Area News
FCS Financial Awards Grant To Local 4-H Clubs
Pictured above are members for the local 4-H clubs at the Shelby County Fairgrounds on Sunday, June 22, 2025. Also pictured with members is FCS Financial Vice President Kyle Eckler. Photograph courtesy of Laura Latchford A record number 113 Missouri 4-H clubs and FFA chapters received $500 Shaping Rural Missouri Grants from FCS Financial for…
Read MoreDinner and a Show
Submitted by Michelle Allensworth Pendleton and the SCHS Members for Change: A Renewal and Preservation Group It’s the 30th of October in 1967 at the North Shelby High School and everything was in place and ready. Tables were set with a Halloween theme and on this Monday evening the North Shelby Home Economics class…
Read MoreShelbina Man Charged With Financial Exploitation of Elderly Person
Jacob D. Kringle By Marlana Smith A Shelbina man has been arrested and charged with felony financial exploitation following an investigation launched earlier this month by the Shelbina Police Department. Jacob D. Kringle, 52, was arrested Tuesday, June 24, 2025. According to a release from the department, officers began investigating a possible fraud case on…
Read MoreWrapping Up June Dairy Month: A Salute to Dairy Farmers and Healthy Choices
Even though June is winding down, it’s never too late to recognize the importance of June Dairy Month, a time to celebrate the hardworking dairy farm families who bring nutritious, delicious dairy products to our tables every day. June Dairy Month has been a tradition across the United States for more than 85 years. Originally…
Read MoreAlumni Reunion Held
The 25th Annual Clarence High School All School Alumni Reunion was held Saturday, June 21, 2025, at the Faith Family in Christ fellowship hall. There were 82 in attendance. Alumni were welcomed by Linda Foreman Miller (63). The class of 1963 was in charge of arrangements for the day. Larry Johnston (62) gave the Invocation. …
Read MoreNortheast Missouri Genealogical Society to Meet in Bethel
The Northeast Missouri Genealogical Society will hold their second meeting of the year on Saturday, June 28 at 10:00 a.m., at Bethel Feast Hall, 127 North Main St., Bethel, MO. A program will be given about the Historic Bethel German Colony. Bethel was founded in 1844 as a communal colony by Wilhelm Keil and his German-American followers. After the program Donna…
Read MoreMDC reminds public frogging season begins June 30
Green frog in water July, 1994 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Get outside and discover nature this summer during frogging season! The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds the public that frogging season begins June 30 at sunset and runs through Oct. 31. Anyone with a fishing permit or small game hunting permit may go frogging for…
Read MoreBygones 6-18-2025
25 Years Ago – The Clarence Homecoming Queen Pageant was held Thursday night, June 22. It centered around the theme, "Rockin' the World." Seated is the 2000 Clarence Homecoming Queen Amy Collins, daughter of Jim and Marsha Collins, Clarence. Standing behind the queen is her court. Pictured from the left is 1st runner-up and Miss…
Read MoreThe Bridgewater
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania copy By Dr. Jim Foster “The years like great black oxen tread the world, and God, the herdsman goads them on behind, and I am broken by their passing feet. — William Butler Yeats In late April of 1859, a reporter for the Hannibal Daily Messenger newspaper (Hannibal, Missouri), witnessed a rodeo…
Read MoreHealth Department Schedule
The Shelby County Health Department released its July schedule as follows: Blood Pressure Clinic: Shelbina Nutrition Center, Wednesday, July 16, 11 a.m.-noon. Shelbyville Office: Mondays and Wednesdays, 8:30-12 and 1-4: Blood Pressures, Immunizations, Cholesterol Screening, Blood Sugars. Infections and Labs must have written physician order. WIC CLINICS: Appointment only, Wednesday, July 9, and 23; Thursday,…
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