Notes from Holt County with the Mound City News

What’s your idea for the City of Maryville?That’s been the question city leadership has been asking residents as it works on its Comprehensive Plan for the next twenty years, which will plot city growth and priorities through 2045.

Ella Caffery and Kasidy Mohwinkle were named to an all-tournament team for the second consecutive weekend.

When it came to weather, Corn and Soybean Farmers had no complaints for much of the growing season. Here in the Northwest part of the state, July brought ample rain and crops were thriving. But according to the US Drought Monitor, much of the state has since entered drought conditions.

The Missouri State Senate has sent a redrawn congressional map and a reform of the citizen initiative process to Governor Michael Kehoe for consideration and approval.

The Department of Justice is escalating its demands for sensitive data from voting officials, suing two Democratic-controlled states who have thus far rebuffed the department's requests.

Susan Monarez says RFK Jr. told her to commit to decisions in advance, without reviewing evidence and to dismiss vaccine experts.

The legendary actor died Tuesday at 89. "I wasn't learning the way I was supposed to learn ..." he explained in 2013. "I realized that my education was going to happen when I got out in the world."

Trump on Monday said he planned to send National Guard troops to Memphis. The news gives fresh relevance to NPR's recent interview with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, who declined to ask for the military.

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