The Missouri Department of Transportation has announced that the following roads in Northwest Missouri are currently closed due to flooding effective 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 28th:
Daviess County: Route M – Closed five miles east of Route 13 due to flooding from Lick Fork Creek; Route AA – Closed north of Route Z junction; Route Z – Closed west of Route AA .
Funeral services for William "Bill" Olen Gibson will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 26, at Bram-Turner Funeral Home in Maysville. Burial will be in Lake Viking Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Funeral services for Peggy Belshe will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, April 27, with visitation one hour prior to the service at McWilliams Funeral Home in Gallatin.
Peggy Belshe, 82, died Thursday morning at her home.
The grandson of a Daviess County couple has died while serving his country in Iraq.
Marine Cpl. William Craig Comstock, 21, Van Buren, Ark., died Wednesday, April 22, in a non-hostile incident in Anbar province.
Pictured above, left to right, is the Sr. Parliamentary Procedure Team that earned the top state Gold award and is advancing to the National STAR Events competition in July at Nashville: Levi Michener, Taylor Porter, Megan Chadwick, Tye Humphrey, Wren Tolen, Alexandra Burge, Sydney Elbert, and Kale Hefley.
The Winston R-6 Board of Education held a regular meeting on Wednesday, April 1.
Gallatin R-5 fourth grade enrichment students Brandon Hallock, Meredith Riley, and Jarod Rains qualified for participation in the Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP).
Jim Cook’s bid to mow the high school grounds and Jason Ray’s bid to mow the elementary grounds were accepted by the North Daviess R-3 Board of Education during their regular meeting held Monday, April 13.
The Gallatin R-5 School District and North Central Missouri College (NCMC) in Trenton recently signed an articulation agreement that will allow Gallatin R-5 students to earn college credit while in high school.
Two Winston band students received I (superior) ratings at district music contests and will advance to the state music contest in Columbia on May 1. Tabitha Piburn and Chandler Newman each received superior ratings on their clarinet solos.
Gallatin’s varsity boys came home with the team title from last Thursdays relays held at Stanberry High School, while the Lady Bulldogs finished fifth in a field of 13 teams.
Early Bird Results
Wet weather delayed the Daviess County Varsity Relays by one day, but the event was successfully combined with the Jr. High Relays in good weather last Wednesday at Gallatin High School.
Alvin and Maxine Franks of Gallatin will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on Friday, May 1. Alvin and Maxine met on a blind date in 1956 while Alvin was on leave from the Air Force.
Gallatin varsity golf team members have battled wet weather and a tough schedule so far this season. The Bulldogs will participate in the Cameron Tournament on Friday and will compete in the Grand River Conference Tournament in Hamilton on Monday.
April Elise Boyer and Nick Tidd were united in marriage at a private ceremony on March 22, 2009, at the Little Chapel of the West in Las Vegas, Nev.
Missouri Western State University has announced the names of local students who completed the degree requirements during the 2008 fall semester.
The Green Hills Regional Planning Commission is encouraging the public to be aware of persons who may call your home or business stating that they can acquire Federal Stimulus grant funds, on your behalf.
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Clarence W. Lear, 3909 Flowerfield Road, Charlotte, N.C., 28210-6229. He is the brother of Ice (Uthe) Deiter of Winston. His parents were Albert and Bessie Lear of Pattonsburg. He is formally of Pattonsburg, where he graduated from high school. He needs prayers and cards.