The Media

 By Emily Bontrager  The Clark County Senior Center has hired a new head cook to prepare delicious meals for their patrons. Their new head cook is Dwayne Snead.  Dwayne, 43, grew up in the area and graduated from Clark County High School in 1999. After high school, Dwayne attended Hannibal-Lagrange University.  He and his wife,…

The new reading-walking path and outdoor classroom has been completed at the Running Fox Elementary School. These new additions will help provide a safe area for the students to walk outside and learn outside.The funding for the project was raised through food fundraisers hosted by St. Francisville Masonic Lodge #588 of Wayland and a garage…

 The Clark County Fire Department was dispatched to a possible house fire Thursday morning on County Road 137 at 8:09 a.m. The report indicated there was a fire in the homeowner’s residence, and he was confined to a wheelchair.  When firefighters arrived, the west side of the home was engulfed in flames. Firefighters attempted to…

Captain Jason N. Crites, commanding officer of Troop F, announces the following promotion effective August 1, 2024.  Sergeant Joseph D. Davidson will be promoted to lieutenant and will serve as a member of the Troop F command staff.  Lieutenant Davidson was appointed to the Patrol on January 18, 2004, as a member of the 82nd…

 By Emily Bontrager  Last year, the Clark County Middle School started a School Pantry Program to help provide items to students and their families.  The School Pantry is filled with non-perishable food items, clothing, hygiene products, shoes, bags, and much more.  The non-perishable food in the pantry is provided by the Food Bank of Northeast…

 Weather permitting, beginning August 19, U.S. Route 61 is tentatively scheduled to close from just south of the Iowa State line to east of U.S. Route 136, near Alexandria in Clark County, as work begins on the initial phase of a project to raise the roadway approximately 2.5 feet on 1.3 miles of U.S. Route…

 By Emily Bontrager  The Missouri Quilt Museum is holding their annual Airing of the Quilts in Hamilton, Missouri on August 16 and 17. This event is one of the largest Airing events in the Midwest with over 800 quilts on display throughout the community.  According to missouriquiltmuseum. com, “Traditionally, throughout history, quilts were taken outside…

 Lee Greenley Jr. Memorial Research Farm Hosts 47th Annual Field Day Event  By Echo Menges  Novelty, Mo. – Aug. 1, 2024 – The 2024 annual field day event hosted by the Lee Greenly Jr. Memorial Research Farm in Novelty marked 50 years of the Northeast Missouri farm’s existence and 47 years of hosting field day…

 By Emily Bontrager  R & B Pro Detailing LLC provides detailing services for cars, trucks, SUVs, boats, trailers, ATVs, and other equipment in Kahoka, MO.  The business officially opened April 1, by father and son owners, Bob and Ronan Anderson. Bob and Ronan are from Kahoka and they started detailing cars about two years ago. …

 By Emily Bontrager  Ralph Dorrell has always been a person to lend a helping hand, but after retiring, Ralph felt a call from God to help others outside of the country.  Ralph and his wife Rosemary live in Kahoka, MO.  In 2019, Ralph decided to travel to Nicaragua on his first mission trip with Amazing…