Find a nest or perch tree for owls and you may see some odd-looking pellets on the ground with hair and bone. Owl pellets reveal what the raptors of the night have been feeding on. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) will offer a free virtual owl pellet dissection program from 2 to 2:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 16.
Recently, Ava Sportsman and Addison Bussman were named Marceline R-V Middle and High School Students of the Week. Sportsman’s activities include FBLA, NHS, Library Club, Art Club and FLC. She enjoys spending time with friends and family when she is not working. Bussman’s activities include FCCLA, FBLA, basketball and softball. She enjoys working on the farm with her family and hanging out with friends.
Robert Lee Wood, III, as sentenced by the Linn County Court to four years in the Missouri Department of Corrections for felony failure to appear, seven years for felony driving while revoked and 60 days in county jail for misdemeanor resisting/detention/ stop. His sentence will run consecutively with a sentence he is serving from another case.
On Feb. 8, Rocky L. Coyle, Brookfield, was sentenced to 14 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections after being found guilty of two counts of 2nd degree child molestation and 1st degree sexual abuse.
“Shall the Board of Education of the Brookfield R-III School District, Missouri, be authorized to increase the total operating tax levy by $0.2374 to $4.4519 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation and to make permanent the existing temporary operating tax levy of $0.4242 per $100 of assessed valuation in order to provide additional funds to attract and retain quality certified and support staff, maintain its facilities, and meet the operating expenses of the District?”
WENTZVILLE, Mo. — Three Brookfield High School Lady Bulldogs and one Marceline Lady Tiger will compete in this year’s Missouri high school wrestling girls’ state tournament, beginning Thursday, Feb. 17, at Columbia.
Delegates from Linn County attended Great Northwest Day at the Capitol in Jefferson City on Feb. 1-2. They met with area lawmakers, including Rep. Rusty Black (pictured) and attended a luncheon with Gov. Mike Parson as the featured speaker. The Brookfield booth focused on Main Street and its businesses.
David Earl Sage, 79, Independence, Missouri, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, January 23, 2022. He was born on June 26, 1942 in Clarence, Missouri to Eldred and LaVerne Swisher Sage.
Robert Lee Cohoon, 89, left this life on January 31, 2022, to live with his Lord, Jesus, who is the Christ of the Living God. Robert was born in Bucklin, Missouri on May 12, 1932, to Victor Gale and Catherine Bliss (Jose) Cohoon. He attended public school in Bucklin graduating from Bucklin High School in 1950. During his youth, Robert worked for his father as part of Gale (VG) Cohoon’s utility winch truck business on pipeline construction all over the USA. Robert Lee Cohoon married Mary Ann Hughes in Bucklin, Missouri on September 14, 1952, before leaving for the Korean War. Robert served during the Korean War in Battery C, 235 Field Artillery Observation Battalion. His unit was attached to the ROK Army as a forward observation unit that directed UN fire against the enemy. Battery C was awarded a meritorious unit commendation by General Taylor the citation letter saying it “displayed such outstanding devotion to duty in the performance of exceptionally difficult tasks as to set it apart from and above other units with similar missions”. After being discharged from the army, Robert went to the Kansas City Business College. Then Robert took a job as a bookkeeper at Brookfield, Missouri, for Brookfield Tire & Supply for 2 years. In 1958 Robert went to work for Midland Machinery Company (a Caterpillar tractor dealership that became Dean Machinery Company) in Chillicothe, Missouri. Robert worked his way up through the company (starting in Chillicothe and ending up in Kansas City) until he became Vice President, Secretary & Treasurer of Dean Machinery Company, Dean Realty Company, and Dean Operations. Retiring in 1993, Robert and his lifelong sweetheart, Mary Ann, enjoyed travelling to visit their children and eleven grandchildren. Robert enjoyed hunting, gardening, reading, the KC Royals and Chiefs games, the MU Tigers football and basketball games, playing board and card games with his children and grandchildren, also going fishing (especially with his grandchildren). Robert was preceded in death by his parents, sister Lovene, and brother Bill. Robert leaves his wife Mary Ann, brother Don, sisters Vicky and Ruth, son Steve (wife Kathy), daughter Cathy (husband Mike), daughter Amy (husband Brad), grandchildren Hannah, Ashley (husband Marty), Caleb (wife Alicia), Josh, Jake, Emily, Tim (wife Nicole), Chris, Tabitha, Ian, and Matthew. Robert leaves two great grandchildren William and Matthew. Robert Cohoon was stern but kindhearted man and very proud of his family and their achievements. We all look forward to the day when we will be with him again.
Five Brookfield High School Bulldogs and four Marceline High Tigers hope to advance to the Class 1 state wrestling tournament again this weekend at Higginsville. The state-qualifying District 3 tournament will involve competitors from 15 schools and be hosted by Lafayette County High.