Month: July

DNR awards $62,500 grant to Skidmore’s wastewater system improvements

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has awarded a $62,500 Clean Water Engineering Report Grant to the city of Skidmore to evaluate the city’s wastewater system. The grant offers funding to qualified communities to help cover engineering costs for evaluating water and wastewater system improvements. Skidmore will use the grant to identify wastewater system improvements

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2 NWMO projects receive Show-Me Entrepreneurial Grants for Agriculture

The Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority (MASBDA) announced that 28 projects will receive funding through the Show-Me Entrepreneurial Grants for Agriculture (SEGA) program. The competitive grant program will provide nearly $4 million to Missouri farmers, small businesses and higher education institutions to add value to agricultural products or provide educational opportunities to those

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Motorcycle group announces July rides

Freedom of Road Riders® Local 26 announced the group’s July “Eat ‘n Rides” which leave at 6 pm, Tuesdays, from Break Time, 1517 East First Street, Maryville. All motorcyclists are invited. The rides are July 18, Wild Bills, Rulo, NE, and July 25, Toot Toots, Bethany.

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New adult program starts at library

“Blind Date with a Book” is starting at 9 am, Monday, July 17 at the Maryville Public Library, 509 North Main Street. Ages 18+ are invited to stop by the library adult section to check out a mystery gift-wrapped book. Readers will have the opportunity to rate their “date.” Program is free, but require an

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Barnard city residents have August election

The leaders of the City of Barnard have placed on the August 8 Special Election Ballot a sales tax question for the residents-voters of the town. The ballot question reads, “Shall the general city sales tax ordinance described as follows, be approved? Ordinance No. 301, imposing a city sales tax for general municipal purposes at

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AL holds pancake breakfast in Conception Jct.

American Legion Post 464, Conception Jct., will host a pancake breakfast from 7 to 11 am, Sunday, July 16 at the AL Post. The menu is pancakes, sausage, eggs, biscuits and gravy, juice and coffee. There is a $10 minimum donation per person; children age six and under are free. Proceeds will go to various

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Missouri Job Center-Maryville temporarily closed

The Missouri Job Center-Maryville is temporarily closed while contracted services transition to a new provider. The Northwest Missouri Regional Council of Governments’ contract for operating the WIOA Adult and Dislocated Services programs ended June 30, and the new contract for these services is now under the auspices of St. Joseph Youth Alliance as of July

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MLB All-Stars Players, 2014-2023

The 93rd Annual Major League Baseball (MLB) All-Star game was held Tuesday, July 11th in Seattle, WA. This week’s map of Major League Baseball All-Star Players over the past ten years (total of 362 players) is based upon where the players attended high school.  States in the South and West are the leading per capita

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