Ground Breaking Held At Marceline Skate Park
Ground has officially been broken on the Marceline Skate Park in Walt Disney Park. Over 12 months ago fundraising began for the project and organizers sought and obtained approval from the city council.
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Surprise Assembly Held At BHS
Brookfield High School Student Council, with support from administration, was able to plan and execute a surprise assembly for students. The goal of this was to boost morale and bring some joy to students and teachers. The assembly was kept a secret from students and most staff members to make it really feel like a spur-of-the-moment decision when in reality, it was planned a couple of weeks earlier.
High-Five Friday’s
The Brookfield High School baseball team lined up to greet elementary and middle school students on a recent Friday morning. A new initiative of the Brookfield High School Student Council has been gathering various sports teams and clubs to greet younger students every Friday morning with music, high-fives and positivity. The goal of this is to spread some positivity making students more excited to attend school, and bring young students and their role models together in a constructive way.
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Ongoing • Sewing Class at the Brookfield YMCA. Free sewing class on Mondays and Thursdays at 10 a.m.
Schmitt Joins Multistate Action To End Mask Mandate On Public Transportation
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt joined 20 other states in a multistate action against President Joe Biden’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) continued use of the unlawful mask mandate on public transportation. The attorneys general argue that the mandate exceeds the authority of the CDC. The Biden administration continues to use a failed interpretation of a quarantine statute—that has been ruled against in court several times—to authorize the CDC’s rule. The continuation of the CDC’s unlawful mask mandate harms the states.
Commission Meeting Minutes For March 15
The Linn County Commission met on March 15 with Commissioners King, Murrain and Muck and Clerk Stephenson present. Presiding Commissioner King called the meeting to order. The agenda for March 15, 2022, was reviewed.
AP Sources: Asylum Limits At Border Expected To End May 23
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is expected to end the asylum limits at the U.S.-Mexico border by May 23 that were put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19, according to people familiar with the matter. The decision, not yet final, would halt use of public health powers to absolve the United States of obligations under American law and international treaty to provide haven to people fleeing persecution.
Historically Yours: Four Presidents Who Left No Legacy On The Supreme Court
Forty-five men have served as President of the United States. Forty-one of them made their mark on the Supreme Court; four of them did not.
Missouri Securities Division Joins States, SEC In $100 Million Settlement With Digital Asset Company
Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s Securities Division has announced that digital-asset financial services company, BlockFi Lending LLC (BlockFi), has agreed to pay $50 million to members of the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) and an additional $50 million to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to settle claims related to the offer and sale of unregistered securities. BlockFi had over 400,000 investors in the U.S.
Missouri Station Offering Russian State Radio To Listeners
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A man who runs a little-known, low-budget radio station in suburban Kansas City says he is standing up for free speech and alternative viewpoints when he airs Russian state-sponsored programming in the midst of the Ukrainian war.