More than seventy three percent of registered Clark County voters performed their civic duty and voted in last Tuesday’s general election. There were only two contested local races on the ballot. For Western District Commissioner, Joe Humes (R) defeated former a commissioner, Democrat Paul Brotherton, by a 1309-971 margin.  In the County Assessor’s race, Republican…

“Having insurance is not equivalent to getting health care,” said Dr. Randy Tobler, Chief Executive Officer of Scotland County Hospital.  “What a lot of people are doing now is self-rationing,” added Tobler. He explained that high co-pays, high deductibles, co-insurance, all on top of high premiums forces people to make a choice.  “They realize that…

Girls  4th-Grace Buschling-20:18.40  59th-Cady St. Clair- 23:34.00  94th-Mia Johnson- 24:32.10  109th-Delana Hess-25:18.40  115th-Peyton Franke-25.28.7  As a team, the Lady Indians place seventh in their first ever state appearance.  Boys  45th-Ethan Nelson-18:07.60 

 Covid-19 is hitting the Clark County R-1 school district. Hard.  “We thought we’d get here,” said Superintendent Dr. Ritchie Kracht.  On Wednesday, Kracht called an emergency meeting of the CCR-1 school board to discuss what steps to take.  As of 5:30pm Wednesday evening, the district had 170 students and 11 staff members in quarantine. Nine…

A Keokuk man was arrested Tuesday night, following a weekend incident which resulted in law enforcement officials asking for the public’s help to locate him. Trenton Kindhart, 31, of Keokuk was taken into custody on two felony warrants at 10:04pm Tuesday night, in downtown Kahoka.  Early Sunday morning, Kindhart is alleged to have forced his…