During a regular Sweet Springs Board of Aldermen meeting on Monday, May 9, Alderman Boyd Jones stated he would like to have an ordinance fix the one regarding burning. According to the unofficial meeting minutes, he wants the ordinance tos state that residents may burn yard waste in a ditch or in their yard.
Marshall Chapter of NSDAR awarded Marshall High School senior Leah Weaver and Sweet Springs High School senior Donavan Hoyes each with Chapter Achievement Awards on May 6. This included a certificate and monetary award. Leah’s parents are John and Stacey Weaver of Marshall, and Donavan’s parents are Bruce and Crystal Donavan of Sweet Springs. Contributed images
As part of its requirements under the Affordable Care Act, Fitzgibbon Hospital has conducted its fourth comprehensive health needs assessment, which was approved by the Board of Trustees at its April meeting. This is the fourth such assessment conducted in 12 years. The needs assessment identified the most pressing health needs in Saline County as:
Emergency Management Director Tony Day shared with the Saline County Commission on Thursday morning, May 12, the department is working on communication issues. “Communication is all important in any incident or catastrophe, and it’s always an issue on every exercise … so we’ve been working on it,” he said.
Missouri Valley College conferred 247 degrees to students this past weekend at the commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 7, at 2 p.m. on the Gregg-Mitchell Field on the campus. The class of 2022 consisted of 232 undergraduate students and 15 students graduating from the college’s graduate programs in community counseling and education administration.
“The results of our latest air quality tests were negative for existence of formaldehyde at a dangerous level,” Marshall School District Superintendent Carol Maher said in an email on Monday, May 9.
Marshall Municipal Services Director Bill Anderson reported on Friday, May 6, that the mill and overlay pro gram would begin on Monday, May 9. “The schedule is to start milling on Slater Street Monday morning immediately after school is in session as to not interfere with the already hectic traffic,” he said.
COLUMBIA, Missouri — Columbia College recently announced its Dean’s List for the Spring 2022 Semester (January-April, 2022). To be named to the Dean’s List, a student must have completed 12 semester hours in a 16-week period and achieved a minimum GPA of 3.5 on a 4.0-point scale.
"This is for NALC - it stands for National Association of Letter Carriers food drive - our Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive," Darren White, regional manager of The Food Bank for Central and No rtheast Missouri said.
The Marshall Park Board held its meeting on Wednesday, May 4, where they met with representatives from SWT Design. At the meeting held in February, Marshall Parks Director Chad Unterreiner reported on the contract the board approved for a Master Plan with SWT.