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GERTH FUNERAL SERVICE TO CLOSE WYACONDA CHAPEL AFTER 108 YEARS
November 24 was the final day for one of Clark County’s oldest businesses. The funeral of Almeta Egbert was the last service from the Gerth Funeral Home’s Wyaconda chapel. Owners Fritz and Janet Gerth announced that they were closing the chapel after 108 years of serving Wyaconda and had sold the building to Travis…
Read MoreTrump named 2012 Missouri Livestock Person of the Year
Harold Trump is recognized as both an outstanding farm and livestock producer. He has lived his entire life in Clark County and was born on his Grandpa Neumann’s farm just west of Kahoka. Trump will be honored at the 2012 Missouri Livestock Symposium on December 7 when he is inducted into the Missouri Livestock…
Read MoreLocal Linemen Respond To Hurricane Sandy
By Kevin Fox “If most linemen were honest, they would admit that what they really enjoy is responding to storms and making a difference over regular maintenance work”, stated John Brennan. He continued, “Our response to the storm Sandy it was very gratifying to make that kind of difference.” Brennan along with Jack Fry, both…
Read MoreEdina Man Risks Life To Save Animals From Fire
The Edina Fire Department was called to a shed on fire at the Parrish residence north of Edina at the 3-mile corner on Highway 15 at 1:10 p.m. November 15, 2012. According to Assistant Chief Tom Morgret the department arrived to a fully engulfed sturcture and a property owner working to get his dogs out…
Read MoreKahoka Without Water Wednesday Evening
The City of Kahoka is without water this evening. According to Mayor Wayne Blum, contractors installing fiber optic cable bored into the city’s main supply line near Brett’s Auto Sales along Hwy. 136. The line carries water from the Wayland well site to Kahoka. Pointing to a row of blue flags, Blum said, “That’s where…
Read MoreReward Offered For Killing of Bald Eagle
Clark County Conservation Agent Rudd Binsbacher is currently investigating the killing of an adult American Bald Eagle that was discovered in Clark County. A passing motorist on Route H south of Kahoka noticed the bird on Thursday, November 1st, who then contacted Binsbacher. At the time, the motorist was unsure of the species of bird-only…
Read MoreIndian Title Hopes End At Blair Oaks
By David Sharp A first half defensive struggle turned after Clark County senior Logan Prewitt kicked the first Indian field goal of the season at Blair Oaks. Clark County (12-1) took a three point lead on the 34 yard field goal at the 4:12 mark of the second quarter. The seventh ranked Falcons (12-1) answered…
Read MoreOlivia Nichols Signs With William Penn University
By David Sharp A softball journey that began in the family back yard a decade or more ago took another step on November 8, 2012 in the Knox County R-I High School Conference Room. With family, friends and the 2012 Lady Eagle softball team on hand Olivia Nichols signed a National Letter of Intent to…
Read MoreContested Winners Emerge Excited To Begin Elected Positions
By Echo Menges The evening of the election, Tuesday, November 6, 2012, the hallway in the Knox County Courthouse was full of candidates, their friends and families, county officials and a handful of curious citizens awaiting the local results of the General Election from ground zero, outside the Knox County Clerk’s office. There was an…
Read MoreLocal Veterans Take Great River Honor Flights
By Echo Menges Two Korean War Veterans, Gerald Sharp and John Will Nicol, recently took a Great River Honor Flight. Both men are natives of Knox County and, like every other Honor Flight recipient this reporter has had the privilege to interview, say it was a trip of a lifetime. Gerald Sharp, 84, of…
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