NEMO Storm Spotter Training to be Held on February 22
By Echo Menges The US National Weather Service St. Louis Office will host Storm Spotter Training at the Knox County Community Center in Edina, MO, on Thursday, February 22, 2024. This is one of two in-person Storm Spotter Training classes offered by the NWS St. Louis office in Northeast Missouri in 2024. Pre-registration is not…
Read MoreYear in Review: Looking Back on the News of 2023 Part 3
By Phyllis Fleshman SEPTEMBER Continued from last week – The Milan City Park received new picnic tables thanks to the collaboration between the Milan Area Chamber of Commerce and the Milan City Park Board. Adair County Route 6 is finally open after completion of the bridge east of Novinger. The Winigan Sesquicentennial Grand Marshals are…
Read MoreGreen City Homecoming Week January 15-19
Green City R-1 will celebrate Homecoming during the week of January 15-19. Activities will include dress up days, pep rally on Thursday night, and the Homecoming game against Novinger on Friday night. The Homecoming King and Queen will be crowned after the boys game on Friday night. This year’s candidates are pictured left to right:…
Read More4-H SPIN Club Builds Robotic Arms
Junk Drawer Robotics Wrap Up By Hillary Robedeaux In November 2023 Sullivan County 4-H kicked off their first ever Junk Drawer Robotics SPIN Club lead by volunteer Michelle Dickson and MU Extension YPA, Hillary Robedeaux. For those of you not familiar, a SPIN club is a short-term special interest club. The focus of this SPIN…
Read MoreLARRY DEAN HOSTETTER
LARRY DEAN HOSTETTER Larry Dean Hostetter, 76, of Gladstone, Missouri, passed away on Monday, January 15, 2024, at North Kansas City Hospital under Hospice Care. Larry was born on April 26, 1947, in Harris Missouri, to Gean and Muriel (Foster) Hostetter of Harris, Missouri. On April 2nd, 1966, he married Linda Joan Smith of Harris…
Read MoreLadycats Knock Off Midgets
The Milan Ladycat varsity basketball squad traveled North to Unionville to do battle against the Putnam County Midgets in a Grand Rivers Conference contest on Friday, January 6, 2024. The Ladycats got back on track after a three game losing streak. Milan participated in the Holiday Hoops competition over the Christmas break, suffering loses to…
Read MoreMICHAEL R. TEBBEN
MICHAEL R. TEBBEN Michael Roy Tebben, 74, was called home on December 28, 2023. He was born on April 10,1949 in Algona, Iowa to Tony and Doris Tebben. He was a 1967 graduate of Milan High School. In 1968 he married Peggy Hines and they were blessed with three children. He obtained a B.S. in…
Read MoreSHIRLEY LOUISE SWANK
SHIRLEY LOUISE SWANK Shirley Louise Swank, of Milan, peacefully passed Friday, January 5, 2024 at the Sullivan County Hospital in Milan, Missouri. Shirley was born July 8, 1935 in Sullivan County, Missouri, the daughter of Samuel and Lois Pearl (Roop) Snelling. She married Eldon Swank and together they raised three children. She is survived by…
Read MoreYear in Review: Looking Back on the News of 2023 Part 2
By Phyllis Fleshman June – Green City graduating classes of 1983-1984 held their class reunion at the OBB restaurant in Green City on June 17, 2023. NEMR’s 66th Annual Meeting prize winners were a $1000 check to Alexis Smith and a $500 check to Judy Schmitter. Three young ladies are competing for Sullivan County Fair…
Read MoreGopher All Stater Signs With Wichita State Track
By David Sharp Nine time Missouri High School track and field state champion Asher Buggs-Tipton has signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Wichita State University and participate in the Wheat Shockers Track and Field program. Nearly three quarters of the stands of Green City High School’s basketball Gym were filled with Green City…
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