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Residents in Green City are unable to use their post office for now. The post office is temporarily closed due to saftey concerns. The city posted online that the safety issue is the East wall of the facility. All delivery routes will stay the same. But those who have a PO box or need to physically go into the Post Office to mail something, will have to go to the post office in Green Castle. The City says the Mayor is in constant contact with the Postal Service to find a solution to this issue so residents can get their Post Office back. The city will be posting updates on their Facebook page.

Adair County’s overall COVID-19 case count passed the 3,000 mark yesterday and reached 26 new cases for the second consecutive day. The count now stands at 3,023 with 119 active cases and 2,876 people who have left isolation. Two of the new cases are in the higher education sector and 10 reside at addresses with at least one other confirmed case.

The state Department of Health and Senior Services announced yesterday that immunocompromised people in Missouri can start to receive the third dose of COVID-19 vaccine this fall. According to Missouri DHSS, a third dose of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines may be given to moderately to severely immunocompromised people. Conditions include: Organ transplant patients taking immunosuppressive medicine; and Cancer patients actively taking treatments affecting the immune system. See the full list on the Missouri DHSS website. Those elibigle can get there third doses at the same places they got the first and second doses.Those who do not meet the criteria for moderately to severely immunocompromised do not need a third dose at this time. Residents are advised to wait 28 days after their second dose before receiving a third shot.

A new bridge is open, while another bridge is now closed in northeast Missouri. The new bridge over Foreman (Gunns) Branch on Missouri Route 15 in Scotland County just north of Memphis opened to traffic this week. The new bridge is 28 feet wide with three-foot shoulders. Route 15 closed at the bridge over Wyaconda River north of Route C Tuesday, so the contractor can construct a new bridge at that location.

A northeast Missouri woman has been named as the 2021 Bicentennial Inaugural Parade Grand Marshal. Governor Mike Parson announced Edith Harrington, a World War II United States Cadet Nurse Corps member will be the the Parade Marshal for the historic Bicentennial Inaugural Parade on September 18th.Harrington, who lives in Macon, graduated from Atlanta High School in 1937 and enrolled in pre-nursing courses at Kirksville State Teachers College. She then went on to complete her training at the University of Missouri-Columbia where she cared for wounded and sick U.S. Navy soldiers at Columbia Hospital. She also enrolled in and served in the United States Cadet Nurse Corps. Parson said Harrington served her country honorably and cared for our military service members during WWII, and she represents some of the best qualities an American and a Missourian can have.

With 26 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed yesterday, the August case
total in Adair County has reached 238. The total number of cases confirmed in the month of July was 203. The overall case count is 2,997.

Sullivan County added two new cases yesteday. They currently have 38 active cases.

Another boil order in Kirksville. This one is for residents on East Meadow Lane between Randall Drive and Woodland Drive. The boil order is in effect until approximately 4:00 pm tomorrow.

The boil order for East Dear Street between Randall Drive and Woodland Drive expires at 3:30 this afternoon.

The Adair County Health Department yesterday confirmed another 24 cases of COVID-19 and another COVID-related death. A 51-year-old female admitted to
Northeast Regional Medical Center August 6th passed away August 15th. Her death brings the total known among county residents to 28. The overall case count is now 2,971. There are 93 active cases and 2,850 people who have left
isolation. The age ranges of yesterday’s cases are 1 month old to 81 years old.

Due to high transmission of COVID-19 jury trials in some northeast Missouri counties are suspended. Presiding 2nd Circuit Judge Russell Steele made the decision last week that impacts trials in Adair, Knox and Lewis counties. Jury trials had just begun again in Adair County in June after being suspended for most of 2020 due to the pandemic. It’s likely jury trials won’t resume until September.

The contractor for the City of #Kirksville, Jonathan Reiff Construction, will begin work on a sidewalk brick band replacement project in the Central Business District – or Downtown area – on August 23rd. The project will consist of removing the old brick pavers and replacing them with colored concrete in a stamped brick pattern. Sidewalks may be temporarily closed while the brick bands are replaced. However, access to businesses will be maintained throughout the project. The project area includes the west side of the 100 block of South Franklin Street, 100 block of East McPherson Street, the 100 block of South Marion Street, the 200 block of North Main Street, the 100 block of South Main Street, and various curb extensions on the Square.