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Warm days and cool nights make conditions ripe for a second round of produce.

Double your gardening pleasure with a cool-season garden

Recent weeks of mild temperatures remind gardeners that it is time to plant cool-season vegetables, said University of Missouri Extension horticulture specialist David Trinklein. Warm days and cool nights make conditions ripe for a second round of produce that is often sweeter and more flavorful...

Blunt works to expand broadband to rural areas.

Fighting to Expand Broadband Access in Rural Missouri

Across the country, far too many rural businesses, schools, and health care providers are struggling to keep pace with people who live in bigger towns and cities because they lack access to high-speed internet, often referred to as broadband. That’s why, as a member of the Senate Commerce Committee...

Parade time at the Steam and Gas Engine Show!

GBE failed to obtain all county assents.

PSC DENIES GRAIN BELT EXPRESS APPLICATION

JEFFERSON CITY---The Missouri Public Service Commission has denied an application filed by Grain Belt Express Clean Line LLC (GBE) seeking Commission authority and a certificate of convenience and necessity (CCN) to construct, own, operate, control, manage and maintain a high voltage, direct...

Eric Smith shooting at a balloon at the Cowboy Mounted Shooting Competition.

Photos of the Steam & Gas Engine Show and Parade

The Northwest Missouri Steam & Gas Engine Association held its annual event Friday, Saturday, Sunday. An extra day was added on Monday in celebration of the eclipse. A new addition this year was the Cowboy Mounted Shooting Competition that took place Friday evening. The event was a huge...

This is a photo from the newspaper office at the 4-way looking south.

Eclipse in Hamilton

Viewing the eclipse in northwest Missouri was hit and miss. Here in Hamilton it rained rather heavily in the morning and then began to clear out about noon. The eclipse could be seen if you watched between cloud cover which there was plenty of. During totality everything was as dark as night and...

Katelyn’s prize-winning Market Steer weighed 1,355 pounds.

2017 Grand Champion Market Steer announced

(SEDALIA, Mo.) – Katelyn Gillum, daughter of Brad Gillum and Lori O’Reilly, is the exhibitor of the 2017 Grand Champion Market Steer at the Missouri State Fair. Katelyn is from Unionville, and is a member of the Putnam County FFA Chapter. Katelyn’s prize-winning Market Steer weighed 1,355 pounds....

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2017 Women in Ag Event

Maysville, Mo. – Progress is being made thus far for this year’s Women in Ag Event. An evening of fun, food & friends is right around the corner! Time is running out for your ticket purchase. Remember seating is limited, but there’s still room! So please purchase your ticket before it’s too...

If nuclear missiles are fired we are all at risk.

Surviving Nuclear Attack

By Dr. Glenn Mollette President Donald Ttump has vowed to meet more North Korea threats with "power the likes of which the world has never seen" and Kim Jong-un has responded with a plan for a nuke attack on the US island of Guam. Plans are being made for a horror scenario we must take seriously....

Bearded Iris – Photo by Andrey Korzun, shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA 3.0) license, via Wikimedia Commons.

Iris: Divide and conquer now for a beautiful kingdom in spring

Most of the year, irises grow easily without a care in the world. Rarely do they need attention to thrive. But gardeners should give the carefree beauty their undivided attention in August. By dividing and replanting clumps that have grown too large, gardeners can increase spring displays of the...