Sweet Springs City Clerk Michelle Fuehring informed the Sweet Springs Board of Aldermen on Monday night, May 9, that Marshall-Saline Economic Development Corporation will create a new logo for the city.
The Saline County Career Center recognized 11 students recently by awarding them the Career and Technical Education certificate. In 2016, the Missouri General Assembly passed legislation requiring the State Board of Education and the CTE Advisory Council to establish the requirements for the CTE certificate. The certificate is earned in addition to the student’s graduating high school diploma. This is the second year graduating students were eligible to earn the CTE certificate.
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.