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Thursday, December 9, 2021 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- Absent, Eastern District Commissioner, Brent Rockhold, Western District Commissioner, David Wiggins, and Deputy County…
Read MoreMake it Home Safe This Holiday Season
JEFFERSON CITY – This holiday season, keep spirits bright by keeping spirits off the roads. The Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety is urging drivers to avoid driving impaired as they travel to and from holiday gatherings. Statewide, law enforcement will be on the lookout for substance-impaired drivers, with targeted enforcement efforts Dec. 15, 2021, to…
Read MoreLiving Life Over
10 Years Ago Less than one week after U.S. Senator Clair McCaskill called for a five-month delay in postal facility closures, the U.S. Postal Service agreed to put any potential closures on hold until May 15 to allow time to implement cost-saving reforms. Rutledge officials have learned this reprieve will include the small town’s post…
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Wednesday, November 24, 2021 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, and County…
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. Wish You Were Here, by Jodi Picoult The Wish, by Nicholas Sparks Autopsy: a Scarpetta novel (Kay Scarpetta #25), by Patricia Daniels Cornwell The Jailhouse Lawyer, by James Patterson Flying Angels, by Danielle Steel The Midnight Lock…
Read MoreAccident Snarls Hwy 136 Traffic
A four vehicle accident early on Monday, December 13, closes US 136 for several hours. The accident occurred at 6:20am, one mile west of Route A in Scotland County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a Komatsu front end loader, driven by Benjamin Coop of Greentop, was traveling slowly westbound with no lights, The…
Read MoreNEMO RPC Highlights Achievements at 2021 Annual Meeting in Edina
By Chris Feeney NEMO RPC EDINA, MO — 12/2/2021 – The Northeast Missouri Regional Planning Commission and Rural Development Corporation hosted its 2021 Annual Meeting at the Knox County Community Center in Edina on December 2nd, bringing together representatives from the six counties and 39 villages and cities that comprise the NEMO RPC service area.…
Read MoreScotland County Takes on Hawaii
Scotland County Concert Band students visited the battleship USS Missouri in Pearl Harbor. The students are standing in front of the two front turrets that each house three massive 16-inch guns. Mr. Nathaniel Orr, Director of Bands at Scotland County R-1 (left), and his concert band receive a huge ovation last Tuesday after completing their…
Read MoreDodge Elected President of Missouri Association of Counties for 2022
By Echo Menges Memphis, MO – Northeast Missouri native and Scotland County Clerk Batina Dodge has been officially elected to serve as the incoming President of the Missouri Association of Counties (MAC) Executive Board of Directors. Dodge will step into her new role as MAC President on January 1, 2022, representing one of Missouri’s most…
Read MoreSCR-1 Bands Gets Community Send Off Before Departing
On December 3rd, at 3:30 Memphis residents who lined up along the square and along Monroe Street and adjacent areas, gave the SCR-1 band a show of support and a community send-off, waving as the charter bus carrying the band members began their short parade before departing for Kansas City. A small number of residents…
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