DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — There is only so much farmland in the United States, so when Russia's invasion of Ukraine last spring prompted worries that people would go hungry as wheat remained stuck in blockaded ports, there was little U.S. farmers could do to meet the new demand.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Stoked by the largest surplus in state history, Missouri's Republican- led Legislature devised a $500 million plan to send one-time tax refunds to millions of households. In a shock to some, GOP Gov. Mike Parson vetoed it.
Sam Graves, Republican Missouri 6th District Congressman is accepting applications for nomination to the US Military Academies. North Missouri students interested in attending the U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, U.S. Military Academy or U.S. Naval Academy should contact Graves’ Kansas City District Office at 816-792-3976 after opening an application with their desired service academy. To be eligible, you must:
Specialized track-chairs help the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) make nature and the outdoors more accessible to all outdoor enthusiasts. MDC recently awarded a grant to Missouri Disabled Sportsmen (MDS) to assist in the purchase of four trackchairs and an enclosed trailer.
The mother of a California teenager conspired with a former Missouri boarding school dean on a plan that resulted in the boy being forced into a car, handcuffed for more than 24 hours and driven to a Missouri school for troubled youths, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
TRENTON — With their returning state medalist “doing her thing” and generating three of the fourbest rounds of the match, Marceline High School’s golf Lady Tigers jumped into the new season smartly last Tuesday with a pair of dual- match road triumphs. Coach Paige Hale’s squad, coming off a district championship in 2021, began the new campaign with a low-4 score of 222, 17 strokes ahead of Brookfield and 21 up on Trenton. MHS senior Tess Sheerman showed the way to the twin wins, parring a pair of holes (the par-4 fourth and par-3 seventh) as she carded a 46 that was nine strokes better than anyone else’s round at the Trenton Country Club course.
Following the previous Friday’s football opener at home, three more Brookfield High School fall sports programs initiated 2022 competition early this week with the softball Lady Bulldogs emerging impressively victorious on the road. The Lady ’Dogs of the diamond took apart host Hamilton: Penney 13-5 Tuesday, one day after Hamilton lost only 7-0 to the defending Class 2 state-champion Marceline Lady Tigers at Marceline.
The Missouri Department of Conservation announced on Aug. 17 that a fifth state-record fish for 2022 had been taken on May 16 when a 14-pounds, 6-ounces shortnose gar was arrowed by a Nebraska man, Rich Porter, at Lake of the Ozarks.
First Missouri Bank – a full-service community bank with locations throughout Northern Missouri – announced it has changed its name to Verimore Bank effective Aug. 29. The Brookfield, Missouri-based bank will maintain its current staff and local ownership comprised of individuals who are committed to serving the communities they call home.
More than 20 community members were in attendance at the August meeting of the Brookfield City Council on Aug. 23. At the meeting the council held the tax levy hearing, accepted a bid for banking services and heard from members of Down Town Brookfield - Main Street.