Clark County Extension Council Announces State Fair Farm Family
The Clark County Extension Council held their annual picnic on July 17 at O-Mak-O-Hak Park and honored the Jim and Coleena Day family as the recipient of the 2014 State Fair Farm Family Award. This family was chosen according to specific criteria that include: farm family engaged in agriculture; active supporters and cooperators with University…
Read MoreHow Much Do Kahoka City Employees Earn?
How much do Kahoka City employees earn? It’s a matter of public record, and every year the Board of Aldermen must pass a wage ordinance for the city. At the Monday, July 14 meeting, the board passed its FY2015 Wage Ordinance. To read it in its entirety, click the link below: kahoka wage ordinance
Read MoreUS 61 Remains Closed at Alexandria Due to High Water
US 61 Remains Closed at Alexandria Due to High Water HANNIBAL – Monday, July 14, US 61 at Alexandria in Clark County remains closed due to high water. A large cottonwood tree has fell onto the road after storms this weekend, and MoDOT crews are unable to get into the area to remove tree until…
Read MoreHigh School Says Yes To Cell Phones, No To Yoga Pants
By Mike Scott Clark County High School and Middle School student handbooks were amended at last Monday’s special meeting of the CCR-1 School Board. “We’re going to take a chance and allow students to check their phones between classes,” said Principal Jason Harper. “A lot of times they might get a text from a…
Read MoreAerial Video Of Flooding Near Alexandria
US 61 Closed at Alexandria Due to High Water
US 61 Closed at Alexandria Due to High Water HANNIBAL – Wednesday, July 2 at noon, MoDOT closed US 61 at Alexandria in Clark County due to high water. US 61 traffic normally going across the Des Moines River Bridge at Alexandria to Keokuk, Iowa are being directed to the Des Moines River Bridge at…
Read MoreHalf Of Kahoka In Dark
Half of the City of Kahoka is dark Tuesday morning, following the aftermath of a powerful storm on Monday night. That storm burned out part of the electrical distribution system in the southeast part of town, causing it to go to half-power last night. That was temporarily repaired by connecting it to the southwest section…
Read MoreClark County Relay For Life Lip Sync
Okay folks, you wait all year for this. This year, there were four teams competing in the Clark County Relay For Life Lip Sync Contest. First Place went to St. Paul Church’s “Jailhouse Rock”. (Sorry that the video cuts short, my ipad got full.) Second Place went to Hunting For A Cure with “Dude Looks…
Read MoreMore Information About Kahoka Resident Shot By Sheriff’s Deputy
Posted at 4:00 p.m. – Sunday, June 22, 2014 We have received an unconfirmed report that the identity of the man allegedly shot by a Clark County Sheriff’s Deputy early Sunday morning, June 22, 2014, is Glenn House, Jr., 27, of 422 N. Walnut Street in Kahoka. According to a representative of Blessing Hospital in…
Read MoreOfficer Involved Shooting In Kahoka
Posted at 1:55 p.m. – Sunday, June 22, 2014 The following statement was recently released by the Clark County Sheriff’s Office: On June 22, 2014 at 0119 hours, members of the Clark County Sheriff’s Office, Kahoka Police Department, and Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to a call of a male subject threatening to take his…
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