AREA NEWS

Ominous-looking skies and the threat of rain didn’t stop over 250 people from attending the Third Annual Lewis County Conservation and Wildlife Field Day which was held Saturday at Deer Ridge Conservation Area in Lewis County, Missouri.

Weather permitting, beginning Monday, June 4, MoDOT and its contractor will begin resurfacing approximately 12 miles of Route B from Route 61 just north of Canton to just south of LaGrange.

Memorial Day weekend officially kicked off the beginning of summer and opened the door to all sorts of outdoor activities like backyard barbecues, hiking, trail rides and camping. Unfortunately, some uninvited company may be tagging along on those adventures – ticks and chiggers.

Captain John W.  Elliott, commanding officer of Troop B, Macon, announces the Memorial Day weekend traffic crash and enforcement totals for the Troop B area, which consists of the 16 northeast counties of Missouri.  The enforcement operations included All American Buckle Up Week and the (C.A.R.E.) Combined Accident Reduction Effort.  

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia have been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to study low-pressure hydrogen storage. The grant is part of a DOE hydrogen fuel initiative that gave $11.2 million to 13 projects across the United States.

Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns has appointed Everett Forkner of Richards, Mo. to serve a three-year term on the 15-member National Pork Board. Forkner will begin his term on July 1. He and four other pork producers from across the U.S. were chosen from among eight pork producers nominated and ranked by the National Pork Act Delegate Body during its annual meeting in March.

Please mark your calendars for Friday, June 22nd from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.  The Chamber will be hosting an open house

Mississippi Valley BioEnergy, LLC today announced that it plans to build a large ethanol plant in Northeastern Missouri. The 100 million gallon per year dry-mill production facility would be located near West Quincy, where MVBE has secured two options to purchase approximately 285 acres along the Mississippi River just south of Highway 24.

Buckling up only takes seconds, but these seconds could save your life in a traffic crash.

HANNIBAL – As the flowers begin blooming on Missouri roadsides, the first sure sign of spring is the litter that can be seen along the highways.  Thoughtless and illegal, littering yields a heavy burden of trash along highway throughout Missouri.  MoDOT’s Adopt-A-Highway program, consisting of more than 3,700 groups statewide, are area residents, businesses and civic organizations who have volunteered to help rid the landscape of this eyesore.     

  Besides volunteers, some of the local judicial systems have recently started requiring lawbreakers to perform a specified number of hours of unpaid labor picking up trash along roadways.   "People just pitch unwanted things out the window of their car, having forgotten that littering is against the law," Shulse added.  The program teaches everyone to respect the land and our roadways.