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Emily Meneely and Davis Fluckey were married Sept. 24 at the Meneely farm.

State Budget Director Dan Haug recently announced that net general revenue collections for September 2022 grew 14.7% compared to those for September 2021, from $1.10 billion last year to $1.26 billion this year.

Spending on houseplants and office plants has flourished in recent years, says University of Missouri Extension horticulturist Robert Balek. The act of giving houseplants as get-well gifts surged in 2019, and the increase has continued since then, Balek says.

Communication, or the act of transmitting and receiving information, is a vital component of all interactions between family members. Communication is an important part of a satisfying parent-child relationship, and for working parents with children living in the home communication is a very important part of daily life. To achieve understanding in communication a person must listen, decode the message, and give feedback to ensure that the receiver understood the message in the same context in which it was sent. Communication is a vital part of our lives. Communication includes speaking, writing, reading, listening comprehending and evaluating. It also can be verbal AND non-verbal. So however we define it, positive communication strengthens family relationships.

The Linn County Commission met on Sept. 27 with Commissioners King, Murrain and Muck and Clerk Stephenson present.

Jennifer Anne Hall's case has been transferred to Clinton County and continued to Dec. 6 for a 9 a.m.

The annual downtown Wine Walk is one of Main Street Chillicothe's most memorable yearly events. This Fall, the group is adding some new elements to the Oct. 21 event, which will now be The Fall Wine and Beer Walk.

Ongoing • Linn County Historical Society Tillman House Museum open to the public. Saturdays.

There is a $3 suggested contribution for meals for those 60 years and over and $6.75 cost for meals for those 59 years and under. Meals are delivered Monday thru Friday, from 10:30 a.m., – 12 p.m., except on holidays.