June 2022

Lonnie Trentham Guest Speaker At Linn County Democrat Club

June 21, 2022

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.

June 21, 2022

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.

June 21, 2022

Salisbury resident, 77-year-old Loretta F. Harmon, was killed when the 2009 Buick Lucrene she was driving crossed the center line of U.S. Highway 25, 2.5 miles west of Huntsville, at about 12:20 p.m., June 17 and struck and oncoming vehicle driven by Mary C. Liebhart, 82 New Boston, head on.

Community Involvement Sought As Downtown Brookfield Hosts Connections Grant Visit

June 21, 2022

For years the Brookfield Partnerships Main Connection Committee has worked hard to revitalize and restore the downtown Brookfield, including the revitalization and restoration of Twin Parks. "The Brookfield Partnerships Main Connection committee has been working on Main Street projects for many years now.

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

June 17, 2022

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.

Tavres Named Executive Director Of Downtown Marceline

June 17, 2022

Dave Tavres is the new executive director of Downtown Marceline. A Los Angeles native, Tavres grew up near Disneyland and in 2002 he became a history tour guide and locomotive engineer, which is how his journey to Marceline ultimately began.

June 17, 2022

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.

Mudcats Sell Long, Go Deep, Solve Carroll Puzzle

June 17, 2022

CHILLICOTHE — Starting a potentially-pivotal, home-heavy third week of their 2022 season, the Chillicothe Mudcats rode their best starting-pitching performance to date – turned in by gangly lefthander Ryan Sell – and clutch work by two relief pitchers to a 9-6 triumph over the visiting Carroll (Iowa) Merchants Tuesday night.

Frog Season Opens June 30

June 17, 2022

Missouri’s annual frog season opens on June 30 at sunset and runs through Oct. 31.

Rapinoe, Morgan Back For US For World Cup Qualifiers

June 17, 2022

Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan have been included on the U.S. roster for next month's CONCACAF W Championship, which will determine four of the region's teams in the 2023 Women's World Cup.