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COLUMBIA, Mo. – With spring and warmer weather soon drawing children outdoors, it is a good time for farmers and rural landowners to check abandoned wells. “There are an estimated 150,000 to 300,000 of these wells in Missouri. If left unplugged, these are a physical threat to children and a potential source of groundwater contamination,”…

MU Extension workshop offers teens chance to hone video skills, raise awareness of impact of deployment on peers   COLUMBIA, Mo. – Teens who want to learn about video production should plan to attend 3…2…1 Action! ? a University of Missouri Extension workshop, April 18 through 20, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Knob Noster. Teens…

Last spring’s freeze means fruit growers must prune more, split fertilizer applications COLUMBIA, Mo. – The unprecedented freeze of spring 2007 will affect fruit harvested this year, requiring more pruning and multiple fertilizer applications, said a University of Missouri fruit specialist. “When temperatures plummeted in April after a very warm March, many growers had already…

Seeding legumes in pastures cuts nitrogen cost,boosts livestock performance, MU specialist says COLUMBIA, Mo. – High-priced nitrogen has livestock producers worried about the cost of fertilizing their pastures, said a University of Missouri Extension forage specialist. “There are cost-saving alternatives that improve grazing for livestock,” said Rob Kallenbach, Columbia. “Overseeding legumes into grass pastures now…

By Mike Scott Clark County voters turned out in good numbers for the Tuesday, February 5 presidential primary election.Twenty-eight and a half percent of Clark County’s registered voters went to the polls Tuesday.“That’s about twice what I expected,” Clark County Clerk Leih Ann Hayden said.  The turnout is about twice that of the 2004 primary.On…

Two people died as the result of a two vehicle accident on Highway 136 near Alexandria on Friday evening, February 8.According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Albert Bosshart, 50, of Kirksville, was westbound on Hwy. 136 3 1/2 miles west of Alexandria.Bosshart crossed the center line and struck Kimberly Cecil, 49,  of Keokuk head-on.Cecil…

In response to concerns brought about after the January Kahoka Council meeting, City Attorney Rick Roberts clarified the city’s ordinances on discharging weapons in the city of Kahoka.“We have a considerable amount of coverage limiting the  use of weapons,” Roberts told the council.City Ordinances 210 and 250 mirror Missouri Statute RSMo 571.030, which limits the…

Four Kahoka Cemetery Board members resigned in protest of action taken last month by the Kahoka Board of Aldermen to limit decorations at Kahoka’s Cemetery.

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Late winter seeding through February can help give your lawn a head start come spring, said a University of Missouri turfgrass scientist.