Marshall Tourism Commission

Long awaited museum move nearly complete (Updated at 9:11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 2) (02/01/12)
Open hours had been posted on the front door while people periodically pressed against the glass to see if anyone was inside. For three years the collection of historic documents was stripped thinner in the cover of Sunday afternoons.

Resident continues to dispute past MMU decisions, multiple departments to seek (01/12/12)
A Marshall resident addressed the Board of Public Works Thursday morning after his request for an appeal was denied several months ago. The resident, Louis Rasse, and Marshall Municipal Utilities officials have disputed whether MMU properly followed policy in providing him information. ...

Y heats up with new heating, cooling units (01/11/12)
As members approached the building for their morning workouts, they were met with something unusual to their typical routine.

Public library preps for goal-setting sessions, approves changes to grant application (01/10/12)
Long-range planning for Marshall Public Library is a subject library board members hope the public will assist with. During a meeting held Tuesday evening, Jan. 10, board members agreed to set up a committee with the intention of designing an approach for the planning process. Although board members were selected to spearhead the process, they will primarily determine dates for planning meetings as well as create a path for promoting the events...

Chamber named liaison for state tourism grants (01/06/12)
Tourism as an industry has continued to expand, and the State of Missouri now designates one entity in each county as that county's Designated Marketing Organization. Marshall Chamber of Commerce was recently approved as Saline County's DMO for a second time -- a five-year title which goes into effect July 1. The renewal of this designation allows organizations to apply for state tourism grants through the Chamber Tourism Committee...

MVC's Murrell Library to host Missouri State Archives Civil War Exhibit (12/30/11)
Marshall -- Missouri Valley College's Murrell Library will host "Divided Loyalties: Civil War Documents from the Missouri State Archives" Jan. 9 through Feb. 24 on the MVC campus. In development for three years, the exhibit draws on more than 9 million pages of Civil War-related documents to examine the upheaval and uncertainty that characterized Missouri during the Civil War era. ...

Your city. Your county. Your questions, answered: Timely trim or badly butchered? (12/28/11)
On Aug. 9, a tree fell onto one of Marshall's main power lines and blacked out the entire city for an hour. Though the incident was more of a random fluke than a normal occurrence, falling trees and limbs weighted by ice are concerns addressed by most municipalities.

Bell ringers fend off cold to support red kettle campaign (12/22/11)
They're enduring one of the coldest collection days since the Salvation Army Red Kettle campaign began a month ago, but Joyce and David Sitzes ring the bell with smiles on their faces.

Just another (wildly busy) day in the life of Mr. G -- Music teacher (12/21/11)
Marceline school's video entry in the Glee Give-a-note competition this past fall was titled, "A Day in the Life of Mr. G -- Music Teacher." The spritely march music and speeded-up frame rate in the video may have exaggerated the frantic pace of Marceline Music Director Micah Gooden's typical day, but not by much...

Season breeds new numbers at Marshall shelter (12/20/11)
Kennels at Marshall Animal Shelter are filling up this month, and officials said some dogs are available at half the adoption price. Four lab and lab-mix puppies tumbled over one another in the corner of the cat room. They're staying together in roughly a four-foot by six-foot pin that's typically filled with cat toys and climbing equipment. In the kennel hall, a majority of the dogs are doubled-up...

Collapsing Marshall building weighs heavily on council meeting (Updated at 10:50 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20) (12/19/11)
The building located at 262 W. Arrow St. in Marshall is a major cause for concern, according to Jason Beerman who's business is directly connected to the structure.

Courthouse closed for holiday (12/14/11)
The Saline County Commission approved a $146,656 general liability, property, equipment and vehicle insurance policy from George J. Meuschke Agency at their regularly scheduled session on Wednesday, Dec. 14. Presiding Commissioner Tom Stallings said Northern Commissioner Norvelle Brown and Southern Commissioner Monte Fenner examined each entity of the policy. While rates increased, the commission also altered parts of the policy that had been over insured...

Library board reflects on uses, benefits of technology (12/13/11)
A technology committee comprised of several members of Marshall Public Library's board of trustees will soon move forward with a grant application after garnering support from remaining board members Tuesday evening.

