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JENNIFER MARIE PRIVIA

JENNIFER MARIE PRIVIA Jennifer Marie Privia, 47, of Kahoka, Missouri, passed away at 2:20pm, on Thursday, June 16, 2022, at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, with her family by her side. Jennifer was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on March 2, 1975, to Bernard and Nancy (Fong) Hegstrom. On October 2nd, 2010, Jen married James “Matt”…

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JAMES “JIM” P. HOUSTON

JAMES “JIM” P. HOUSTON James “Jim” P. Houston, 73, of Kahoka died Monday, June 13, 2022 at Hannibal Regional Medical Center in Hannibal, MO. He was born on March 17, 1949 in Keokuk, IA the son of Tillman Houston and Treasure Penrod Waltman. Jim graduated from Clark County High School with the Class of 1967.…

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Kahoka Sets New Electric Rates

Large Commercial Customers To Feel Brunt of 17 Percent Increase By Mike Scott Large volume electric customers in Kahoka will see an electric rate increase of over 17 percent starting in July, while average users will see a much more modest 6.66 percent increase. The smallest users, those using less than 2000 kilowatt hours per…

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Historical Restoration at St. Patrick Cemetery

By Emily Bontrager The St. Patrick Cemetery Association started a Capital Campaign project on May 1, 2022, to raise money to reset, repair, and clean around 200 gravestones in the St. Patrick Cemetery. The seven-acre property has around 1,400 gravestones and it is located behind the Shrine of St. Patrick in St. Patrick, Missouri. The…

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Plenge Named A Preliminary Winner

Preliminary Winners Announced MEXICO, Mo.- Preliminary competition in the Miss Missouri’s Outstanding Teen Pageant continued Thursday evening at Missouri Military Academy in Mexico, just one night before the next Miss Missouri’s Outstanding Teen will be crowned. Miss Missouri’s Outstanding Teen candidates were divided into two competition groups: the crown group and the sash group.  Members…

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QUILTS OF VALOR Presented on Flag Day

During the Flag Day celebration in Kahoka on Tuesday, June 14, members of the Sewcial Quilt Club presented five local veterans with Quilts of Valor. Guy Spence decided to join the United States Navy as a young man, but first he had to prove he had been born. Due to weighing only 3 pounds at…

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Kahoka Downtown Sidewalk Project “Hopeful” for 2022

By Mike Scott MECO engineer Brian Martin was on hand during the Monday, June 13 city council meeting in Kahoka.  Martin presented an overview of the construction plans, which call for new sidewalk on the north side of West Main Street from Morgan to Johnson Street, then north on the west side of Johnson Street…

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Kahoka Native Competes For Miss Missouri Crown

MEXICO, MISSOURI – Miss Missouri candidates from across the state, their pageant directors and families traveled to the heart of Missouri June 12 to kick off a week filled with rehearsals, talent performances, interviews, and evening gowns at Missouri Military Academy. The group includes Miss Clark County Calissa Cormier. She is a biology graduate of…

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