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The Linn County Health Department of Brookfield will hold a low-cost blood draw clinic later this month. Tests will be offered by appointment only on June 23rd from 7 to 10 am. Tests to be available include thyroid panel, vitamin B12, and vitamin D for $15 each; CMP, PSA, and...

May 16 The Linn County Commission met on May 16 with Commissioners King, Murrain and Muck and Clerk Stephenson present. Commissioner King called the meeting to order. The agenda was reviewed. The minutes of the May 9, 2023, meeting were reviewed. Commissioner Murrain made a motion to approve and sign the minutes. Commissioner King seconded…

In the Missouri Humanities 2024 Small Town Showcase area residents are being asked to cote for Marceline, and vote often. The Missouri Humanities is a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities and they say “We are not a flyover state, We are the heart of America!”

House Museum open to the public. Saturdays. 10:30 a.m., – 3 p.m, 303 N. Livingston St., Brookfield. Admission is free. Call Judy at 660-258-7160 for more information. • Piecemakers Quilt Guild meets every 3rd Tuesday at 6 p.m., at 410 W John – Catholic elementary school basement, enter off of Caldwell Street. For More information call Laura Carr at 660-258-8225.

The Linn County Health Department has released a list of mental health resources compiled by that office. • Preferred Family (660) 258-4188 1 Center Dr. Brookfield, MO. • North Central Missouri Mental Health (660) 258-7810 1102 W. Helm St. Brookfield, MO. • Compass Health (660) 376-2038 Dawn Milburn, LPC 1600...

Instruction: If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A strong thunderstorm, with winds over 40 mph and half inch hail, is expected to affect certain areas of Miami, Linn, Cass and Bates counties until 2:45 PM CDT. The storm, which is moving southwest at 20 mph, was detected by Doppler radar near Adrian and Archie. The gusty winds could cause tree limbs to fall and unsecured objects to blow around, potentially resulting in minor damage to outdoor items. Adrian, Archie, Amsterdam, and Merwin are among the locations that will be impacted. The maximum hail size is 0.50 inches, and the maximum wind gust is 40 mph.

Instruction: For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Northeastern Chariton County, Southeastern Linn County, and Southwestern Macon County in north central Missouri until 545 PM CDT. A severe thunderstorm was detected at 519 PM CDT, moving west at 15 mph, with 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail expected. The impacted areas include Wien, with potential hail damage to vehicles and wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. The maximum hail size indicated by radar is 1.00 in and the maximum wind gust is 60 mph.

The general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in the Northwest Missouri region for the week of June 5-11 includes:. Caldwell County. Route 13 – CLOSED from Mill Creek Drive to Route P for the first stage of a resurfacing project from the south...

Instruction: For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has announced a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for parts of north central Missouri, including North central Chariton County, Southeastern Linn County, and West central Macon County. The warning is in effect until 5:30 PM CDT and is due to a severe thunderstorm moving west at 10 mph near Bucklin, with the potential for 60 mph wind gusts and quarter-sized hail. Marceline, Bucklin, and Saint Catherine are among the locations expected to be impacted, with potential hail damage to vehicles and wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Two arrests for the area are reported by the Missouri Highway Patrol for Wednesday. In Clay County at about 2:45 pm, Troopers arrested 23-year-old Sidney M Duvall of Milan on a Sullivan County warrant for alleged invasion of privacy. He is held at the Clay County Jail pending the posting of bond.

April unemployment rates in north Missouri counties range from one point nine percent in Livingston County up to two point seven percent in Linn County. The Missouri unemployment, not seasonally adjusted, rate is two point four percent. Grundy County’s rate has dropped to two point two percent. That’s based on...

Two arrests are reported for the area counties on Memorial Day. At about 8:00 pm Monday, Troopers arrested 54-year-old Douglas Lindstrom of Quincy, IL in Linn County for alleged Driving While Revoked – 3rd offense. He was processed and released. At about 10:00 pm Monday in Daviess County, Troopers...

BROOKFIELD – Linn County Commission meets Tuesday, June 6. The commission meets with R&B Forman Scott Meek on road and bridge matters. Approval of bills and any other business that may arise will also be discussed. The meeting will be from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Linn...

Not all the candidates were asked the same questions about how exactly they would fix the ongoing violence issues, but the ones who did said the community and more resources are part of the solution. Relatives search for justice for Lakota Renville more than 17 years after her body was...

Three individuals face felony charges in Linn County after allegedly attempting to print counterfeit money. Twenty-year-old Gracyn June Hendricks of Kansas City and 36-year-old Macie Nycole Parrent of Saint Paul, Minnesota have each been charged with three counts of forgery and one count of possession of a forging instrument. Twenty-nine-year-old Tyler Lee McFarland has been charged with four counts of forgery, one count of possession of a forging instrument, and first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle. They are to appear in court on May 25th.

Alleged counterfeiting charges are filed against three in Linn County. Brookfield Police investigated the report of an attempt to pass counterfeit bills at a retail business in Brookfield and arrested 29-year-old Tyler Lee McFarland and 20-year-old Gracyn June Hendricks of Kansas City and 36-year-old Macie Nycole Parrent of Saint Paul, Minnesota following the investigation and search of their vehicle and hotel room.

JEFFERSON CITY — While the number of Linn County or neighboring school track-and-field athletes competing in last weekend’s 2023 Class 1 Missouri State High School Activities Association Championships was pretty limited, it did not keep them from turning in a few medal-earning performances. With only seven state entries from Meadville, Linn County R-1, or Mendon: Northwestern in the meet at Jefferson City High School’s “Pete” Adkins Stadium last Friday and Saturday, the odds of county small schools being blanked at the state meet – Bucklin/Macon County R-4 did not get anyone through to state – were not low, but they were beaten, albeit in modest manner.

Several roadwork projects in the area counties are scheduled by the Missouri Department of Transportation. Route C – CLOSED for a bridge replacement project at the bridge over Shoal Creek, through July. Route H – CLOSED for pavement repair from US 65 to Route 139, May 24-25 Route...

On May 18, 2023, at 6:05pm an organized group of Tanglewood Lakes residents (approximately 45 persons or more) gathered at the gates of Tanglewood Lakes and removed the gates from the entrances as a protest. Two Deputies arrived at 6:27pm to find multiple individuals at each gate removing the components...

One of two Chillicothe residents arrested by Chillicothe Police on April 20th, for four counts of alleged endangering the welfare of a child will be in Livingston County Court next week. Benjamin Dale Williams, Jr. will appear before Judge Michael Leamer on May 25th at 9:00 am for a preliminary...