio Library, 405 S. 11th Street, Tarkio, Missouri. The troop meeting for sixth grade and above will be at the same time and Continue Reading »
The Tarkio Parks & Recreation Board is hosting its last Chews & Cruise night this year on Friday, August 28. Starting at 5:00 p.m., cruise up and down Main Street and enjoy some tasty treats at several food trucks, including The Enchilada Lady, Mother Talisa’s Woodfired Pizza, Stillwell’s Outdoor Krazy Korn, Hot-Diggity Dogs, and Curbside Continue Reading »
The RPHS 70’s & 80’s Reunion “End of Summer Bash” will be held on Saturday, August 29, 2026, at the Atchison County Memorial Building in Rock Port. A social gathering for all who attended or graduated from Rock Port High School in the 1970s and 1980s will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Former coaches, Continue Reading »
Michael Forsberg is an accomplished photographer, conservationist, author, and filmmaker who has been perfecting his craft for 30 years. He is a Nebraskan and has many journeys and stories throughout the Great Plains. Peru State College and the PSC Foundation will be hosting Forsberg Thursday, September 3, in the college’s Performing Arts Center. The event Continue Reading »
The 2026 T.M. Wharton Blue Jay Classic will be held Sunday, September 6, at the Rock Port Golf & Country Club. The Blue Jay Classic Golf tournament began in 2010. In 2014, the tournament was renamed to remember a beloved Blue Jay, T.M. Wharton. The four-person scramble is a fundraiser for the Rock Port High Continue Reading »
The Brownville Concert Series will welcome acclaimed American oboist, Robert Walters, in concert Sunday, September 13. Walters is a native of Los Angeles, raised in Lincoln, Nebraska, and is a professor of oboe and English horn at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. The show will begin at 2:00 p.m. Sponsors are John and Mary Lauber. Continue Reading »