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Missourians Affected by Storm Damage Urged to Be Cautious with Food and Cooking Utensils to Avoid Illness In response to flooding across northeastern, eastern and other parts of Missouri, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) is urging residents to be extremely cautious with food and cooking utensils stored in flooded homes. Stored…

Cob here, checking in with an update and musings on life at Dancing Rabbit. We’ve certainly experienced plenty of wet recently, and extend our profound sympathy to all those upstream who have had even more. I’m from back east, where thunderstorms are usually much smaller in all respects….size, speed, intensity, and volume. It’s hard for…

The Kirksville Area Chamber of Commerce has been working with area businesses and organizations to put together an amazing celebration of our nation’s birthday. There will be events for several days, all only a short distance from home! Be sure to bring your lawn chairs and blankets, family and friends and enjoy the celebrations! The…

 Patrol Releases 2008 School Bus Inspection Statistics Colonel James F. Keathley, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the findings of the 2008 Missouri State Highway Patrol School Bus Inspection Program. This program took place from February 4 to May 9, 2008. Motor vehicle inspection teams spent 12,526 manhours to complete inspections for 12,321…

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BOND –MCCASKILL URGE PRESIDENT TO HELP  MISSOURI RECOVER FROM STORMS WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Kit Bond and Claire McCaskill today urged the President to help Missouri recover from recent storms. At the end of May, the President denied the Governor’s request for a disaster declaration. Today, the Senators sent a letter to the President…

Missouri Superdelegates Endorse  Sen. Barack Obama for President JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Tonight, Attorney General Jay Nixon, Secretary of State Robin Carnahan and Missouri Democratic Party Chairman John Temporiti announced their endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama for President. Sen. Obama, the superdelegates said, is the best candidate to bring about the change that Missouri and…

 Parents and Child Care Providers are Encouraged to Become Involved in Missouri’s Child Care Rules Missouri’s parents and child care providers are invited to share their thoughts this June in a series of focus groups that will assist the department with drafting and promulgating new rules for group homes and child care centers. The Section…

 This is Liat, here to tell you about recent happenings at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage. This past week’s forecast was predicted to bring rain almost every day, but we lucked out and only had one dark, wet day. Some people get frustrated by rainy days because they slow down building projects and many people have to…

 New report shows stroke and heart disease threaten Missourians A new report from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services provides detailed information about stroke and heart disease death and hospitalization rates for each county in Missouri from 1995 to 2005. The report, The Burden of Heart Disease and Stroke in Missouri, includes the…