Collins, MO

FAMILY: Mom, Beth Drake; Grandma, Marilyn Drake; Sister, Erika Manford; and 3 dogs. THE BEST THING ABOUT LIVING IN WARSAW IS: The people. WHAT I WANTED TO BE WHEN I GREW UP: A veterinarian. FIRST JOB: Waitress at Long Shoal Marina. FAVORITE CHILDHOOD MEMORY: When Grandma always took us to...

On Sunday, July 3rd, the Louisburg Police Department with the assistance of the Louisburg Fire Department, Miami County Sheriff’s Office and Miami County EMS were called upon to locate the family members of a young boy who had wandered away from his uncle’s home. The young boy, a four-year-old from Belton, Missouri was in Louisburg spending time with his uncle, when he managed to walk away from the home.

Classes at the Lost Valley Fish Hatchery will teach safety and techniques for skills such as archery. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) will offer a free series of fishing and shooting sports skills classes during July and August at the Lost Valley Fish Hatchery in Warsaw. MDC experts and volunteers will teach basic skills and then help participants as they go fishing at the hatchery education pond or try out target shooting with archery equipment or pellet guns.

BOLIVAR, Mo. (KY3/Bolivar Fire Dept.) - The Bolivar, Mo. Fire Department has issued a city-wide burn ban beginning Wednesday, July 6th. The ban will remain in effect until further notice. Hot and dry weather has created unsafe burning conditions for the community. Outdoor burning of any kind, including the use...

BOLIVAR, Mo. — July 4, 2022 brought a heat advisory to Southwest Missouri, with the forecast of the hottest high temperatures since 2014. Despite the high temperatures, hundreds showed up to the Southwest Baptist University campus for the 42nd Celebration of Freedom. Bands played early Monday evening and the mayor of Bolivar honored several veterans. […]

Marvin Edwin Gibson, age 84, of Warsaw and formerly of Smithton, passed away Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at Bothwell Regional Health Center. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 9, at Heckart Funeral Home in Sedalia, where the family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, July 8. Private burial will be at a later date at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Residents living in and around the Warsaw, Missouri can learn about their risk for cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, diabetes, and other chronic, serious conditions with affordable screenings by Life Line Screening. Warsaw Community Building will host this community event on 8/11/2022. The site is located at 181 W Harrison St in Warsaw.

Joan Kelley, family nurse practitioner at Bothwell Health Center-Truman Lake in Warsaw, is retiring from practice effective June 30. Kelley has worked for Bothwell for the last 10 years and recently celebrated her 50-year anniversary as a registered nurse in May. A retirement celebration was held in Kelley’s honor on...

Providing care for a family member is hard work, but there are some steps you can take to ease the burden. Care Connection for Aging Services will present a free nine-week course titled “Stress-Busting Programs for Family Caregivers” at two Benton County senior centers. One series will take...

Patsy J. Casey, age 80, of Warsaw, Missouri passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at her home. She was born on February 25, 1942 in Warsaw, the daughter of John August Kreisel and Mary Edna (Davis) Kreisel. She grew up and attended school in Lincoln and on March 15, 1959 she was united in marriage to Lawrence Casey.

It seems that the folks at the Guinness Book of World Records are handing out awards for just about anything that anybody can think up, says the Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC]. For example, they recently added a New Yorker by the name of Eric “Badlands” Booker to their list of record breakers, honoring him with two titles — one for downing a liter of soda pop in record time and another for gulping a liter of tomato juice. Meanwhile, Guinness has announced that Johan Espenkrona who resides in Sweden, has broken the world record for picking up and tossing a washing machine more than 14 and a half feet.

BENTON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Hardin, Missouri man was hurt Thursday night after a rollover UTV crash in Benton County. The crash happened west of Warsaw, Missouri around 9:35 p.m., according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Troopers said the UTV driven by 39-year-old Gerald M. Messer rolled over while going down a hill. Messer The post Man hurt after rollover UTV crash in Benton County appeared first on ABC17NEWS.

The city of Warsaw is excited to see they’re receiving a “clean audit” for 2021. At the most recent city board meeting, it was revealed that the city received a clean and unmodified audit for 2021, and that the city fund balances were up with a total gain of $1 million dollars.

QUINCY — So far, so good. That more or less sums up the first half of the dirt-track season at Adams County Speedway. “I think we’ve probably already exceeded all expectations in the first year back,” race director Blake Dotson said. The track set vacant and overgrown...

High Speed Internet is on its way to customers in Benton County. Officials with Co-Mo Connect say construction is underway for the service that will send ultra-fast internet through portions of the county, as well as into the city limits of Warsaw. COMO has been working on this project for...

The Highway Patrol making a couple of arrests in the Lake Area. Officials report that 29-year-old Timothy Labrie of Springfield was picked up on possession of less than 10 grams of Marijuana and driving without insurance. He’s since been released. Also 48-year-old Jason Skillings of Gravois Mills was picked...