Students from Missouri Western State University have organized the fourth annual Walk for the Homeless in Downtown St. Joseph. The fourth annual Walk for the Homeless will start at 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13 at Sixth and Messanie in Downtown St. Joseph and will follow the migration path of the homeless.

The walk to raise awareness and funds for the Social Welfare Board Homeless Outreach Medical Express Unit is co-sponsored by the Missouri Western State University Organization of Student Social Workers; Missouri Western’s Department of Criminal Justice, Legal Studies and Social Work; and several community organizations and businesses.

There is no fee to join the walk. There is a $15 registration fee to receive a t-shirt and enjoy a barbecue dinner. To register, go to www.socialwelfareboard.org and click on the Walk for the Homeless link.

Anyone can become homeless due to unemployment, injury, illness, domestic violence and loss of income or safe housing options. More than 1200 adults and 600 school age children were homeless in Buchanan County in 2013.

The Walk for the Homeless is co-sponsored by Summers Motors; TransCanada; River Bluff Architecture; Custom Truck Equipment; Keller Land Improvement; Social Welfare Board H.O.M.E. Unit; Kranitz, Sadoun and Carpenter; The Griffey School for the Arts; Randolph Seating and Mobility; Collision Repair Specialists; Betty’s Café; Lifestyle Motivators; Northwest Missouri Central Labor Council; Ameri-Pack Inc.; Boudreaux’s Louisiana Seafood and Steaks; and Eckhard’s Home Improvement.

Students at Missouri Western State University are conducting a survey that could help out in Andrew County. Savannah City Clerk Beth Carr tells us the information gleaned from the survey will be helpful to the Andrew County Museum. The organization is trying to understand the background of the museum’s visitors, to improve services for the entire community and to gain a better understanding of who is and is not visiting the museum.

Click here to take the survey.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo.  – The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the Northwest Missouri region for the week of Nov. 9 – 15 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. During daylight hours throughout the Northwest District there can be striping of roadways, pothole patching, mowing, spraying, brush cutting, and guardrail repairs that may be conducted and will include lane closures with delays. MoDOT reminds the public to buckle up, slow down, and drive with extreme caution through work zones.

Atchison County

Interstate 29 – At the Rock Creek Bridge near mile marker 107 south of Rock Port; bridge deck replacement.  Traffic is head to head in the northbound lanes through mid to late December.

I-29 – CLOSED southbound I-29 on-ramp from Route 111 at Exit 107; bridge deck replacement.  Closed through mid to late December.

Route 275 – Pothole patching, Nov. 12 – 13

Buchanan County

Route 116 – From Route M to Peck Road; culvert repair, Nov. 9 – 10

U.S. Route 36 – At the Platte River Bridge; bridge deck replacement, Nov. 9 – 15. Traffic is head to head in the westbound lanes with a 14-foot width restriction.

I-29 – From the Pigeon Creek Bridge (mile marker 40) to the Bee Creek Bridge (mile marker 33.6); pavement repair, Nov. 9 – 13. A 15-foot width restriction will be in place.

Caldwell County

U.S. Route 36 – From Route D (Livingston County) to Route A; shoulder work, Nov. 9 – 13

Carroll County

Route 139 – From U.S. Route 24 to Bosworth; drainage work, Nov. 9 – 10

Route 41 – CLOSED at the Wakenda Chute Bridge; bridge maintenance, Nov. 9 – 12, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily.

U.S. Route 65 – From Carrollton to Route W; shoulder work, Nov. 9 – 13

Clinton County

Interstate 35 – From Route H to Route 116; pavement repair, Nov. 9 – 13. The driving lane will remained closed around the clock until the repairs are completed.

Route 116 – From Lathrop to three miles east of Lathrop; resurfacing project, Nov. 9 – 13. A pilot car will direct motorists through the work zone.

