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By Emilie Rumble The Knox County Community will once again hear the Country Christian and Gospel music of Nashville recording artist, Tim “Montana” Morss, on Friday evening, June 22, 2017 from 5-7 p.m., when he fills the Knox County Courtyard with guitar music and the songs he has written and recorded. Morss performed on Sunday…

Knox County was inducted as a Work Ready Community at the Knox County High School Gymnasium on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. Watch the video of the ceremony below. The following information about Work Ready Communities was provided by ACT Work Ready Communities: ACT Work Ready Communities (WRC) empowers states, regions and counties with data, processes…

It’s a common, and sometimes frustrating sight in rural areas. Large, slow-moving farm equipment can cause problems on our roads. The MSHP offers advice to help drivers and farmers reach their destinations safely. By Mike Scott It happened to me just a few days ago. I was driving westbound on Hwy. 136, but it could…

The City of Kahoka is getting out of the cable TV and internet business. In closed session at the end of their regular board meeting on Monday, June 11, the Board of Aldermen discussed a proposal from MidAtlanticBroadband of Chantilly, Virginia to acquire the city-owned cable and internet system. The company currently provides service in…

 Two men were injured in a crash involving a John Deere tractor and a 4-door sedan on State Route O just south of the Highway 6 junction at approximately 4:30 p.m. According to the first bystander to arrive on the scene of the crash, both drivers were out of their vehicles, conscious and talking.…

 A box truck was demolished after crashing into dense woods in rural Knox County. The driver walked away. Michael L. Wolfe, 32, of Newton, IA was not injured in a crash in western Knox County on Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at around noon. Wolfe was northbound on Highway 11 approximately 1.5 miles east of…

The City of Kahoka is getting out of the cable TV and internet business.  In closed session at the end of their regular board meeting, the Board of Aldermen discussed a proposal from MidAtlanticBroadband of Chantilly, Virginia to acquire the city-owned cable and internet system.  The company currently provides service in Potosi and Canton, Missouri.…

On Friday afternoon, June 8, a BNSF freight train derailed approximately a half-mile southwest of Medill, Missouri, in Clark County. Fortunately, there were no injuries reported, although there was a small grass fire near the derailment. Local farmer Bill Schutte heard the noise of the derailment, and went outside his house, which sits about a…

A 40-year-old Wayland man died of injuries received in a two-vehicle accident Thursday evening. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Jerry Kinkeade was driving a 2007 Kia Spectra eastbound on Hwy. 136 about two miles west of Wayland. Kinkeade crossed the center line and collided with a 2017 Buick Enclave driven by Diana Elam,…