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Missouri non-farm payroll employment decreased by 3,100 jobs from April 2022 to May 2022, and the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased by three-tenths of a percentage point. Private industry employment decreased by 1,500 jobs and government employment decreased by 1,600 jobs. The state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.1% in May 2022, down from 3.4% in April 2022. Over the year, there was an increase of 71,800 jobs from May 2021 to May 2022, and the unemployment rate decreased by 1.4 percentage points, from 4.5% in May 2021 to 3.1% in May 2022.

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

The Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri, Inc. recently announced 204 individual scholarships were awarded in the amount of $243,400 to currently enrolled college students and graduating seniors in the Class of 2022! The Community Foundation administers 95 scholarship funds for students in the 18 counties of Northwest Missouri and beyond.

IT'S A GIRL!!!! Willow Marie Albertson arrived on June 11, 2022, to make her home with Jeff and Angela Albertson, Wheeling. Grandparents are Paul and Pam Quick, Kenny and Kim Albertson, Wheeling; great-grandparents are Ted Quick, Keystesville, Wayne Albertson, Bud Springer, Wheeling. She joins sister, Ani, two years old.

Successfully transitioning a family farming business to the next generation doesn’t happen overnight. University of Missouri Extension agricultural business specialist Wesley Tucker says it takes planning and “communication, communication, communication.” To help families start the succession planning process and initiate communication, Tucker and an MU Extension team will lead two-hour workshops across the state in July and August.

A recent analysis shows how expansion and adoption of internet services in three northwestern Missouri counties could help grow their economies in the decade ahead. The report, “Economic Benefits of Expanding Broadband in Missouri: Atchison, Gentry and Worth Counties,” makes the case for public and private investment in rural broadband, said Alan Spell, assistant extension professor in agricultural and applied economics at the University of Missouri.

There is always 100 things or more that need our attention on the farm and at home. Many of us do not enjoy working on paperwork and would rather do anything else. As hard as it is to believe we are already halfway through the year so, the next time you get rained out of the field think about heading in to see about updating those records.

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.