America Needs More Options for Meat Processing
By Eric Bohl “Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket.” This saying goes at least as far back as Don Quixote, written in 1615, and is probably much older. While the proverb’s wisdom is obvious to anyone who has spent much time in a barnyard, some of the people who should understand it…
Read MoreWhy Expand Medicaid in Missouri?
By, Scotland County Hospital Missouri is facing an important decision: whether or not to accept federal dollars to provide health insurance to many uninsured state residents through Medicaid. Missouri voters will decide whether the state will expand Medicaid, as envisioned in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), during the August 4, 2020, primary election. Hospitals have…
Read MoreTwo New Cases of COVID-19 in Schuyler County
Kathryn Magers, RN, Administrator for the Schuyler County Health Department, advised that two additional Schuyler County residents, who are both between 15-20 years of age and not in the same family, have tested positive for COVID-19. For us to protect the confidentiality of all of our county residents, no other identifying information about the cases…
Read MoreAttention All Schuyler Residents Food Room Offering Produce, Dairy
The Schuyler County Food Room is offering produce, dairy, and some frozen food products for all the residents of Schuyler on Friday, July 31, 2020, starting at 8 a.m. The food room is located at 105 East North Park Street in Lancaster. It can be reached by turning north on Liberty Street by Casey’s and…
Read MoreCollege Notes
Missouri Western Announces Spring 2020 Graduates Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph awarded 429 degrees, during the spring 2020 semester. The spring commencement ceremony was canceled due to COVID-19 social distancing guidelines, but the University plans to honor the graduates in a rescheduled ceremony at 2 p.m. Sunday, September 20 in the Looney Complex…
Read MoreMSHP Log
MSHP Troop B at 3:10 p.m. on July 17, 2020, arrested Kourtney D. Redmon, 31, Queen City, Missouri. Redmon was arrested in Schuyler County for 1.) Driving While Revoked 2.) Failure to Provide Proof of Insurance; 3.)Fail to Register a Motor Vehicle; and 4) No Seat belt. Redmon was held at the Schuyler County jail…
Read MoreShirley Ann (Martin) McAuley August 23, 1951 to July 18, 2020
Shirley Ann (Martin) McAuley, 68, of Greentop, Missouri, passed away at her home in rural Greentop, Missouri on Saturday, July 18, 2020. The daughter of Teddy Woodrow and Mildred Florene (Bondurant) Martin, she was born on August 23, 1951 in Kirksville, Missouri. She was a 1969 graduate of the Lancaster High School in Lancaster, Missouri.…
Read MoreMarilyn Jane (Caldwell) Barnhart July 28, 1931 to July 15, 2020
Marilyn Jane (Caldwell) Barnhart, 88, of Bloomfield, Iowa, formerly of rural Lancaster, Missouri passed away on Wednesday, July 15, 2020, at the Davis County Hospital in Bloomfield, Iowa. The daughter of Ira W. and Edna (Fetters) Caldwell, she was born on July 28, 1931, in Washington, Iowa. She was a “49er” graduate of the Washington…
Read MoreState Answers Questions About Missouri School Reopening
The Missouri Departments of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) and Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) are answering frequently asked health questions about schools reopening next month. The information is designed to help schools navigate during the COVID-19 era. State answers frequently asked questions about Missouri school reopening It includes details about screening, assigned seating, desk…
Read MoreSchuyler 2020 Graduation, Valedictorian, Salutatorian
Schuyler R-1 held their graduation ceremony on Saturday, July 11, 2020, at the school’s football field with family, friends, and residents in attendance. Once the coronavirus pandemic shut down the school year across the nation, everything changed. But thanks to parents and school organizations, many senior year tradit=ions and events were reinvented. And finally –…
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