By Kevin Fox On Thursday, September 21, the Battle of Athens State Historic Site and Iliniwek Village State Historic Site held a public meeting at the Battle of Athens State Historic Site. It would turn out to be a most bizarre evening.  Appoximately 40 people were present at  the meeting, which began with introductions by…

After more than a decade-long hiatus, the Miss Clark County Pageant will be returning to Kahoka on February 17, 2018, in the Clark County Middle School gym. The Miss Clark County Pageant will be a preliminary for the Miss Missouri Pageant, and is part of the Miss America Scholarship Pageant program Three young ladies will…

  By Mike Scott Missouri’s 6th District Congressman Sam Graves toured Lock and Dam 20 at Canton on Friday, August 25. Grave serves on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Graves’ tour of the 2369-foot long dam, with its 110×600 lock, was led by LD 20 Lockmaster Jim McDaniel and Rock Island District Chief of Locks…

Several nursing home district representatives in Northeast Missouri sat down with state legislators to discuss their concerns after a sweeping cut to Medicaid was put into effect earlier this month. The meeting was live streamed online from the Loch Haven Senior Living Community on Tuesday, August 22, 2017, by nemonews.net. A story about this meeting…

By Mike Scott “The only way I could be any happier is we had reversed the score on the board,” Clark County Indian Head Coach Ethan Allen said after Friday’s season opener. The Indians fell 44-34 to a very good Monroe City Panther team. “They did everything I asked of them. We played a great…

By Mike Scott The Clark County R-1 School District took the first steps needed for the new Indian Pride Learning Center at their Thursday, August 10 meeting. The board awarded a contract to relocate sewer lines for the new school to the low bidder, Lake Construction, at a cost of $57,280. Lake’s bid was more…

Reilly Shoemaker and Caleb Hammond   Two local Boy Scouts, Caleb Hammond and Reilly Shoemaker, joined a contingent of 38 other scouts from the Mississippi River Valley Council in the Quincy/Burlington area to attend the 2017 National Boy Scout Jamboree at Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia. The 10-day event occurs once every four years…

Is there a drug route in Clark County?  Someone certainly thinks so. On Friday morning, August 18, this hand-painted banner appeared on Highway 27 about a mile south of the junction with Highway 136 near Wayland.   It warns motorists on the Avenue of the Saints of an alleged drug dealer route from Argyle, Iowa,…

The Clark County Sheriff’s Office reports the following arrests: Correction to charges on John Soper age 45 of Keokuk IA was arrested on August 5, 2017 at 3:03 am by the Missouri State Highway Patrol with Warrant issued for Operate Vehicle On Highway Without A Valid License-1st, Possession Of Controlled Substance Except 35 Grams Or Less Of…

Jefferson City, MO – Section 144.049, RSMo, establishes a sales tax holiday effective during a three-day period beginning at 12:01 a.m. on the first Friday in August and ending at midnight on the Sunday following. Certain back-to-school purchases, such as clothing, school supplies, computers, and other items as defined by the statute, are exempt from…