Stories from Thursday, December 31, 2015

Some new equipment will be on the way for Marshall Municipal Utilities as it rings in the new year. The MMU Board of Public Works voted Thursday, Dec. 31, to approve the purchase of a new sewer jetter as well as new generation meters for the Units No. 7 and 8 generators, located at its water treatment plant...

If you've ever wondered where your ancestors hail from you're not the only one. Pondering from what walks of life and what distant lands one's ancestors may come from is a thought that has sparked many to pursue extensive research to determine their own family tree's past. One genealogist will present her findings at the Arrow Rock State Historic Site Visitor Center as a part of the town's first annual Saturday lecture series to begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 9...

Dixie Pearl Dyson, 83, of Concordia,died Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, at The Lutheran Nursing Home in Concordia. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, at Campbell-Lewis Chapel in Concordia with the Rev. Dr. Alan Gatewood officiating. ...

James W. "Jim" Sanders, 88, of Sweet Springs, MO, died Wednesday, December 30, 2015, at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia, MO. At James's request no services will be held. Friends may sign the online register book at www.campbell-lewis.com Born May 9, 1927, in Blackwater, MO, James was the son of the late David Sanders and Louise Woolridge Sanders. ...

Citing the desire to make improvements and ensure the safety of students, staff and the community, Marshall Public Schools had its former satellite school demolished Thursday morning, Dec. 31. The building, located at 468 S. Jefferson Ave., had been out of use since the district relocated the alternative school programs housed there to the Marshall Habilitation Center campus before the start of the 2015-2016 school year. ...

Marshall Municipal Utilities crew members conduct maintenance on a sewer main located under U.S. Highway 65 near Fairground Road Thursday, Dec. 31.

Marsha Kay Hemme, 72, of Marshall, died unexpectedly Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015, at McDonough District Hospital in Macomb, Ill. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016, at Campbell-Lewis Chapel in Marshall with William W. Harlow officiating. ...