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Concrete Added to Ayerco Building Site

 CONCRETE BEING POURED AT AYERCO – The concrete trucks were in full swing this week pouring concrete for the gas pumps at the Ayerco Convenience Center located on North Pearl Street in Milan. It will double the size of the amount of pumps they have at the old location. Dirt work started on the new…

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Missouri FFA Foundation Grant Awarded to Grundy High School

 Submitted by Heather Dimitt-Fletcher  Galt – The Missouri FFA Foundation is awarding a Learning by Doing Classroom grant to the agriculture education program at Grundy Co R-V High School.  In 2022, the Missouri FFA Foundation launched the Learning by Doing Classroom grants program to assist agriculture education teachers across the state in improving the curriculum,…

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 DONALD GARY SCOTT 

Donald Gary Scott, 80, of Milan, Missouri, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Sunday, November 17, 2024, at Landmark Hospital in Columbia, Missouri.  Donnie was born on the farm in Sullivan County on February 25, 1944, to Hubert and Garnett (Carver) Scott.  He attended elementary classes at the one room Prairie Dale School and…

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Wildcat All Conference Football Picks

 Receiving All Conference Honors in football were (front row, left to right) Keaton Weter, First Team Defense Athlete, First Team Wide Receiver; Ethan Bennett, First Team Defensive Back; Eddie Garcia, First Team Returner, Running Back, and Honorable Mention Defensive Back; Aziel Alcantara, Second Team Defense Kicker; Santiago Sorio, Second Team Offensive Line; Troy Aldridge, First…

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Now Open: Sullivan County Route N and Y Intersection

 Roy Blunt Reservoir Project BUILD grant  Missouri Department of Transportation Press Release  ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is administering a US DOT Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant for the construction of transportation improvements around the Roy Blunt Reservoir project. Contractors from Capital Paving and Construction, LLC., reopened…

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Green City National Honor Society Donation

 During September and October, the Green City National Honor Society members pledged to “Get Our Move On” to raise both awareness of the benefits of physical activity and money to donate to a local cause. Students chose the Milan Interfaith Food Pantry as the recipient of the $574 raised through a variety of activities: running,…

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Wildcat All Conference Softball Picks

 Receiving All Conference Honors in softball were Amy Pickering, Honorable Mention Catcher, 1st team All District Catcher, 2nd Team All-Region Catcher, and Emerson Pauley, 1st Team Pitcher, 1st Team All District Pitcher and 2nd Team All-Region Pitcher. 

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 HELEN MARIE WYANT

  Helen Marie Wyant, 90, of Bolivar, Missouri, passed away Friday, November 15, 2024, at Citizens Memorial Healthcare Facility in Bolivar.  Helen was born May 10, 1934 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to Lester and Nellie (Holsinger) Scott.  On May 17, 1953, she married John Wyant, he preceded her in death. She was also preceded by:…

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 LEMAN COURTNEY 

Leman Courtney a 96 year old Galt resident, passed away at 8:25 a.m., Thursday, November 14, 2024 at his residence while under hospice care.  Leman Edwin Courtney was born July 13, 1928 in Green City, Missouri, to James Henry and Lula Lee (Price) Courtney. He graduated from Newtown High School with the class of 1947. …

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 Early Deadline for Holiday Newspaper 

By Echo Menges  The Milan Standard deadline for submissions and advertisements for the Thanksgiving Week newspaper has been moved up to this Friday, November 22, at NOON due to printing availability. Please submit your items as soon as possible ahead of the deadline. Submissions will not be accepted past the deadline. There will be no…

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