Cougars Shut Out Clark County
By Mike Scott The 2021 Highland Cougars brought their arsenal of experienced players to Kahoka on Friday, as the Clark County Indians and Cougars opened their Clarence Cannon Conference season. The high-scoring Cougars tallied 111 points in their first two games of the season, and allowed only 14 points. The Indians had a solid win…
Read MoreMissouri Schools Must Prioritize In-Person Class. In First Weeks, Thousands Quarantined
Some districts have buckled down on testing, masks and vaccinations. Others say they are better off making such mitigation measures optional. By Tessa Weinberg And Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent Teddy Danieley was devastated. Three weeks ago tears streamed down the five-year-old’s face when he learned he couldn’t attend the first-day of school in St. Louis…
Read More35th Annual Mule Festival Is Here!
The Clark Co. Mule Festival has finally achieved its 35th anniversary. It will be held on September 16, 17, and 18, 2021. This event is held at the Clark Co. Fairgrounds outside of Kahoka, Missouri, located in the northeast corner of the state. On this week every year, this community event will entertain us…
Read MorePaul Rowe Museum Bicentennial Quilt Show To Be Held On Old Settlers
In recognition of Old Settlers Day and the Missouri 200 year anniversary of Statehood, the Paul Rowe Museum and Sever library meeting room will be open from 10-4 Saturday, September 25th. The library meeting room will hold a display of quilts including the State quilt comprised of a square for each county in Missouri and…
Read MoreOutdoors With Kevin Fox
Waterfowl Hunting Challenges When Hunting on The Road The bunch of perhaps fifteen mallards entered the north end of the perhaps thirty-acre lake. They were heading slightly towards us but their flight path would take them to the west. When we knew that we were not just wasting our breath we hit them with our…
Read MoreLady Indian Softball Roundup
Clark Co. vs. Monroe City Blair Webster gave up only a single hit in the first four innings of the Clark County Lady Indians’ home matchup against Monroe City on Tuesday, September 7. Quality fielding, including a pair of catches by shortstop Gloria Shannon, kept the Lady Panthers scoreless through four innings. Clark County got…
Read MoreMILTON NEUMANN KRUEGER
MILTON NEUMANN KRUEGER Milton Neumann Krueger, 92, of Kahoka passed away at 4:03am at Scotland County Hospital on September 13, 2021. He departed in the company of his family and loved ones. Milton Neumann Krueger was born on September 28th, 1928, at the Krueger family farm in Kahoka to Clester and Elsa Krueger. He attended…
Read MoreSTANLEY “JACK” W. EDLEN
STANLEY “JACK” W. EDLEN 1938-2021 Stanley “Jack” W. Edlen, 83 of Kahoka died Monday, September 13, 2021 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born April 4, 1938 the son of Harold and Louise Edlen. On March 5, 1960 he was united in marriage to Nancy Roller in Kahoka, MO. …
Read MoreJOHN DAVID HAMILTON
JOHN DAVID HAMILTON John David Hamilton (68), of Williamstown, passed away at 5:55pm on Friday, September 10, 2021, at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois. He was born on January 8, 1953, in St. Louis, Missouri to Benjerman Hamilton and Helen Louise Hamilton (nee Martin) John Hamilton was a very talented gunsmith who loved tinkering in…
Read MoreDOROTHY IRENE KIRCHNER (SHARG)
DOROTHY IRENE KIRCHNER Dorothy Irene Kirchner (Sharg) passed away on September 9, 2021 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Daughter of Fred Kirchner and Leotia Bell (Robertson) Kirchner, she was born in the family home on March 16, 1931 in Kahoka, Missouri. Irene was an Employee of Sylvania Electronics in Burlington, IA for a number of…
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