Area News
Cuts To Head Start Programs Coming Soon To Northeast Missouri – Kahoka Head Start Closing
NMCAA – Northeast Missouri Community Action Agency’s Head Start Program will begin feeling the impact of the Sequestration and Health Care Reform beginning Aug. 1, 2013. Starting with its new grant year, NMCAA’s Head Start Program will need to shave $106,812 (5.27%) from its budget as well as redirect $175,500 for health care coverage for…
Read More3L Angus Farms to Host Pasture Walk May 11
A pasture walk will be held in Scotland County at the farm of Garth and Joni Lloyd on Saturday, May 11 beginning at 2:00 pm. The event will provide attendees an opportunity to view the Lloyd’s grazing system and see how they manage fescue in their rotational grazing program. The Lloyds are co-op producers with…
Read MoreMed Club Students Shadow Healthcare Providers at Memphis Medical Services
Two students from Clark County R – 1 High School recently took the initiative to make arrangements to shadow two healthcare providers at Memphis Medical Services. Cody Kice and Logan Doty both wish to pursue careers in healthcare. They are members of the newly formed MED CLUB at Clark County High School. The MED CLUB,…
Read MoreScotlandCounty Nurse Anesthetists Celebrate 150 Years of Providing Quality and Excellence in Anesthesia Care
Memphis, MO— In recognition of their profession’s long history and enduring record of patient safety, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) in Memphis and across the country are celebrating the 14th annual National Nurse Anesthetists Week, January 20-26, 2013, with this year’s theme of “Quality and Excellence in Anesthesia Care.” Established by the American…
Read MoreGERTH FUNERAL SERVICE TO CLOSE WYACONDA CHAPEL AFTER 108 YEARS
November 24 was the final day for one of Clark County’s oldest businesses. The funeral of Almeta Egbert was the last service from the Gerth Funeral Home’s Wyaconda chapel. Owners Fritz and Janet Gerth announced that they were closing the chapel after 108 years of serving Wyaconda and had sold the building to Travis…
Read MoreAn Autumn Romp
Dancing Rabit – It’s a quarter ’til ten, Sunday morning. The temperature is currently dropping past a balmy 60 degrees, and by the time I finish writing this, it may well be 40 degrees. A steady rain persistently falls. Yesterday was 75 and sunny. I saw rabbits in their t-shirts and shorts, working on one…
Read MoreFour NEMO School Districts Participate in MED CLUB Field Trip
Clark, Schuyler, Knox, and Scotland County Med Club Students, along with their sponsors and Kristin Hyde, Scotland County Hospital Med Club Coordinator, took a Field Trip to St. Louis, MO, on October 23, 2012. The 150 students & sponsors participated in a presentation at Adventures in Medicine and Science (AIMS) at the Saint Louis University,…
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