The 4th annual Kids Mini Mud Mile! Children ages 3-15 can embark on a 1-mile mud-filled obstacle adventure right here in Kirksville! The run will take place Saturday, August 12th, 2023 at the North Park Sports Complex.
News Staff
COUNTRY DANCE
Kirksville Parks and Recreation is partnering with NEMO Country Dance Club and the Kirksville Loyal Order of Moose Lodge to bring you the 2023 Country Fall Dance. The event will take place at the Kirksville Moose Lodge from 8-11pm on Friday, September 8, with live music performed by The Silverado Band.
TINY TIKES SOCCER
The City of Kirksville’s Parks and Recreation Department is now accepting registrations for the Tiny Tykes Soccer program. Tiny Tykes Soccer is an exciting and engaging four-week program, for children ages 3 through 5, that teaches soccer using play-based learning.
Tiny Tykes Soccer will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting September 19, 2023. Registrants will choose either a 4:30 pm to 5:15 pm session, or a 5:30 pm to 6:15 pm session when registering online at parks.kirksvillecity.com or in person at the Kirksville Aquatic Center, 801 E. Mill St.
KIDS MINI MUD MILE
The 4th annual Kids Mini Mud Mile! Children ages 3-15 can embark on a 1-mile mud-filled obstacle adventure in Kirksville! The run will take place Saturday, August 12th, 2023 at the North Park Sports Complex. E
TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY NAMED BEST BUY
Truman is one of 10 public schools chosen in the “Fiske Guide to Colleges” Best Buys of 2024.
For 40 years, the “Fiske Guide to Colleges” has chosen a select group of schools based on academic quality and affordability for its best buy list. The 2024 guide includes 20 schools – 10 public and 10 private – it deems as best buys. These are schools that, in the judgement of the editors, offer “outstanding educational value as determined by academic quality in relation to the net cost of attendance.”
https://newsletter.truman.edu/article.asp?id=34695
GOVERNOR SIGNS ORDER FOR DISASTER RELIEF
State relief may be coming soon to parts of Missouri that have been affected by recent severe weather.
Governor Mike Parson signed an executive order late last week to give relief to counties north of Kansas City and northwest of St. Louis. Those include Ray County, where an EF-0 tornado damaged homes Friday evening. Large areas of damage were also reported in Knox County, were an EF-2 tornado hit, also on Friday night.
SCHOLARSHIP BEING OFFERED
According to moberlymonitor.com, applications for The Charles L. and Virginia S. Rothwell Continuing Education Scholarship are due August 31 for the fall semester.
Applicants must be a resident of the Westran or Higbee School districts. This scholarship is for continuing education and may be used for undergraduate or graduate classes.
A student must have a high school diploma or G.E.D. to apply. Applications are available at the Huntsville branch of Central Bank.
https://moberlymonitor.com/stories/rothwell-scholarship-applications-due-aug-31,48431
TRANSPORTATION MEETING
According to the Moberly Monitor, the Missouri Department of Transportation is inviting the public to join the discussion on priority unfunded transportation needs in their areas.
The public is invited to review the list and provide feedback on the order of priorities that could be funded in the future. A meeting to discuss the draft updated High Priority Unfunded Needs list for transportation in Northeast Missouri will be held from 4-6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 10, at the Missouri Department of Transportation, located at 1711 S. Highway 61, in Hannibal.
https://moberlymonitor.com/stories/public-invited-to-discuss-priority-unfunded-transportation-needs,48428
MISSOURI HIGHWAY PATROL
A message from the Missouri Highway Patrol.
August has arrived and with it the 2023-2024 school year. The Missouri State Highway Patrol would like to encourage parents to include conversations about safety when preparing their student for school. It’s also important that drivers be prepared for the change in traffic patterns as students begin another year of instruction. In 2022, two people were killed and 361 injured in traffic crashes involving a school bus. In Missouri last year, a total of 884 traffic crashes involved school buses.
TORNADO IN BARING
According to the Edina Sentinel. fourteen people were rescued from damaged and destroyed homes in Baring overnight.
Emergency personnel including law enforcement, volunteer firefighter fighters, and ambulance personnel were called to Baring at approximately 11:30 p.m. on Friday night, August 4, for a reported tornado.