CLARK COUNTY — Clark County voters approved both countywide and Kahoka ballot questions in Tuesday’s General Municipal Election, while contested races in Kahoka, Wayland, the Clark County R-1 School District and the Clark County Nursing Home District were also decided. Turnout was 759 ballots cast out of 4,884 registered voters, or 15.54 percent. The countywide tax question passed, with 444 yes votes to 277 no votes. The measure asked whether Clark County should exempt eligible taxpayers from certain tax increases on their primary residences above the liability incurred during the initial credit year. In Kahoka, voters also approved a local…

By Echo Menges GORIN, Mo. — The Gorin Volunteer Fire Department officially placed eight new self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) units into service Tuesday night, March 10, 2026, during the department’s regular member meeting. The department serves the Gorin area in southeastern Scotland County and regularly assists neighboring departments through mutual aid responses. Firefighters spent the evening at the Gorin firehouse fitting the equipment, learning its operation and training with the new gear before it officially went into service. Fire Chief Kenneth Hoover said the department was able to purchase the equipment through a $75,600 Assistance to Firefighters Grant from the…

Friday, March 27 marks 23 years since Sue and I took the leap and purchased The Media, The Edina Sentinel, and the LaBelle Star. Which begs the question: how exactly did we get here… and why didn’t anyone stop us? My newspaper career started back in 1986 with the Omaha World-Herald, where I managed newspaper carriers across northeast Nebraska. Back then, carriers were “little merchants.” Customers paid the carrier, the carrier paid the paper, and I made sure nobody disappeared with the money. It was part accounting, part babysitting, and part detective work. If a carrier quit, we audited their…

By Emily Bontrager For centuries, April Fools’ Day has been celebrated across different cultures. Each year on April 1, people play pranks and practical jokes on one another, often revealing the trick with a cheerful, “April Fools!” The exact origins of the holiday remain unclear. According to the Library of Congress, one theory traces the tradition back to ancient Rome and a festival called Hilaria, celebrated around March 25. “In Roman terms, March 25 was called ‘the eighth of the Calends of April,’ which associates the festival strongly with April 1,” the Library notes, though it adds there is no…

KAHOKA — Clark County voters will head to the polls Tuesday, April 7, for the General Municipal Election, with several local races, tax questions and board positions on the ballot. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. at a single countywide polling location, First Baptist Church, 363 North Washington Street in Kahoka, where all registered voters in the county will cast their ballots. Voters across Clark County will consider a countywide tax relief question asking whether the county should exempt eligible taxpayers from certain increases on their primary residence above the liability incurred during the initial credit…