Gentry County

U.S. Route 136 – In the Albany city limits; drainage work, Nov. 9 – 11

Grundy County

Routes O and NN – Drainage work, Nov. 9 – 13

Harrison County

Route O – Three miles north of Route N; drainage work, Nov. 9

U.S. Route 136 – In the New Hampton city limits; drainage work, Nov. 13

Route KK – CLOSED from 110^th Street to the Iowa state line; culvert replacement,Nov. 10, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Holt County

Route O – CLOSED from Route T to Trinity Road; railroad maintenance, Nov. 9 – 11

U.S. Route 59 – From the Oregon city limits north to I-29; shoulder work, Nov. 9 – 11

Linn County

Route B – At the Parsons Creek Bridge; bridge maintenance, Nov. 9 – 13

U.S. Route 36 – From Route 5 to the Locust Creek Bridge; pothole patching, Nov. 10 – 12

Livingston County

U.S. Route 36 – From Route D to Route A (Caldwell County); shoulder work, Nov. 9 – 13

Nodaway County

U.S. Route 136 – From the Maryville city limits to Liberty Road; shoulder work, Nov. 9 – 13

Putnam County

U.S. Route 136 and Route 5 – Shoulder work, Nov. 9 – 13

Routes 129, U and YY – Drainage work, Nov. 9 – 13

Route 129 – CLOSED from Route Y to Route CC; culvert replacement, Nov. 10, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Sullivan County

Route 6 – From Route 5 (Milan) to Route 129 (Green City); resurfacing project, Nov. 9 – 13, 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.  The road will be narrowed in two mile sections.  A 15-foot width restriction will be in place.

Route 129 – Drainage work, Nov. 9 – 13

Worth County

Route F – From Route 46 to the Iowa state line; drainage work, Nov. 9 – 13

MARYVILLE, Mo. – Northwest Missouri State University’s Madraliers will present their fall concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, in the Charles Johnson Theater at the Olive DeLuce Fine Arts Building.

The concert, which is free and open to the public, will showcase choral music ranging from the Renaissance to the 21st century.

The first portion of the concert will feature early works by Claudio Monteverdi and John Dowland. Contemporary music works by Alice Parker, Howard Helvey, David Childs and Peter Wilhousky also will be performed along with a piece by Lithuanian composer Vaclovas Augustinas.

The second part of the program will feature a musical parody, “The Grasshopper,” by Joseph Clokey. The final work of the evening will be “Christmas Cantata” by Daniel Pinkham, an exciting piece accompanied by organ and brass quartet.

The Madraliers choral ensemble is a select group, consisting of 35 undergraduate and graduate students and representing a variety of disciplines and majors at Northwest. In the spring, the same students become Celebration, the show choir for the University.

The ensemble will present its 42nd Annual Yuletide Feaste Dec. 11-12 on the Northwest campus.

As part of a celebration of the children’s book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom a local agency is giving away the book for free Saturday.

United Way of Greater St. Joseph and Parents as Teachers will host a celebration of the children’s book on November 7 from 10:00 a.m. to noon at Rolling Hills Library.  

There will be several activities based on the book for children ages 6 and under and their parents. The first 300 families will receive a copy of Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault. Participants are welcome to drop in anytime during the free session.

United Way Success By 6 is a community-based movement of public and private partners including business, government, labor, education, childcare and parents working together to prepare children to be successful learners when they begin kindergarten. 

Two people were seriously injured after a one-vehicle crash in Nodaway County early Friday morning.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Andrew Kaipus, 28 of Omaha, Neb. was taken by lifenet to Mosaic Life Care for treatment of serious injuries and his passenger, Brittany Farlow, 22, of Springfield was taken by EMS to St. Francis Hospital with serious injuries after a crash on MO 145 just after 1 a.m.

The report said Kaipus was driving a 2003 Dodge Dakota southbound on MO 148 just 5 miles north of Maryville when he lost control of the vehicle and it traveled off the west side of the roadway.  It vaulted over a culvert and rolled over onto its top.  Kaipus was not reported to be wearing his safety belt.  The Patrol said it was unknown if Farlow was wearing her seat belt.  The vehicle was reported as totaled.