Reducing, reusing: Behind the scenes of Marshall's recycling facility (12/13/11)
The wind was frigid, but Kathy Wineland and several other Marshall residents took the opportunity to stand above recycle bins and sort out their drop-offs. Wineland said she's been recycling for quite some time. Having pre-sorted bags of cans and paper allowed her to quickly step out of her vehicle and find the bins she needed. ...

Friends & Neighbors: Meet the musician you've always heard (12/07/11)
At the Marshall Philharmic Orchestra's Christmas concert Sunday, Dec. 4, there was a new face in the horn section. But not a new sound. Anyone who has watched television or seen films in the past several decades has probably heard Bill Lane's French horn...

Polling places altered for Marshall Wards 1 and 3 (12/06/11)
County Clerk Debbie Russell announced a permanent change in polling places at the regular Saline County Commission meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 6. As of the February 2012 elections, Ward 1 will vote at the Martin Community Center at 1985 S. Odell Ave. in Marshall, and Ward 3 will vote at First United Methodist Church 225 E. Arrow St. in Marshall...

Enthusiastic crowd packs Marshall square for Christmas celebration (Updated at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6) (12/02/11)
Music, dance, hot cocoa and a myriad of lights enticed a crowd to pack around the Marshall square for the Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade.

Marshall utility voices support for MSDC strategic plan (11/15/11)
Marshall-Saline Development Corporation moved closer to its goal of contracting with Zimmer Real Estate Services after the Marshall Board of Public Works approved financially supporting the strategic plan Tuesday morning. MSDC Director Bill Riggins addressed board members during their regular meeting, Nov. 15, asking for their support, as MMU would feasibly benefit from economic growth...

Local organizations prepare for Veterans Day ceremonies (11/09/11)
The Walk of Honor at the Saline County Courthouse has been extended just in time for Veterans Day. The crew of volunteers led by veterans advocate Charlie Guthrie laid another 122 bricks Saturday, Nov. 5, to further extend the walkway made of personalized bricks honoring veterans on the south side of the Saline County Courthouse. The Walk of Honor on the north side of the courthouse was completed late last year and was dedicated Dec. 7, 2010...

Statue returns home, completes park entrance transformation (11/07/11)
After staff spent a year of planning, searching for a restorer and designing the new entrance to Indian Foothills Park, Marshall's Sister of Liberty statue finally returned home. Monday afternoon, Nov. 7, park and MMU crews lifted the statue from the ground and onto its new base. Beneath her, a new garden will overflow with junipers and flowers, and a pondless water feature will be illuminated...

City to welcome public comments on county development plan Monday (11/04/11)
Marshall City Council members have a scheduled meeting Monday, Nov. 7. Although nothing on the agenda is uncharacteristic of a regular meeting, council members have invited the public to share opinions on the proposed development plan between MSDC and Zimmer Real Estate Service...

Saline County Historic Preservation Commission discusses mission (11/03/11)
Mary Jones recalled the Cambridge docks she'd seen during her childhood. "Where the boats used to tie up against the river, now there isn't a thing there at all," she said. "But it used to be a pretty good size town." As a Saline County Historical Preservation Commission member, she recanted this memory among others to fellow members Mike Mills, Jim Steinmetz, Eric Crump and Randy Bredehoef. ...

County Commission discusses courthouse restoration (11/02/11)
The Saline County Commission announced courthouse restoration improvements will continue on Monday, Nov. 7. Last week the commission expressed concern regarding the quality of the courthouse restoration project. The commission met with project supervisor Jeff Harrellson to discuss peeling paint, crumbling steps, heating systems and the dome on the roof of the building...

Community turns out for medication take-back (11/01/11)
If responsibility was measured in weight, the Marshall Community showed a significant desire to properly dispose of unwanted prescription drugs. According to Public Information Officer Roger Gibson, of Marshall Police Department, 48 pounds of medication was collected during the recent drug take-back day, Saturday, Oct. 29...

Runners compete in YMCA Boo Run (10/31/11)
Saturday morning, 69 runners sped through Ridge Park Cemetery in Marshall for the YMCA's annual Boo Run. The event included both 5K and 10K courses, and though some runners where challenged by their Halloween costumes, several still beat their previous times...

Commission questions quality of courthouse restoration (10/27/11)
The Saline County Commission has expressed concern regarding the quality of the courthouse restoration project. Recently, the commission met with project supervisor Jeff Harrellson to discuss peeling paint, crumbling steps, heating systems and the dome on the roof of the building...

