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JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has awarded a $22,400 Clean Water Engineering Report Grant to the city of Clarence to evaluate the city’s wastewater system. The grant program offers funding to help small communities cover engineering costs for evaluating wastewater system improvements.   The city will use the grant to identify…

By Troy Treasure   Two U.S. senators, one from northeast Missouri and another from southeast Iowa played key roles in the first-ever impeachment trial of a sitting American president.   Andrew Johnson, a Democrat, waited more than two months for the Senate to determine his fate.   The 17th president of the United States ultimately…

By Troy Treasure      It all began in the late Elizabeth Payne’s kitchen; a special relationship nurtured a little girl’s love of baking.   Debbie Barrick now operates the recently renamed Bethel Bakery, formerly Das Bakery.   “My grandmother loved me and those cinnamon rolls were a feel-good thing,” Barrick said recently, “and cinnamon rolls…

By Marlana Smith     In 2020, Allison Peoples-Shaw expanded Peoples’ Clinic to a new location in Shelbyville. Shaw started serving the community after purchasing the clinic from Carol Timmons in December of 2019.   Shaw recently hired Ashley Lanpher as a nurse practitioner to assist in her practice.    “I am thankful to continue my nursing…

Deadline to apply for 2021-2022 funding is March 8, 2021 (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.) – The Missouri Department of Agriculture is now accepting proposals for anticipated funding through the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. Interested individuals, community organizations and research institutions working to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops in Missouri should submit their application by…

HANNIBAL – Monday, Feb. 1,  Missouri Governor Mike Parson announced the designation of select hospitals throughout the state as high throughput COVID-19 vaccine distribution sites who will lead regional efforts in mass vaccination clinics. Hannibal Regional Healthcare System is pleased to have been selected as one of Missouri’s high throughput facilities for providing COVID-19 vaccines…

By Troy Treasure   The Shelby Community Fire Department’s newest member was on its way to Shelbyville at the Herald’s press time Monday.   Chief Mike Geisendorfer, Capt. Corey Cooper, Lt. Ernie Maddex and board member Dennis Stiefel traveled to Nebraska on Sunday, Jan. 31 to bring home a 2021 Freightliner 3,000 gallon pumper-tanker truck.…

By Marlana Smith   Four-hundred doses of Moderna was distributed last week during the mass vaccination clinic in Shelby County.   The first clinic was held Thursday, Jan. 28 in Shelbina where 350 doses were administered. Another 50 were distributed at the Health Department on Saturday, Jan. 30.   “It was a well-run event; as…

By Martha Jane East The Salt River Ambulance District Board met Wednesday, Jan. 20 at the ambulance base in Shelbyville. In addition to those attending in person, three of the board members attended by Zoom. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Phil Leatherman. Kieth Pantaleo, Director, had prepared the figures for the 2021…