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Phillips Wins Math Club Spaghetti Bridge Contest
Middle school students tested their engineering skills during the Math Club’s Spaghetti Bridge Contest held March 4, 2026. Students spent the past two months designing and building bridges made primarily from spaghetti in preparation for the competition. The goal was to create a bridge capable of holding the greatest amount of weight while meeting strict…
Read MoreFrozen in Glass: Why These Images Matter
Every once in a while, something crosses your desk that reminds you why preserving local history matters. For me, lately, that has been the growing collection of historic glass negatives we’ve been sharing through our Historic Images Frozen in Glass project. I’ll be honest — when we first started scanning these fragile pieces of photographic…
Read MoreKahoka’s Pauly Hospital and the Remarkable Doctor Behind It
By Emily Bontrager For decades, a tall brick building on West Main Street stood as one of Kahoka’s most recognizable medical landmarks — the Dr. W. F. Pauly Hospital. Though many residents later remember it as an apartment building, the structure originally served as a full-service hospital built and operated by one of the community’s…
Read MoreHoning Skills and Shaping Wood: A Local Craftsman’s Journey
By Emily Bontrager National Craft Month is celebrated every March to highlight crafters’ creativity and craftsmanship. Whether a person creates woodworking projects, quilts, sews, or scrapbooks, there are many ways to showcase a person’s crafting skills. For Chris Smith of Kahoka, MO, woodworking isn’t just a pastime; it’s a lifelong skill that began in high…
Read MoreOutdoors With Kevin Fox: Early Spring Bank Fishing
I’ve been getting ready for spring for the past couple of weeks, and about the time I think it’s here, that stupid groundhog has to flex his forecast muscle and prove he was correct about six more weeks of winter. I was talking with family in South Carolina recently and told them I like the…
Read MoreSchools Could Soon Be The Ones Being Graded
By Brandon Lorenz and Emerson Smith, Missouri News Network JEFFERSON CITY — A bill passed by the state House on Thursday would create a standardized grading system that would be used to grade the schools themselves. House Bill 2710, sponsored by Rep. Dane Diehl, R-Butler, would grade all public and charter schools and their districts…
Read MoreKahoka Man Charged in Stabbing Incident
A Kahoka man has been charged with two felonies following a stabbing early Friday morning in Clark County. According to documents filed March 6 in Clark County Associate Circuit Court, Sean Biller has been charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action in connection with the incident. The case is filed under Case No. 26CK-CR00030.…
Read MoreTax Changes To Senior Income, Car Loan Interest For 2025–28
COLUMBIA, Mo. — New federal tax changes will affect some seniors and car buyers beginning in the 2025 tax year, providing potential deductions on income for seniors and certain vehicle purchases, according to Andrew Zumwalt, director of the University of Missouri’s Personal Financial Planning program. Deduction for filers 65 and older For taxpayers age 65…
Read MoreHorton Takes Helm of Clark County Baseball
The Clark County R-1 School District has announced the promotion of Ethan Horton as the new Head Varsity Baseball Coach. Horton has served as an assistant coach in the program for the past five seasons and brings more than a decade of coaching experience within Clark County athletics. He has volunteered in various capacities for…
Read MoreMildred Syferd
Mildred Beatrice “Millie” Syferd, age 96, of Fayette, MO, formerly of Macon, MO, passed away February 25, 2026, and is now in the presence of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She was born April 4, 1929, on the farm in Clark City, MO, daughter of Willis Oscar Mooney and Martha Beatrice Eagon. She began…
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