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USDA Rural Development Announces $3.3 Million In Low Interest Loan And Grant Money To Fix The City’s Sewer System – Watch The Video
A special announcement was made at City Hall in Edina by the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development State Director on Thursday, April 25, 2013. The announcement was given in the presence of every City of Edina official during an event designed to coalesce with Earth Week. A story about the announcement will be featured in…
Read MoreKnox County Swimming Pool Trying To Stay Afloat
By Echo Menges On Monday, April 8, 2013, the Edina City Council, during their monthly council meeting, were posed with the question of what to do about the swimming pool’s overdue balance for water owed to the city from last summer, which was implied as being considerable. It was also implied that considerable balances were…
Read MoreUS 61 at Alexandria in Clark County Closed Due to Water Over the Road
US 61 at Alexandria in Clark County Closed Due to Water Over the Road MACON – Thursday, April 18, MoDOT has temporarily closed US 61 at Alexandria in Clark County due to water over the road.A marked detour is in place to advise motorists of the road closure and alternate routes.MoDOT reminds motorists that it is dangerous to…
Read MoreNortheast Missouri Flood Safety Reminders For Motorists
HANNIBAL – With heavy rains predicted for Wednesday and Thursday, April 17 and 18, many northeast Missouri ditches, streams and smaller rivers could flood causing roads to be impassable. Since the rapidly moving water rises and falls quickly during flash flooding, MoDOT reminds motorists it is dangerous to drive into water-covered roads. If you’re driving…
Read MoreClark County Prom 2013 Photo Gallery
Clark County Prom Cruise and Dinner Photo Gallery
Prosecutor Seeking Death Penalty In Kaser Murder Case
According to the Randolph County Prosecutor, Mike Fusselman, a notice was filed at the Randolph County Courthouse Friday, April 12, 2013, seeking the death penalty in the case against Jeffrey Jay Nichols, 22, of Moberly and Christopher Demond Lewis, 18, of Macon. The two men are accused of murdering Edina native Carmelita Kaser, 92, of…
Read MoreU.S. Senator Roy Blunt, State Senator Brian Munzlinger and State Rep. Craig Redmon Tour NEMO
U.S. Senator Roy Blunt, State Representative Craig Redmon and State Senator Brian Munzlinger visited nine counties in Northeast Missouri on Sunday, April 7, 2013. The group stopped at Cardwell Lumber near Novelty in Knox County. It was their last stop of the trip. The group visited with Junior and Mark Cardwell about the way their…
Read MoreA Common Thread – Knox County Kut-Ups Quilt Club
By Echo Menges Once a month a group of women gather in the basement of the United Methodist Church in Edina. A common thread brings them together, which is their love of quilting. They are the Knox County Kut-Ups Quilting Club and they come from Knox, Lewis, Marion, Macon and Adair counties. “When I first…
Read MoreThe System Let Us Down – Kaser Murder Update
By Echo Menges Jeffrey Jay Nichols, 22, of Moberly, who, along with Christopher Demond Lewis, 18, of Macon, stands accused of Murder in the First Degree of Edina native Carmelita Kaser, 92, of Moberly on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013, was a new addition to the community he was living in. “We imported our problem…
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