State Treasurer Clint Zweifel announces $50,000 low-interest loan for DeKalb County farmer
Loan will be used to build a grain bin in Maysville
Grace Marie Parman 1933-2012
Funeral services for Grace Marie Parman will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, at Poland-Thompson Funeral Home, Cameron. Burial was at Harlan Cemetery, Cameron.
Former jail administrator arrested on theft charges
The Daviess County Sheriff’s Office arrested Larry Hadley, former administrator of the Daviess-DeKalb Regional Jail, on Jan. 27. Hadley, 45, St. Joseph, was charged with two class C felonies, theft and theft of a firearm.
New program to help enroll individuals in snap benefits
Second Harvest Community Food Bank is helping eligible individuals enroll into the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) through our new program, Close the Gap.
2011-12 Basketball: GRC Standings Through 1/20/12
GirlsHamilton 3-0Maysville 3-0Polo 1-0King City 2-1S. Harrison 2-1Princeton 1-1Gallatin 1-2Worth Co. 1-2Albany 0-2Stanberry 0-3BoysGallatin 3-0S. Harrison 3-0Stanberry 3-0Hamilton 2-1Princeton 1-1King City 1-2Polo 0-1Albany 0-2Maysville 0-3Worth Co. 0-3Congrats to Week #3 Weekend Wizards!
Stand back, guys. This week’s best predictions came from Angie Bonderer of Chillicothe. She only missed one game — the Villanova overtime win over St. John’s. Angie correctly picked MU to top Baylor at Waco and stands alone at the top of this week’s slate of Weekend Wizards: Angie Bonderer, Chillicothe; Corey Green, Jamesport; Ched Hurley, Trenton; Neal Steward, Cameron; Michael Beck, Gallatin.
2011-12 Wrestling: GHS Results
2011-12 Basketball: GHS teams fall in Hamilton’s opening round action
Consolation bracket games await Gallatin teams tonight (Wednesday) as a result of disappointing showings in the opening round of the Hamilton Invitational Tournament.
2011-12 Basketball: Lady Bulldogs earn elusive GRC win, 56-34 over Albany
Tory Wood relinquished her 2011 Courtwarming Queen crown moments before the tipoff of Friday night’s league game with Albany. Once the game started, she quickly established herself as the crown-bearer in both scoring and rebounding for a team looking for its first Grand River Conference victory of the season.
2011-12 Basketball: Bulldogs outlast Warriors to move to 3-0 in GRC
Even while many things were going wrong for Gallatin’s boys in the late stage of Friday night’s game against Albany, enough were going right to preserve a Grand River Conference victory.
Blasts from the Past – Compiled by Dennis Cox, GNM sports editor
Editor’s note: Hope you are enjoying this new series featuring Daviess County sports news pulled from the headlines of the North Missourian from years past. Dates given are actual print dates for the NM.
Youth wrestlers amass 74 medals in six meets
The Gallatin Youth Wrestling club, 29 members strong, has competed in six tournaments to date and brought home 74 medals: 18 first place, 21 second place, 18 third place, 14 fourth place and two fifth place medals. Tournaments attended included Savannah, Lathrop, Cameron, Oak Park, Kearney and Maysville. The club has earned 203 wins to date, 118 by pin.
Daviess County Courthouse News 1/25/12
Sheriff’s Office
Larry G. and Diane E. Herring reported a burglary at their residence in Winston on Jan. 21. Sometime between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m., someone had entered their home and ransacked it. Photographs had been thrown on the floor and the glass in the frames had been shattered. A flat screen TV had been knocked off the TV stand but was undamaged. The master bedroom was ransacked and the bedding removed from the bed and thrown on the floor. Vases with flowers had been thrown on the floor. Although items were moved inside the single-wide trailer home, nothing was found to be missing.
Postscripts by Joe Snyder — Harry Truman, The Missouri President
When I finished reading about President Roosevelt in Presidential Anecdotes, I couldn’t stop there and had to read on about the next president, Harry Truman.
Letter to the Editor by Jerry Tichenor
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Straight Talk with Sam by Congressman Sam Graves — The State of the Union
The Constitution says that the President shall "from time to time give to the Congress information of the State of the Union…" That time comes this week as the President will report on the condition of our country and outline his legislative goals for the year.
MOFB’s “Cut to the Chase” by Rebecca French Smith — A new coffee shop
Most farmers and ranchers in Missouri are passionate about agriculture. Their passion is increasingly flowing into new outlets as they embrace social media to talk about what they do. It’s a new meeting place—an online coffee shop—where thousands of conversations about food occur daily. Farmers and ranchers tweet, post and share information about market prices and regulations and policies that affect them, but they’re also beginning to listen and participate in conversations about what they produce: food.
Good Thinking: The world of instant replay
I enjoy watching the Play-Offs and the Super Bowl Game. There are shouts of joy as the winning team celebrates. There are tears of frustration and sorrow as the losers hang their heads and walk off the field. Now, through the miracle of Instant Replay, both winners and losers can relive this event again and again.
Capitol Report: The need for bold leaders
Last week, Governor Jay Nixon delivered the 2012 State of the State address to a joint session of the 96th General Assembly.