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Pages Celebrate 60 Years of Marriage
To Celebrate 60th Wedding Anniversary – Dean and Janice Page of Green City will celebrate their 60th Wedding Anniversary on February 22, 2021, with a card shower. They are shown above with their great grandchildren, Oakley, Vada, Walker and Dawson. Cards may be mailed to them at 329 East Wilson St., Green City, MO 63545.
Read MoreEducation Matters No. 76
By Dr. Ben Yocom – Milan C-2 School District Superintendent In case you missed it, on Tuesday, 2/2/21 – Punxsutawney Phil – during the annual Groundhog day – saw his shadow. This means that there is an additional six (6) weeks of winter. Whether or not you believe in the Groundhog Day traditions and tendencies…
Read MoreLadycats Tame Lady Tigers
The last game of the week for the Milan varsity basketball Ladycats and perhaps the last contest on the old gymnasium hard wood was against Princeton Lady Tigers. The Milan Ladycat squad battled an ole Nemesis in a GRC tussle on Thursday, February 4, 2021. Princeton was in the game to the end, kept hanging…
Read MoreWildcats Fall To Tigers
The Milan Wildcats were host to the Princeton Tigers on Thursday, February 4, 2021 in an important GRC contest. This was perhaps the final varsity contest in the old gymnasium this season. This send off may have been one of the strangest games in some time. The ebbs and flow of a basketball game was…
Read MoreStudents Recognized at School Board Meeting, Graduation Plans Begin for Class of 2021
January 20, 2021 – MEMBERS PRESENT: Mr. Jeremy Mosley, President; Mr. David Richardson, Vice President; Mr. Duane Schnelle, Secretary; Mr. Harry Doak, Mr. Dennis Weaver, Mr. Jody Glidewell, Mrs. Crystal Bupp. SCHOOL PERSONNEL PRESENT: Dr. Ben Yocom, Superintendent; Mrs. Danah Fowler, Executive Admin. Assist., Mrs. Ashley Gardner, SPED Director and Mr. Mike Hostetter, High School…
Read MoreLaw Enforcement Reports an Aircraft Possibly Went Down in Eastern Grundy County
Tuesday, February 9, 2021 – The Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Corporal Justin Dunn reported preliminary information from the Federal Aviation Administration that a Cessna 177 left Randolph County and was headed to the Kirksville airport on Monday, February 8, 2021. However, there was no indication the aircraft landed in Kirksville. GPS coordinates show the…
Read MoreOaks Family on Farm Life and Lessons to Last a Lifetime
Justin and Stephanie Oaks, along with their three boys, are proud to call their Harris, Missouri farm diversified to say the least. On their 200 acres in Sullivan County, the Oaks family raises cattle, hogs, row crops and hay. Justin, a fifth generation farmer, is also a local seed salesman, adding more diversity to their…
Read MoreNorth Central Missouri College 2021 Homecoming Royalty Candidates
The candidates for the 2021 North Central Missouri College Homecoming and Alumni Appreciation Day have been announced. Festivities will be held on February 27th when NCMC men’s and women’s basketball take on Region 16 foe Metropolitan Community College. Nominees for king and queen had to be current NCMC sophomores in good standing, nominated by their…
Read MoreOpen House This Saturday
Milan C-2 School District – Tuesday, February 2, 2021 – As of now, the Milan C-2 School District is proud to present & announce the #BetterMC2Project Open House! The event will begin at 12:30 on Saturday, February 6th with a variety of activities that will be followed up with the FIRST basketball games to be…
Read MoreNortheast Family Health Council Administers Covid-19 Vaccines
COVID-19 Vaccines were given on Monday, February 1, 2021. Shown receiving the shot is Suzi Wilson (center), along with Northeast Family Health Council volunteers: Patti Pipes, employee of REC, Milan (left) and Amanda Wilford, FNP-C, on (right) This photo was taken at the REC building in Milan. Those interested in getting vaccinated can call the…
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