June 2022

Lonnie Trentham Guest Speaker At Linn County Democrat Club

Wednesday evening, June 15, at the Brookfield South Park, Lonnie Trentham, Democrat candidate for Linn County Commissioner spoke to the Linn County Democrat Club. Trentham stated he thought the current county commissioners were doing a good job, but change can be good. Trentham, a U.S. Army veteran and Brookfield City Councilman for the past 10 years would like to see the completion of a major truck stop and the senior housing project at the old high school.

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Around Linn County

Brookfield Public Library Book Sale The Brookfield Public Library is holding its annual Book Sale from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., on June 23-24, at the library located at 102 E. Boston St., Brookfield.

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Departing Marceline High Football Boss Ross Led Tigers to 44-8 Mark

With May’s decision by Mark Ross to end his highly-successful 4-years tenure as head coach of the long-successful Marceline High School football program in favor of the top job at larger-school Southern Boone County (Ashland), the reins of the MHS Tigers have been handed to Joey Peterson, whose nearly 10 years as an assistant coach at Mountain Grove in south Missouri and then Macon segued into an 8-games stint as interim head coach at Macon last season.

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Willene Keune

Willene Keune, age 89, of Brookfield, MO, passed away Tuesday, June 14, 2022, at Boone Hospital, Columbia, MO. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m.

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