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By Mike Scott Kahoka Cable TV customers will get some sticker shock on their next bill, as the Kahoka Board of Aldermen voted unanimously to raise rates effective January, and again for most customers in July. At a special meeting of the council, held Thursday, December 17, the board discussed the rates. “We have to…

HANNIBAL – Due to health and safety concerns, the roadside park known as Mound Park just south of Wayland in Clark County will officially close to vehicles this week. “To preserve the integrity of the Indian burial mounds and to preserve our employee’s health and safety, we have to eliminate use of this roadside park,”…

The Peace Light from Bethlehem has arrived in Kahoka. Each year, a child from Upper Austria fetches the light from the Eternal Flame from the Nativity Grotto in Bethlehem where Jesus was born. These oil lamps have reportedly burned for more than 1,000 years. The light is then flown to Austria from where it is…

According to Edina Police Chief Kelly Hayes the baby Jesus figure in the Citizens Bank of Edina Nativity has been stolen – again. The figure was taken sometime overnight on Saturday, December 19, 2015, after 8:00 p.m. Last November the Jesus figure was stolen for the first time from the bank’s parking area. The Nativity…

Clark County Sheriff’s Office  Press Release On December 4th, 2015, at approximately 8 o’clock pm, the Clark County Sheriff’s Office, assisted by North Missouri Drug Task Force, Missouri State Highway Patrol, and the Kahoka Police Department, executed three search warrants throughout Clark County, within minutes of each other and seized illegal drugs and made several arrests. First location, 160 Walnut Street, Kahoka, Clark County, Missouri, Deanna…

According to court documents, on Monday, December 7, 2015 a search warrant was served at a Clark County residence, 337 East Main Street in Kahoka, MO, at approximately 5:30 p.m. According to Clark County Sheriff Paul Gaudette, the search warrant was executed by the CCSO and members of the North Missouri Drug Task Force. According…

According to court documents, Desi M. Jackson, 36, of LaGrange, MO, has been arrested and charged with three counts of statutory rape in the second degree and three counts of statutory sodomy in the second degree. Each charge is a Class C felony. The charges were filed against Jackson by Assistant Lewis County Prosecutor Corey…

Over the last week some Edina residents have reported toilet water eruptions and sewer gas in their homes. The reports came after new sewer main clean-out work began, which is part of the city’s massive sewer project. “When they push water up through the line it creates a vacuum, which will sometimes suck traps dry…

According to Rev. Sam Smith of the United Methodist Church Parish office in Edina, The Clothes Closet, which is an Edina thrift store supported by the United Methodist Church, no evidence of bedbugs has been found in the building. The Clothes Closet was professionally inspected by Reliable Pest Solutions out of Hannibal, MO, on Monday, December…