From left, Bob Hagedorn, chief of staff for Congressman Ike Skelton; Harrell Boedeker, mayor of Malta Bend; Rep. Joe Aull, Missouri House of Representatives 26th district; Rev. Amanda Taylor, United Methodist Church of Malta Bend; Norvelle Brown, Saline County Northern District Commissioner; Heidi Kolkmeyer, legislative assistant to Senate Transportation Chairman Bill Stouffer (R-Napton); and Dan Niec, MoDOT District Engineer, cut the blue ribbon to officially celebrate the opening of the newly reconstructed Clyde's Corner as a tractor-trailer passes in the background on Monday, Oct. 29. (Rachel Harper/Democrat-News)

Officials and project facilitators gathered in the Marshall Plaza on Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 9 a.m., for the ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the completion of the improvements to the intersection of College Street and U.S. Highway 65. From left, Bob Hagedorn, chief of staff for Congressman Ike Skelton; David Huck, pastor of First Methodist Church of Marshall; Roy Hunter, executive director of Marshall-Saline Development Corporation; State Representattive Joe Aull; Mayor Connie Latimer; councilmen Gabe Ramsey and Sam Moten; and Dan Niec, MoDOT district engineer. (Sheena Butler/Democrat-News)