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The City of Kirksville says Here’s a friendly reminder for a previous notice: Hazel Creek Lake will be temporarily closed for all recreational activities on August 7 and August 8 to allow the City to treat the American Lotus plant.
Boating, fishing, and all other activity on or in Hazel Creek Lake will be prohibited during this time period and the boat ramp will be closed. While this treatment process has been deemed safe for recreational activities, time is still needed to allow the treatment process to take place. Hazel Creek Lake is a drinking source lake that provides water for all Adair County residents. This program for treatment of lotus has been approved by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. The City will draw water from Forest Lake – the City’s other drinking source lake – during this treatment process. The City is committed to providing quality drinking water to all of Adair County.
For more information, contact the Public Works Department at 660.627.1291.

The City of Kirksville says The first Contour Airlines flight from Kirksville departed at 7:00 am yesterday morning, bound for the Windy City. Those inaugural passengers were set to land at O’Hare at 8:30 am. To plan your next flight, visit ContourAirlines.com.

The City of Kirksville is offering a new program to help residents plant trees in the right-of-way adjacent to their property. This program reduces costs for residents, beautifies Kirksville and boosts property values. Residents can apply for a new tree by completing the Residential Street Tree Program application and paying the $100 program cost share fee. Parks and Recreation staff will plant the tree, with it then becoming the homeowner’s responsibility to take care of from there. This program was designed after the Emerald Ash Borer killed many ash trees in the City. Because of that, priority will be given to properties where ash trees were removed. September 1, 2023, is the deadline to apply for the first planting. As this program is annualized, there will be plantings in spring and fall.

–The Adair County Health Department is hosting its annual school supply drive-through on Friday, Aug. 4, at 1001 South Jamison Street in Kirksville. Staff of the Health Department will be handing out bags from 10 a.m. until supplies run out. The bags contain a variety of school supplies and personal essentials for children in pre-K through Grade 12. Contents differ according to age, pre-K, K-6th grade, and 7th to 12th grade. The back-to-school bags are courtesy of the Adair County Health Department and community sponsors.

The Street Maintenance Division of the City of Kirksville’s Public Works Department will begin mill and overlay work on Leisure Drive, from Manor Road to East McPherson Street, starting Monday, July 31, 2023. The street will have alternating traffic lanes during construction, and will be closed temporarily. No street parking is allowed during the paving operation. This project is expected to be completed by August 3, depending on the weather.

The City of Kirksville says The Hannibal Regional Healthcare System and Complete Family Medicine have created a new survey designed to gather community input on specialty healthcare services in Kirksville. The purpose of the survey is to identify where needs and gaps might be when it comes to specialty healthcare in the City. Examples of specialty care would include cardiology, urology, orthopedics, gastroenterology, and many more. To take the survey, you can check out the link on the City of Kirksville’s Facebook page. The survey will only take a few minutes to complete, with August 12, 2023, being the deadline to complete it.

Tonight is National Night Out 2023. It’s a national initiative designed to bring law enforcement and other organizations together with the communities they serve. For the evening, neighbors are asked to lock their doors, turn on their porch light, and go outside and spend the evening with local law enforcement and their community. The effort takes place in more than 17,000 communities. It was established in 1984.

The Kirksville Arts Association says “Thank You For Your Service”, a photography exhibit honoring former members of the military continues in the Ellebracht Gallery in the Sue Ross Arts Center, through August 26th. Forty area men and women are being recognized for their military service. A reception will be held Thursday, August 24th from 5:30 to 7 pm and will include presentation of quilts by the Hands of Friendship Quilt Guild to five of the honorees.
There is no cost to visit the exhibit and the reception is open to the public. The Sue Ross Arts Center is located at 215 S. Franklin Street in Kirksville and is open Monday through Friday 11 am to 4 pm and Saturdays 10 am to 2 pm.
Any veteran interested in being included in a future exhibit should contact Christina at 660 665 0500.

The Kirksville Arts Association says Summer on the Square has only four concerts left this season. “Hootin Annies with Jimmy Campbell” from Baldwin City, Kansas will be performing their Bluegrass with a twist this Friday, August 4th at 7pm at the Adair County Courthouse lawn.

A 36 year old man from Kirksville was involved in a four-vehicle, chain-reaction crash in Iowa that left two people dead. The Iowa State Patrol says Dennis Hagedorn was not hurt in the crash that happened on Highway 63, four miles south of Ottumwa. 49 year old Lora Sprouse of Bloomfield was driving an SUV, and was stopped at a temporary stoplight as part of a single-lane closure for bridge work. Behind her, Hagedorn was stopped in a pickup truck. Behind the pickup was a second SUV driven by Steven Hinebaugh, which was stopped or slowing down. 22 year old Reid Hilpipre of Pocahontas, Iowa, was driving a tractor-trailer and failed to stop, and hit the back of Hinebaugh’s SUV, which set off the chain reaction. Hagedorn’s pickup, along with the second SUV, and the semi, went into a ditch and became fully engulfed in flames. Hinebaugh and his wife, Brenda Hinebaugh, were killed.