County sponsors levee districts (10/25/11)
The Saline County Commission announced sponsorship of Levee Districts No. 1 and 2 for a Natural Resource Conservation Service program at its regularly scheduled meeting on Oct. 25. The program will help restore drainage ditches to their condition prior to the flood...

Crash at Odell and Highway 240 Tuesday morning (Update 8:44 a.m. Oct. 25) (10/25/11)
According to scanner traffic, there is a two- or three-vehicle crash at the intersection of North Odell Avenue and state Highway 240 in Marshall. Motorists should use caution in that area.

Marshall Council invites public input on economic development plan process (10/19/11)
The Marshall City Council will hear public comments regarding a proposed county economic development plan at the next city council meeting on Nov. 7 at 5:15 p.m. Marshall-Saline Development Corporation Executive Director Bill Riggins has procured private investors to partially fund the plan to be developed by Zimmer Real Estate Service...

Marshall library closes in on three-year plan (10/13/11)
Marshall Public Library seems to be keeping a steady momentum as it inches closer to the end of its three-year plan. Now two-thirds of the way through the plan that began in 2009, a report from MPL officials Tuesday, Oct. 11, indicates they've accomplished eight of their 11 objectives...

Cargill simulates chemical disaster (10/12/11)
Cargill looked more like a sci-fi movie set than a meat packaging plant on Wednesday morning, as employees and officials donned brightly colored decontamination suits during a chemical disaster drill. Roughly two dozen people from Cargill, Saline County Medical Reserve Corps, Marshall Fire Department, Marshall Police Department, Saline County Health Department and Fitzgibbon Hospital responded to a simulated chemical disaster. ...

Treasurer submits October 2011 Sales Tax Collected report (10/11/11)
The Saline County Treasurer submitted the October 2011 Sales Tax Collected report to the Saline County Commission on Oct. 7. As indicated in the charts, the total sales tax collected is up from last year and last month. in Dollars","minValue":0,"maxValue":null],"title":"October Sales Tax Collected 2009 - 2011 ","interpolateNulls":false,"legend":"right","reverseAxis":false,"width": 780,"height":336},"state":2"...

Author travels home after successful cruising career (10/08/11)
Author CarolLee Miles returned to Marshall for her 50th high school reunion, but her book signing on Oct. 8 at Marshall Public Library served as a miniature reunion too. Old friends meandered into the back room at the library and warmly greeted the Marshall native. Equipped with a stack of "Getting Paid to Cruise," Miles told library guests about her search for peace through travel...

Librarians tour Marshall library, hear challenges of transformation (10/05/11)
Some argue the bookstore model challenges a historic form of organization. Others feel it provides ease of access to the majority of library patrons. Regardless of which side of the argument you fall, Marshall Public Library is one of the first in the state to transition from the Dewey Decimal System to the BISAC bookstore model. It's also kindling a new idea for Missouri libraries...

Numbers begin seasonal decline for Marshall airport, waste collection (10/03/11)
Marshall City Council members had little new business to discuss during their regular meeting Monday, Oct. 3. However, several committee reports reflected declining numbers, which seemed normal for the month of September. There were 410 total aircrafts through Marshall Municipal Airport in September, down from 584 in August and 1,650 this past July. ...

Marshall Animal Shelter's Featured Pets of the week (10/03/11)
Nearly a month and a half after Marshall Animal Shelter began undergoing changes, life for shelter staff is showing signs of normalcy. For pets, the plight for adoption is continuous, but now becoming a steady practice. Shelter officials are featuring four pets this week, among many others, that are ready for responsible and loving homes. Contact the shelter at 660-831-0420 or visit them at 325 N. Grant St. for more information...

Park preps for swarm of competitors (10/03/11)
In days, scores of competitors will take over Indian Foothills Park as two events will cross paths Saturday, Oct. 8 -- the Bluebird Championship Series disc golf competition and the Marshall Massacre Skateboarding Exhibition. Now boasting 36 holes, park officials anticipate more than 150 disc golfers will compete...

County Commission approves peaceful demonstration, names preservation committee (09/29/11)
The Saline County Commission approved a peace demonstration on the 10th anniversary of U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan. Missouri Valley College students will use the courthouse grounds the afternoon of Sunday, Oct. 9, for the demonstration. The specific time will be announced later...

