Holt County News

By Susan Redden sredden@joplinglobe.com CARTHAGE, Mo. - If all tax bills are paid, nearly $65 million will pass through the Jasper County collector's office this year, according to Steve Holt, county collector.

A majority of Holt County residents Tuesday approved a quarter-cent sales tax hike to fund improvements to the 911 emergency telephone network.

Rural areas pass 911, school finance issues

The need to upgrade schools will be the most common issue Northwest Missouri voters decide on Tuesday.

The Holt County Historical Society hosts the "1861 Battle of Blair Hill" Civil War reenactment this weekend at the Ball-Roupe Farmstead and in Fortescue by the old schoolhouse.

Blake Hurst says that declining values for farmland will only affect his family farm if they decide to sell at some point in the future.

A former northwest Missouri physical education teacher and coach has been acquitted of child molestation charges.

Weather permitting, the Missouri Department of Transportation maintenance crews and contractors will be working on roads throughout Northwest Missouri this week.

On Tuesday, the state closed one Missouri highway and five state routes due to heavy rains and rising creeks and rivers.

Home << Diem << Gardener of the year Driving along the rural roads of Holt county toward Maitland, Mo., it becomes clear this is farm country, with green acre after green acre of nothing but soybeans and corn, separated only by giant machine sheds housing the tools of the trade.

Home << Local << Region cleans up from hailstorm Around Lake Viking Monday, it looked like fall came early as leaves covered roads and lawns after Sundaya s severe weather.

Hail as large as a grapefruit fell in northwest Missouri Sunday night, so it's no surprise it left behind some big time damage.

Storms brought large hail and damaging winds to northwest Missouri. Meteorologist Gary Amble said large hail, damaging winds and even rotational characteristics were present in the storms that blew through the state.

Large hail caused extensive damage in parts of Daviess and Holt counties Sunday night.

Community Hospital of Fairfax, Mo., celebrates 60 years of operation this November.

What many do not know is how nontoxic shot is different, how different it is and how to adjust shooting habits to compensate for the differences.

Practically every hunter knows that steel and other nontoxic shot performs differently than lead shot.

The Missouri Conservation Commission will meet in regular session next week in Jefferson City.