Northwest Missouri State University dean of enrollment management, Bev Schenkel has been recognized for her work in helping to create the Reverse Transfer Program.

She was recognized at an event sponsored in Jefferson City, Mo., by the Coordinating Board for Higher Education and the Department of Higher Education to mark the statewide roll out of the Missouri Reverse Transfer Program.

The program was launched last month to allow students who have earned a minimum of 15 credit hours at a community college and have transferred to a four-year university to transfer credit hours back to the community college to receive a marketable associate degree.

Schenkel was recognized for her membership on the Missouri Reverse Transfer Steering Committee where she worked to implement the program between 2012 and 2014.

Legislation sponsored by Sen. David Pearce and Rep. Mike Thomson to create the Reverse Transfer Program was approved by the Missouri General Assembly in 2012.

In 2013, Northwest partnered with Metropolitan Community College as part of a statewide pilot of the program.

Route M in southern Buchanan County is now closed, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation. A culvert on Route M is scheduled to be replaced next week between Nichols Road and SW 66^th Road. Crews have been filling the area around the culvert with gravel, but rains are washing it out, necessitating closing the road earlier than previously scheduled.

With the current weather conditions, crews will not be able to begin work on replacing the culvert until next week. The road is closed now and will remain closed until 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 17, 2014. Motorists are asked to use an alternate route and to not drive around barricades.

“When we close a route, it is for the safety of the traveling public, which remains our number one priority,” said Northwest District Engineer Don Wichern. “Crews tried to keep the road open as long as they could, but conditions made it necessary to close the road so motorists are not at risk.”

The St. Joseph Police Department is investigating shots fired into two homes Wednesday night.

According to Captain Jeff Wilson officers responded to the 3000 block of Kearnes Road around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday after residents came home to find a window of their home shot out by a bullet.

Wilson said a short while later officers were called to the 1100 block of Magnolia Avenue to another window at a home struck by a bullet.

No one was struck and there were no injuries reported. Wilson said the shots fired appear to be random incidents at this point.

“We’re not seeing a pattern of a rash amount of these going on right now,” said Wilson. “But even an isolated incident is concerning.”

Anyone with information in connection with the incident is asked to contact the TIPS HOTLINE at (816) 238-TIPS.

Route UU in Carroll County has reopened after closing due to water over the road, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation. Route UU was closed four miles east of U.S. Hwy 65 due to flooding at Big Creek.

With heavy rainfall predicted across Missouri over the next few days, many roads across Missouri could see flash flooding. MoDOT encourages travelers to check the Traveler Information Map at www.modot.org/northwest for closures before heading out. MoDOT encourages everyone to pay attention to barricades and Turn Around! Don’t Drown!

According to local storm reports there are several road closures in Atchison, Kan. due to flooding.

 

Law enforcement in Atchison closed 4 N Effingham at 9:23 this morning due to flooding at 194th and Edwards Roads.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Doniphan Co., Kan. Law enforcement has closed Sedgewick road north of Atchison due to flooding at 9:30 a.m.

A record daily maximum amount of rainfall was set Thursday morning in St. Joseph.

According the the National Weather Service a record of 1.55 inches was recorded in St. Joseph Thursday as of 7:30 a.m.

This break the previous record for the day set in 1929 of .88.

That record amount is expected to increase as more rainfall moves through the area.