Stories from Thursday, January 8, 2009

U.S. Senator Christopher S. Bond announced today that he will not seek re-election to another term with the U.S. Senate. The news came during an address to Missouri legislators in Jefferson City this morning. Look for updates throughout the day, and more in the Friday edition of the Nevada Daily Mail...

Henry George Flessner, the son of George and Anne (Buenting) Flessner, was born on Nov. 1, 1935, in Rockford, Iowa. He grew up in the Floyd County, Iowa, area, and graduated from Rockford High School in 1954. He attended Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, and graduated from Wartburg Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1962. ...

Dec. 25 1:31 a.m., lift assist, no transport. 5:57 a.m., medical, Nevada Regional Medical Center. 9:20 a.m., transfer, Freeman, Joplin. 1:58 p.m., medical, Nevada Regional Medical Center. 3:59 p.m., transfer, Freeman, Joplin. 4:17 p.m., medical, Nevada Regional Medical Center...

Jan. 6 There were reports of an abandoned vehicle in the Walker area, an odor in the Nevada area, a juvenile in the Nevada area, a vehicle theft in the Nevada area, an agency assist in the Nevada area, a vehicle accident in the Nevada area, a suspicious person in the Nevada area, and a domestic assault in the Nevada area...

˘Several years ago I noticed my sister had some grab bars installed on two walls by her bathtub. I asked if she had had some troubles I didn't know about but she assured me that she was fine. She was having some work done on the house and decided it might be a good idea to have some safety preventions put in. I thought it was probably a good idea especially when she told me how handy they were to hang wash clothes on while she was in the tub...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Farmers and contractors can get in-depth training in the design and installation of subsurface drainage systems at a three-day workshop, Feb. 18-20, at the Ramada Conference Center in St. Joseph, Mo. Drainage and subirrigation systems have boosted corn and soybean yields on test plots at the University of Missouri Greenley Research Center, said MU research agronomist Kelly Nelson, who will discuss his research at the workshop...

The Sheldon City Council will discuss lagoon sludge removeal and lagoon leak repair during a regular meeting that is scheduled for 7 o'clock, today, at Sheldon City Hall, 100 W. Main St., Sheldon. Other items on the agenda include miscellaneous citizen hearings, the city maintenance and utility report, the fire department report, the FTC red flag rule policy and the 2009 budget...

An order of protection from Sheldon teacher Jackie Allen filed in a Vernon County court by Roger Huggins, the parent of a student in Allen's class, was dismissed Tuesday by 28th Circuit Presiding Judge James Bickel. In the request, Huggins claimed that his son had been struck by an eraser thrown by the teacher during a Nov. 12 incident in the classroom...

Kansas City Power & Light Greater Missouri Operations Company has filed a request with the Missouri Public Service Commission seeking to adjust the fuel adjustment charge on the bills of its electric customers. KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company seeks to adjust rates to reflect fuel and purchased power costs during the six month period of June 2008 through November 2008. ...

About 30 Mercy Health Center employees in Fort Scott will soon be without jobs after staff and program cuts an-nounced Wednesday by company officials are implemented. Mercy Health System of Kansas, Inc., an-nounced an array of cost containment measures that include staff reductions and modifications to services in an effort to conserve resources and continue the provision of quality healthcare to its communities, a MHSK statement said...

When Kathi Wysong retired after 11 years as director of the Nevada/Vernon County Chamber of Commerce, the board of directors knew they had a chore on their hands. The diminutive former executive director left big shoes to fill. The search was intense, but now it's over...