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State Treasurer Vivek Malek will be in Kirksville today, to talk about the MOBUCK$ Loan Program with local leaders. He’ll be at the Adair County Administration Building in Kirksville at 3:15 p.m.

Governor Mike Parson announced that a forthcoming book about his life titled No Turnin’ Back will be released March 2024. The commemorative biography will detail the life of Michael L. Parson, Missouri’s 57th Governor nicknamed “G57.” No Turnin’ Back will focus on the made-in-America story of Michael L. Parson and his journey from meager beginnings in small town Wheatland, Missouri, to the highest political office in the state of Missouri. The 6″x9″ hardcover book will contain over 300 pages of text and photos – all color. Net earnings from the sale of No Turnin’ Back will go to the Moving Missouri Forward Foundation, a nonprofit that supports Jobs for America’s Graduates-Missouri, children with special needs, and other programs focused on children across Missouri.

Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft announced that his office has awarded over $320,000 in additional funding for 28 technology mini-grants distributed to several Missouri libraries. Since January 1, 2023, Ashcroft’s office – through the Missouri State Library – has awarded 146 grants totaling over two million dollars. These grants provide funding to public libraries for technology and automation-related equipment and software to improve network infrastructure and expand services.

A 79-year-old woman from Clarence, Missouri, was taken to Hannibal Regional Hospital after a crash in Clarence on Saturday afternoon. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Theresa Cross was driving a Ford Edge on Business Highway 36 at East Street, when the vehicle went off the left side of the road and hit a utility pole. She suffered moderate injuries.

A 26-year-old man from Godfrey, Illinois, was injured in a single-vehicle wreck in Ralls County on Saturday afternoon. The Missouri Highway Patrol says Anthony Stone was driving a Dodge Caliber on Route J, two miles east of Monroe City, when the vehicle went off the left side of the road and hit a guardrail. He suffered moderate injuries, and was taken to Hannibal Regional Hospital.

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds deer hunters that seven counties in northwest Missouri have been added to the state’s CWD Management Zone. Deer that tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) last year in or near those counties prompted the change. The northwest counties affected include Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Grundy, Livingston, and Ray. The CWD Management Zone is designed to limit the spread and effects of the disease over time in the state’s deer herd. The November portion of the firearms deer season is Nov. 11-21. Hunters will need to take deer harvested in those counties during the opening weekend, Nov. 11-12, to an MDC mandatory sampling station.

Two St. Joseph area bridges are scheduled to close next week for yearly maintenance. Crews from the Missouri Department of Transportation plan to close the Route AC bridge over U.S. Route 36 and portions of the Interstate 229 Double-Decker Bridge to complete concrete replacements on the driving surface of the bridges. The Route AC Bridge: 8:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 13, through 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14. As for the I-229 Double-Decker Bridge: 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15, through 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 16.Northbound left passing lane closed from U.S. Route 36 to Highland Avenue. Southbound closed from Highland Avenue to U.S. Route 36 due to northbound maintenance.
Each bridge must remain closed to overnight to allow the concrete to cure. Motorist will need to seek an alternate route during the closures.

Today is Election Day. In Iowa, Polls are open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. In Missouri, polls open at 6 a.m. and are open until 7 p.m. If you are in line at 7 p.m., you have the right to cast your vote, as stated by the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office.

The project to resurface ramps at the intersections of U.S. Route 71 with Route T and U.S. Route 59 in Andrew County that was scheduled to begin yesterday, Thursday, Nov. 2, has been postponed again due to cold temperatures. Crews from Herzog Contracting Corp. LLC, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, now plan to begin the project Monday, Nov. 6. Each ramp will be closed intermittently during daylight hours for paving. Motorists should seek an alternate route. The project includes resurfacing the northbound on/off ramps at U.S. Route 71 and Route T and the north and southbound U.S. Route 71 and U.S. Route 59 on/off ramps.

The north Buchanan County Route Y Bee Creek Bridge is now open. Phillips Hardy, Inc., working with the Missouri Department of Transportation were able to reopen the bridge, located between Old Frame Road and Missouri Route 116, this morning. The south Bee Creek Bridge, located between Route 116 and the Buchanan/Platte County line, is being replaced with a box culvert. The culvert has been placed and is currently in its settlement period. It is scheduled to be reopened in mid-December.