MMU projected budget reviewed by board members (09/29/11)
Projected operating revenues for Marshall Municipal Utilities for the 2011-2012 year is $25,411,000. With expenses expected to reach a total of $22,696,000, the Board of Public Works approved the projected budget, and members anticipate ending in the black next year...

Presiding Commissioner requests rock to save levee (09/15/11)
Presiding Commissioner Tom Stallings visited with Kelly Thorp of the Lafayette-Saline Levee District near Grand Pass to observe flood damage on Wednesday, Sept. 14. "That's the area that's probably been hurt the most this summer," Stallings said. At the regular commission meeting on Thursday, Stallings announced the county has put in a request for another 2,000 ton shipment of rock to help save the levee. ...

County requests more rock to help save embattled levee (09/14/11)
Presiding Commissioner Tom Stallings visited with Kelly Thorp of the Lafayette-Saline Levee District near Grand Pass to observe flood damage on Wednesday, Sept. 14.

County Commission discusses donated flag, Lighthouse Shelter (09/13/11)
Lynda Davis donated her father, Don Riddle's, flag to Saline County at a commemorative service on Sept. 12. At the County Commission's regular meeting on Sept. 13 the commission decided the flag would fly outside the courthouse for several weeks and would eventually be preserved in a shadow box in the courthouse. Riddle entered the service on April 3, 1943, and was discharged on April 8, 1946, at the rank of Technical Sgt with Co F 263rd Inf Regt 66th Infantry Division...

County Treasurer submits September sales tax report (09/09/11)
The Saline County Treasurer Sam Jones has submitted the August 2011 sales tax report. Sales tax, law enforcement tax and the courthouse sales tax are up from last month's figures, as shown in the blue graph. Collected in Dollars","max":null,"minValue":0],"series":County 2011 Tax Report","titleX":"Months","backgroundColor":"#FFFFFF","legend":"right","logScale":false,"reverseAxis":false,"hAxis":{"maxAlternation":1,"hasLabelsColumn":true,"isStacked":false,"vAxis":1"...

County Commissioners approve several budget amendments (08/26/11)
Saline County Commissioners approved several budget amendments to the 2011 budget at a hearing Thursday, Aug. 25. Additional costs for trials, elections and court-appointed representation accounted for most of the amendments. Partial reimbursement for computer equipment damaged by dust during the 2009-2010 courthouse renovation project was also included...

Commission approves Sept. 11 memorial, plans tax levee hearing (08/18/11)
Charlie Guthrie with Show-Me Honor Flight requested use of the courthouse grounds for a Sept. 11 memorial to be held on Sept. 12 at the regular commission meeting on Thursday, Aug. 18. Guthrie plans to ask Marshall High School choir members to perform patriotic music and to serve as flag bearers...

Marshall High School welcomes new choir director Joel Schilb (08/17/11)
The new Marshall High School choir teacher came to town as abruptly as whole rest in a piece of music. He took a half step away from his Columbia home and a full step toward his music education career in less than a month. Now as the first day of school approaches, Joel Schilb is preparing himself for the chords student he'll direct this semester...

Library turns a new page in its history (08/15/11)
After two weeks of remodeling, re-shelving and re-carpeting the Marshall Public Library started a new chapter in its history on Aug. 15. A small crowd of library patrons rushed into the newly remodeled library after a brief ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday morning. Children flocked to the back room and learned to navigate the library's new bookstore-like system using easy to find categories such as "school," "history" and "adventure."...

Art department to unveil gallery with work featured throughout year (08/11/11)
The Morris Gallery, located on the Missouri Valley College campus, is now constructed and will host five shows this season, beginning with "100 Paintings by Margaret Owen." Owen is a daily painter, according to Charity Mika-Woodard, the gallery's co-director and assistant professor of visual arts...

Marshall Municipal Band 2011 Roster (08/10/11)
Editor's note: The time period with each name indicates how long the person has been a member of the band. Information provided by band Historian Jane Huff. Director: Kevin Lines (22 years) Woodwinds Flute: Mary Lou Porter (50 years) Kate Koffman (2 years)...

New collegiate program and historic building add to area development (08/10/11)
Since J. Huston Tavern reopened this past spring, tourists and locals alike have wandered through the doors to experience the historic location. Now, the tavern is becoming a ritual in its own right.

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