ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the Northwest Missouri region planned for the week of March 6 – 12 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs and other road work conducted throughout the region. Many of these will be moving operations and could include lane closures with delays. With the possibility of winter weather, scheduled maintenance and construction projects may be postponed.

 

Atchison County

Routes B, F and O – Pothole patching, March 6 – 9

U.S. Route 275 – Pothole patching, March 10

Andrew County

U.S. Route 71 – From Route B to Business U.S.71 (Nodaway County) for pothole patching, March 6 – 10

Buchanan County

Route AC – U.S. Route 36 Overpass Bridge for maintenance, March 6 – 9

Route 6 – Pothole patching, March 6 – 10

Route 116 – From Route M to Route V for sealing, March 6 – 10

Route 116 – From Route B to U.S. Route 169 for sealing, March 6 – 10

Interstate 29 Ramp – CLOSED off-ramp from southbound I-229 to northbound I-29 for guardrail repair, March 8, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Caldwell County

Route A – Shoulder work, March 6 – 10

Carroll County

U.S. Route 24 – From Route B to Route V for drainage work, March 6 – 8

Daviess County

Route 190 – CLOSED from Route F to Route V for culvert replacements, March 7 – 8, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily

Route CC – CLOSED from Route 6 to Quartz Avenue for a culvert replacement, March 9, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

DeKalb County

Route N – CLOSED from Route O to Route 6 for culvert replacements, March 8 – 9, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily

Route J – CLOSED from Route O to Route 6 for culvert replacements, March 10, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Gentry County

U.S. Route 136 – From Route W to the Nodaway County line for pothole patching, March 6 – 10

Grundy County

Route N – CLOSED from Route 6 to NE 5^th Street for a culvert replacement, March 6, 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Route N – CLOSED from Route NE 5^th Street to Chalk Lane for a culvert replacement, March 7, 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Route N – CLOSED from Chalk Lane to NE 20^th Street for a culvert replacement, March 8, 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Route N – CLOSED from NE 20^th Street to Route NN for a culvert replacement, March 9, 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Route N – CLOSED from Route NN to NE 20^th Street for a culvert replacement, March 10, 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Harrison County

Route DD – CLOSED from E 290^th Avenue to E 295^th Avenue for a culvert replacement, March 6, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Route 13 – At the I-35 Overpass Bridge for maintenance, March 6 – 9, 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. A temporary traffic signal will be in place during working hours.

I-35 – From Route A near mile marker 98 to the Iowa State line for sealing and pothole patching, March 6 – 10

Route DD – CLOSED from E 300^th Avenue to E 310^th Avenue for a culvert replacement, March 8, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily.

Route D – CLOSED from W 140^th Street to W 200^th Street for culvert replacements, March 9 – 10, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily.

Route DD – From Route T to Route N for drainage work, March 9 – 10

Holt County

I-29 – From Exit 84 at Mound City to the Andrew County line for pothole patching, March 6 – 10

Linn County

Route DD – From Route Y to Cherry Road for culvert repair, March 6

U.S. Route 36 – Route 139 to U.S. Route 65 (Livingston County) for sealing, March 9 – 10

Livingston County

U.S. Route 65 – Sealing, March 6 – 8

U.S. Route 36 – U.S. Route 65 to Route 139 (Linn County) for sealing, March 9 – 10

Nodaway County

U.S. Route 71 – From Business U.S. 71 to Route B (Andrew County) for pothole patching, March 6 – 10

U.S. Route 136 – From the One Hundred and Two River Bridge to Route E for shoulder work, March 6 – 10

Route A – At the Nodaway River Bridge for maintenance, March 7 – 8

Putnam County

Route 149 – CLOSED from Gentian Trail to Route W East for culvert replacements, March 7 – 8, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily

Worth County

Route 46 – From U.S. Route 169 to Route C for sealing, March 6 – 8

Conservation officials are asking for input by the end of March on three northwest Missouri prairies.

The Missouri Department of Conservation is currently in the multi-year process of updating management plans for three conservation areas in northwest Missouri that conserve native prairies. Plans for the areas will be available for public comment through March 31.

To preview draft management plans and share comments online, visit www.mdc.mo.gov/areaplans.

The three areas available for comment include: Foxglove Conservation Area, 54 acres, Ray County; Little Tarkio Prairie, 129 acres, Holt County, and Tarkio Prairie Conservation Area, 640 acres, Atchison County.

Tarkio Prairie and Little Tarkio Prairie offer some hunting opportunities. But like Foxglove Conservation Area, a primary draw is the chance to hike and bird in grassland ecology. All three of the areas include remnant prairies. They are some of the few remaining deep soil dry-mesic prairies left in northwest Missouri. These prairies support over 100 native plant species each, including plant and animal species of conservation concern that depend on remnant prairies.

Statewide, MDC conservation areas cover almost one million public acres for the purpose of restoring and conserving forest, fish and wildlife resources, and for providing opportunities for all citizens to use, enjoy and learn about these resources.

Conservation Area Management Plans focus on natural resource management and public use on conservation areas. The plans do not address regulations on hunting, fishing and other area uses, which are set by the Conservation Commission and enforced under the Wildlife Code of Missouri. MDC will consider all ideas received and will work to balance the issues and interests identified with the responsibility of managing areas for the present and future benefits to forest, fish, wildlife, and people. Decisions on which ideas to incorporate into area plans and on how to best incorporate them will be based on the property’s purpose, its physical and biological conditions and capabilities, the best roles of the property in its local, regional and state-wide context, and on the professional expertise of MDC staff.

Northwest Missouri State art students and alumni are collaborating to host “Works on Paper,” a collection of paintings and drawings on paper this week.

The show will feature works created by Brant Weiland, Chance Allen, Dylan Mize, Emily Stark and Alexis Banegas as well as Tia Calkins, a Northwest alumna who organized and curated the exhibit. Weiland is a sculptor and recent graduate of Northwest; Stark, Banegas and Allen are students at the University.

The exhibit opens with a reception at 5 p.m. Monday, March 6, at The Pub, 414 N. Main St., in Maryville. The exhibit will continue through Saturday, March 11.

For more information, please contact Calkins at s516352@mail.nwmissouri.edu or (314) 471-9964.

The City of St. Joseph plans to educate the community about a system that aids the hearing impaired at the Missouri Theater.

In August of 2016 a hearing loop system was installed at the Missouri Theater in downtown St. Joseph for the hearing impaired community to experience programs more clearly.  However, the city said much of the community is unaware of the resource and the benefits it provides.

As we previously reported, the system cost around $15,000 and the cost was split between the St. Joseph Sertoma Club and the City of St. Joseph.  Pat Dillon with the St. Joseph Sertoma Club told us in 2016 that the system will work for anyone on the first floor of the theater and should be easy to use.

“Looping is a relatively inexpensive system that allows people living with hearing loss or hearing impairment to more comfortably enjoy events hosted in large spaces,” the city said in a news release.

To try to promote the resource, an educational event, coordinated by several community leaders, is being held Monday from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Missouri Theater at 715 Edmond St. The event will feature retired audiologist and speaker, Juliette Sterkens. The intent of the event is to educate the community about looping, allow attendees to test the system, and provide more information about the opportunity to install hearing loop systems in other locations within St. Joseph, Missouri.

“Members of the community, medical and audiology professionals, and local business owners are invited to participate in this event. Increased awareness of looping and the simple steps to utilize the system will have a lasting impact on the community,” the city stated.