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Tragedy on a farm in Scotland county. The state patrol says that 66 year old Jerald Snyder was on a utility vehicle when he had some kind of medical emergency and backed into his wife — killing her. 68 year old Diane K. Snyder died at the scene. Jerald Snyder was taken to the hospital, no word on what kind of medical problem he had.

A wreck Sunday morning on Missouri 11 in Linn county. The State Patrol says an SUV went off the left side…down and embankement …then it hit a tree and turned over. The driver, 65 year old Norman Duncan, escaped with minor injuries.

As we head into Spring, it means we need to be ready for severe weather.

So, Severe Weather Preparedness week starts next Monday. The yearly statewide Tornado Drill is set for a week from today at 10am. The state says that participants should practice taking cover in their designated shelter. Schools, businesses and families are all encouraged to participate.

More information can be found on Missouri’s website: ‘Stormaware.mo.gov.’

Fatal wreck Friday night on Highway 11 near Kirksville. A 72 year old man died when he ran off the road and his truck flipped over in a pond. The state patrol identified him as Gerald Craig of Carrollton. The wreck report says he was not wearing a seat-belt.

And two people were hurt Thursday evening on Highway 36, near Macon. The patrol says an SUV driven by 63 year old Thomas L. Jenkins slid on an icy road, hit an embankement, and turned over. Jenkins and passenger had moderate injuries.

The Missouri Senate has passed a bill to give more adults scholarship money, so they can finish college or get job training certificates. The program was going to expire this year, but it will get an additional seven years if the bill passes. It now goes to the House.

MoDot says a mixed bag of winter precipitation will be in Missouri through Thursday. So they’re urging drivers to beware of slick roads.

MoDot says high accumulations have not been forecast, but any amount of ice, sleet and snow will make driving difficult. You can check current Missouri road conditions on the Traveler Information Map at www.modot.org, or through MoDOT’s smartphone app.

The lowest daily count in a while — only six new cases of covid-19 reported Wednesday in Adair
County. The new cases include a 17 year old girl, and the oldest, a 61 year old man.

And the weekly covid-count is in from Macon county. 17 new cases in the past 7 dasy. That continues a downward trend. Of the 17 new cases, 10 were vaccinated and one got the virus for the second time.

A fight about overalls in the state senate.

Republican Senator Mike Moon is mad that he was punished for wearing overalls along with a jacket and tie on the Senate floor.

Senate President Dave Schatz kicked Moon off most committes he was on. So to retaliate, Moon stopped all senate work by reading a book on the senate floor…out loud. Now Senate leader Schatz says he’ll remove the punishment if Moon says he’s sorry

Recall of baby formula, that word from the makers of Similac in Jefferson City.

Infant formula used in the WIC government program has been recalled. Also recalled, some POWDERED Similac, Alimentum, and EleCare formulas that was manufactured in Michigan. The powdered formula included in the recall have the expiration date of April first — or later.

It includes 12.6 oz Similac Total Comfort, 12.5 oz Similac for Spit Up, all EleCare Infant and Junior, and all Similac Alimentum.

This recall does NOT include Similac Isomil, Similac Neosure, and all concentrate or ready-to-feed formulas.

No charges to be filed against a St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter even though the governor thought he should be arrested.

An investigation found that Josh Renaud did nothing wrong in writing about a state website that exposed the social security numbers of Missouri teachers. Renaud and the paper held off publishing the story so the state could fix the problem — which, as it turns out, had been exposing personal information for years