Area News
Stepping Into The Show Ring: Scotland Farm Families Showcase Champion Livestock
By Emily McAfee NEMOnews Media Group Three local women in the agricultural industry are dedicated to helping their families showcase top quality livestock. These families exhibit their livestock in 4-H, FFA, or open shows. Showing livestock at competitions takes time, dedication, and hard work. An exhibitor takes months to feed, trim, walk, and care for…
Read MoreCommission Minutes
Thursday, March 10, 2022 PLACE OF MEETING: Scotland County Courthouse Commission Chambers The meeting was called to order at 8:30 A.M. PRESENT WERE: Presiding Cmmissioner, Duane Ebeling, Eastern District Commissioner, Brent Rockhold, Western District Commissioner, David Wiggins, and County Clerk, Batina Dodge Commissioner Rockhold moved to approve the consent agenda; seconded by Commissioner Wig-gins. Motion carried…
Read MoreCommission Minutes
Thursday, March 3, 2022 PLACE OF MEETING: Scotland County Courthouse Commission Chambers The meeting was called to order at 8:30 A.M. PRESENT WERE: Presiding Commissioner, Duane Ebeling, Eastern District Commissioner, Brent Rockhold, Western District Commissioner, David Wiggins was absent, and County Clerk, Batina Dodge. …
Read MoreCITY OF DOWNING REGULAR MEETING
MARCH 7, 2022 The Board of the City of Downing convened of 6:00pm on January 3, 2022 with Mayor Alan Garrett presiding. Present were Aldermen Bill Anderson, Ray Bange, and Joy VanWye, and Gene Bruner. City Clerk Carol Dryden, Water/Waste Water Operator Kevin Martin, and Contract Operator Eric Bowens. Copies of the Agenda, Minutes of…
Read MoreNew Arrivals at Scotland County Memorial Library
Adult Fiction Stop by or give us a call if you’d like to reserve any of these books. Run, Rose, Run, by Dolly Parton and James Patterson Shadows Reel (Joe Pickett # 22), by C. J. Box High Stakes, by Danielle Steel Killer View (Kendra Michaels # 9), by Roy Johansen The Golden Couple, by…
Read MoreScotland County Recognized For Zero Fatalities
On Wednesday March 2, , the NE Coalition for Roadway Safety recognized Scotland County for having zero fatality accidents in 2021. The coalition focuses on Speeding, Impaired Driving, Distracted Driving and Seat Belt Usage to reduce fatalities. Pictured left to right is MoDOT Communications Specialist Katie Manzke, Trooper Horrell, Sheriff Bryan Whitney, Amy Crawford-MoDOT Area…
Read MoreSt. Paul Lutheran Church Welcomes New Pastor
Submitted by Heliene Tobler With the retirement of the Rev. Mark Appold, Jacob Hercamp, Pastor at St. Peter Lutheran Church, La Grange, has begun to serve St. Paul Lutheran Church, Memphis, in the same capacity. Hercamp is a graduate of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne (CTSFW), receiving both his Masters of Divinity (M.Div, 2016) and…
Read MoreLady Tigers’ Season Comes To Heartbreaking End
By Corey Stott MOBERLY, Mo.- 3/5/22- It wasn’t the ending they wanted to write for their storied run this season. But when the ink had dried on the score book, Coach Cory Shultz and his Scotland County Lady Tigers had come up just one point short of punching a return ticket to the Class 2…
Read MoreNew Arrivals at Scotland County Memorial Library
Classic Literature We have added several classic literature titles to our shelves! Stop by or give us a call if you’d like to reserve any of these books. Gulliver’s Travels, by Jonathan Swift Tales of Mystery and Imagination, by Edgar Allan Poe Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo Uncle Tom’s Cabin: or, Life among the Lowly,…
Read MoreBuckle Up Blitz Planned for Northeast Missouri
By NEMO RPC The Northeast Region Coalition for Roadway Safety has organized a Buckle Up Blitz campaign March 7-14 to remind motorists across northeast Missouri of the importance of wearing their seatbelts. With a staggering 83% of motorists killed in accidents in 2021 in northeast Missouri found not to be buckled up, the coalition is…
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