MERTICE AILEEN (HUNZIKER) MEINHARDT
Mertice Aileen (Hunziker) Meinhardt, 96, passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 12, 2024, at the Clark County Nursing Home in Kahoka, Missouri. Born on November 6, 1927, near Antioch, Missouri, she was the eldest of four children to Floyd Farris and Ruth Leona Bash Hunziker. Mertice attended Enterprise Grade School and graduated from Kahoka High…
Read MoreBeverly “Sis” Barrows
Beverly “Sis” Barrows, 92, of Revere, Missouri, passed away at her home at 10:33 pm on Tuesday, October 8th, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. Bev was born December 23, 1931, in Leonore, IL, the daughter of Clell A. Gutting and Mary Virginia (Trevor) Gutting. Bev was a 1950 graduate of Kahoka High School. She…
Read MoreClark County Triumphs in Overtime Thriller, Denies Palmyra’s Comeback
It had been a long and tough season for the Clark County Indians, but on Friday night, October 11, they found the resilience they’d been searching for, claiming their first win of the season in a dramatic 34-28 overtime showdown against their rivals, the Palmyra Panthers. The night started with fireworks as Palmyra’s junior standout,…
Read MoreCAROLYN ANN HUFFMAN
Carolyn Ann Huffman, 87, of Kahoka, MO., passed away on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, at her home in Kahoka, MO. She was born January 17, 1937, at the home of her parents, the only child of Harold Allen and Violet Matilda “Tillie” Hepler Stowell in Greenfield, Adair County, Iowa. She accepted the Lord Jesus Christ…
Read MoreCHARLES “CHUCK” JENKINS
CHARLES “CHUCK” JENKINS Charles “Chuck” Jenkins, 77, of Kahoka, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, at his home in Kahoka. Chuck was born July 1, 1947, in Keokuk, Iowa, the son of Curtis Junior and Patricia Ann (Overhulser) Jenkins. He married Kathy Ann (Speer) Jenkins, and to this union one child was born. He…
Read MoreLIMJKE (LINDA) HOGEBOOM DINGER
Limjke (Linda) Hogeboom Dinger, 89, of Winter Haven, Florida (formerly of Kahoka, Missouri), passed away Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, at Good Shepherd Hospice, surrounded by her family. She was born May 15, 1935, in Sneek, The Netherlands, to Nicolaas Hogeboom and Johanna Wuite Hogeboom. She married Donald Hess Dinger on June 14, 1958, in Wyandotte,…
Read MoreVANETTA J. DALTON
Vanetta J. Dalton, 98, of Kahoka, Missouri, passed away Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, at the Clark County Nursing Home in Kahoka, with her loving family at her side. She was born May 7, 1926, in Chambersburg, Missouri, the daughter of George Riley Dust and Bertha Mae (Blanton) Dust. She attended school through the eighth grade…
Read MoreNext Phase of Roadway Reconstruction Scheduled to Begin on U.S. Route 61 near Alexandria
HANNIBAL – Weather permitting, as early as the first week of October, the next phase of roadway reconstruction work is scheduled to begin on 1.3 miles of U.S. Route 61, from just south of the Iowa State line to east of U.S. Route 136, near Alexandria in Clark County, to raise the roadway approximately 2.5…
Read More33rd Annual Parade of Champions Set for Oct. 12 in Kahoka
KAHOKA, Mo. — On Saturday, October 12, more than 20 high school marching bands will converge in Kahoka for the highly anticipated 33rd Annual Parade of Champions parade and field show competition. This year’s event, sponsored by the Clark County R-1 Fine Arts Boosters, promises a thrilling lineup of performances that will delight music lovers…
Read MoreMy Turn: National Newspaper Week
Did you notice something different about your newspaper today? The space above is intentionally blank to ask our readers to think about this question: What if your local newspaper suddenly disappeared? This isn’t a hypothetical scenario. Since 2005, nearly 3,000 local newspapers have closed across the United…
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