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Opening Weekend of Rifle Season Hunters are Required to Test for CWD in Sullivan County
Missouri Department of Conservation If you harvest a deer from counties in the Chronic Wasting Disease Management Zone including Sullivan County during Nov. 13 or 14, 2021, you must take your deer — or just the head — on the day of harvest to one of the CWD sampling stations. Hunters are reminded to follow…
Read MoreNeff Wins AQHA World Champion Title
Submitted by AQHA The American Quarter Horse Association, Oklahoma City – Abby Neff of Galt Mo captured the world championship title in Polebending at the 2021 AQHA Select World Championship Show, presented by Adequan® (polysulfated glycosaminoglycan), on 10/29/2021 at the OKC Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City. Neff showed the American Quarter Horse Came In A Blazin…
Read MoreSullivan County Memorial Hospital Welcomes Family Nurse Practitioner Raya Young
Submitted by Sullivan County Memorial Hospital Raya Young has been in the nursing field for over 20 years. She realized early in her career that there was a need for greater access to health care. She has worked in a variety of settings (hospital, hospice, long-term care) as an RN, while raising two children. When…
Read MoreAs Missouri Hispanic Population Grows, Building Trust is Key to Bridging Cultural Gap
By Rebecca Rivas, Courtesy of the Missouri Independent When Eduardo Crespi was working as a nurse at University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia more than 20 years ago, he’d have a full load of patients to care for. But on top of that, he would also get called to translate for Spanish-speaking patients who weren’t…
Read MoreMain Street Connection Program Comes to Milan
Submitted by Crystal Bupp, Milan Chamber of Commerce On Tuesday, September 21, 2021, Milan hosted Keith Winge and Ben White, the Missouri Main Street Community Empowerment Grant Application (CEGA) Selection Committee, for a presentation at the Milan Community Center and a walking + driving tour of various businesses throughout Milan’s Business District; the newly constructed…
Read MoreSCMH Adds New CT Scanner
(Milan, MO)— Sullivan County Memorial Hospital (SCMH) added a new CT Scanner at the end of August. The Aquilion Lightning provides high performance, it is highly economical, some of the benefits are increased productivity and patient safety. Employs cutting-edge technology to optimize accelerated decision making and assures high quality images at very low patient radiation…
Read MoreBack to School Area School Enrollment Numbers
Enrollment for the five area schools for 2021-2022 is 1127, down from the enrollment figure of 1244 in 2020-2021. Following is a breakdown for each school. Milan C-2 reports an enrollment of 634, up 25 since last year. Kindergarten through 6th grade had 329, 7th through 12th 305. Individual class breakdown is as follows: 2021…
Read MoreGreen City Post Office Deemed Unsafe, City Will Tear It Down
By John Garlock, Courtesy of KTVO-TV Channel 3 GREEN CITY, Mo. — A U.S. post office in a small northeast Missouri community is now closed due to an unstable exterior wall and other structural issues. A letter dated August 13, 2021, is taped on the front door of the Green City Post Office. It states…
Read MoreGreen City R-1 Awarded by Tri-County Conference
On Thursday, Aug. 12, Green City R-1 had the opportunity to host the Tri-County Conference annual meeting. At the meeting, conference champions from the 2020-2021 school year were presented with their plaques. Green City received 6 plaques. The All-Sports Champion presented to Jamie Tipton, High School Principal. The Conference Baseball plaque was presented to Dale…
Read MoreRising Postal Rates Force Subscription Increases
Sooner or later, the day had to come. The post office has announced an 8.8 percent increase on periodicals postage, effective August 29, 2021. That’s on top of their 1.456 percent increase earlier in 2021, and their nearly 2 percent increase in January of 2020. In fact, since 2017, the postage we pay to mail…
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