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Braymer C-4 School welcomed three new teachers to the district this year. Left to right: Tina Praiswater will be teaching first grade; Erica Coats will teach seventh through twelfth social studies; and Donald Heaton is the new band instructor.
“Making the best better” for generations of Missouri 4-H Club members, Dorothy Silvey of Hamilton was inducted into the Missouri 4-H Hall of Fame on Aug. 13 at State Fair Community College in Sedalia.
She was among 54 inductees from 40 counties establishing a legacy totaling 1,594 years of service...
Farmers should scout cornfields now for anthracnose and other stalk rots.
University of Missouri Extension corn specialist Greg Luce says stalk rots, including anthracnose, charcoal, diplodia and fusarium, can be found to some extent in cornfields across much of the state.
Scout fields before corn...
The right tools and techniques can make gardening after 50 golden, says University of Missouri Extension horticulture specialist Todd Lorenz.
Gardening after 50 should not be “trowel and error,” he says.
Lorenz and Missouri AgrAbility Program state director Karen Funkenbusch suggest ways gardeners...
The 2016 Missouri Teen Safety Belt Survey is complete. The safety belt usage for all teenage drivers and teenage front seat passengers combined was 70.4 percent. This is a 1.4 percent increase when compared to 69 percent in 2015.
“We’re very excited to see these numbers go up,” said MoDOT Youth...
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The unique beauty and pleasing fragrance of carnivorous plants lure unwary prey into their clutches. From an insect’s point of view, carnivorous plants are lovely to behold until they grab hold.
To be classified as carnivorous, a plant must attract, capture, kill and digest its prey...
Caldwell County News is requesting parents of 4-H children to send in photos of their award winning entries. Due to only one professional photographer at the State Fair this year, we have not received very many photos as in the past.
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical used in many consumer products including water bottles, metal food storage products and certain resins. Often, aquatic environments such as rivers and streams become reservoirs for BPA, affecting turtle habitats. Last year, a team of researchers led...
CAMERON, Mo – As part of the ongoing bridge deck replacement project on U.S. Route 36 at the Interstate 35 interchange, traffic will move head to head in the westbound lanes as contractors from Emery Sapp and Sons, Inc., working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, replace the eastbound...
A controversial DC transmission line proposed by Clean Line Energy suffered two major blows last week. Seven years ago the company began working toward regulatory approval to erect four transmission lines designed to carry energy to population centers far from the source. They have been met with...
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