Nodaway Holt R-VII School District has canceled classes for Wednesday, Oct. 1 to mourn the loss of a student.
17-year-old Sydnie Messner of Graham died in a car accident Saturday night.
All activities scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 29 have also been canceled.
A man was transported to the hospital by ambulance Monday after he lost consciousness and crashed his vehicle at the intersection of Belt Hwy and Frederick Ave.
Two separate accidents tied up traffic on Frederick Avenue over the lunch hour Monday.
The first accident took place at Woodbine and Frederick just before noon. Police responded to the wreck and directed traffic as the two vehicles were removed from the roadway.
Less than 10 minutes later a second accident took place at Frederick Ave. and the Belt Hwy. just a block away.
According to the St. Joseph Police Department, 47-year-old Terry Hager was driving his SUV when he reported to have a medical issue that caused him to lose consciousness and crash into a median and then into a vehicle stopped at the light East on Frederick. That vehicle was then shoved into another vehicle. Hager was transported to the hospital for evaluation. No other injuries were reported.
Traffic was slowed around both intersections for about 30 minutes.
Monday: Sunny with a high near 84. Calm winds out of the SSE around 5 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly clear with a low near 61. Calm winds out of the SE around 5 mph.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny with a high near 82. Increasing winds out of S 5-15 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy with a 60% chance for showers/thunderstorms. Low around 79.
Wednesday: 70% chance for showers/thunderstorms. High near 79.
Wednesday Night: 50% chance for showers/thunderstorms. Low around 62.
Thursday: Mostly cloud with a 50% chance for thunderstorms. High near 70.
Thursday Night: Partly cloud with a low around 51.
Friday: Sunny with a high near 67.
Friday Night: Partly cloud with a low around 43
Saturday: Chance for morning showers then clearing up to mostly sunny skies. High near 81
Saturday Night: Mostly clear with a low near 58.
Sunday: Sunny high around 82.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear low near 58.
Monday: Sunny with a high around 83.
Monday Night: Mostly clear with a low near 60.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny high near 80.
Tuesday Night: 50% chance for thunderstorms and a low near 62.
The weight restriction on the Nodaway River Bridge on Route A, just east of Maitland, has been lifted, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation. On Monday, Sept. 22, MoDOT inspectors reopened the bridge after flooding, but placed a 20-ton weight restriction on the bridge, until repairs could be made to stabilize one of the bridge pillars. Crews used rock to stabilize and reinforce the footings of the bridge support pillar where flash flooding had caused significant scour.
While the bridge is safe to use, repairs are still necessary to the bank at the eastern bridge end. Travelers should also be alert as the bridge could close immediately if the river levels rise. Any additional water in the river channel could affect the stability of the slope under the bridge end.
“We know it’s harvest season and wanted to lift the weight restriction as quickly as possible for the surrounding community,” said MoDOT District Maintenance and Traffic Engineer Marty Liles. “Our crews worked hard all week to ensure the bridge was safe for the larger farming equipment and trucks.”
The Route A Nodaway River Bridge was built in 1963 and carries approximately 2,300 vehicles per day. All bridges throughout the United States are federally required to be inspected at least every two years. MoDOT’s Northwest District has more than 1,300 bridges among its 20 counties.
Wage garnishments are a growing concern in the Nation and one that’s hitting the hardest here in the Midwest according to statistics from ADP Research Institute. Attorney Doug Tschauder with Legal Aid of Western Missouri, said Buchanan County isn’t left out of that statistic.
“Just in Buchanan County typically there’s about 5-thousand cases every year that are filed for consumer debts and those are ranging from credit card debts, to payday loans, medical bills, sometimes cars that have been repossessed so there’s a variety of those types of cases in our area.”
Wage garnishment allows for the legal recover of debts by taking it straight from your paycheck. Those garnishments have been increasing in the United State. According to ADP Research Institute, in the past eight years cases of wage garnishment have increase 121-percent. Tschauder said Legal Aid is seeing more people calling for help because of that.
“We have had a few more people that are coming in because of the wage garnishments. It’s definitely something we’re seeing more of,” he said.
In Missouri Tschauder said people could have their paychecks garnished by up to 25-percent. Even though their paychecks are being withheld, Tschauder said people still have rights, ones they might not be aware of.
“First thing they should do is talk to their employer because if they let their employer know that they have children or other relatives that they’re supporting then their employer is able to take that step and reduce that garnishment down to 10%,” he said. “Unfortunately, if there’s a garnishment in place it usually would run the length of the garnishment which is sometimes 3 months or more but then what they can do is after that garnishment has run they can get in contact with their creditor and negotiate with them and sometimes that payment amount is less than what they were garnished.”
Tschauder says if someone has problems with wage garnishment in Northwest Missouri to contact Legal Aid for assistance (816) 364-2325.
United Way of Greater St. Joseph held a campaign report rally Thursday and announced it’s a little more than $200-thousand dollars closer to its $3-million dollar goal.
Over 100 community leaders stopped in at Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices Stein & Summers Real Estate for the progress report.
After a performance of the Central High School Drum line battery, Campaign Chair Adam Stein reported on Campaign progress. Since the Sept. 4 Kickoff, a total of $223,580.63 additional dollars have been pledged.
“I’m very happy with the progress up to this point,” said Stein. “I think we still have a lot of work ahead of us but we’re currently in the process of starting new rallys and I think we’re right where we need to be.”
United Way is trying to raise $3,145,000 to be used to impact lives throughout Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas through education, health, and financial stability. So far, $1,056,495.52 has been pledged to the campaign, which is 33.59% of the goal.
The next Campaign Progress Report lunch is on Oct. 23 at Grace Evangelical Church. The Campaign Victory Dinner, announcing final campaign results, will be on Nov. 6 at Missouri Western’s Fulkerson Center.
Enrollment at Missouri Western State University is up almost 2 percent from a year ago on the official census date, four weeks into the start of the fall semester. A total of 5,926 students are enrolled this fall, coming from 42 states and 35 countries.
“We’re certainly excited to see enrollment growth, and honored that students have chosen Missouri Western to help them achieve their goals,” said Dr. Jeanne Daffron, provost and vice president for academic affairs.
The total of 5,742 undergraduate students and 184 graduate students is up by more than 100 students over last year’s total, and is the fourth highest total in school history. Two key factors in the growth, Dr. Daffron said, were the number of incoming freshmen and the number of new international students. The number of first-time freshmen seeking a bachelor’s degree is up by about 7 percent, to 1,042. The number of enrolled international students grew by nearly 60 percent this year, to 129. That compares to just eight international students six years ago.
Another key factor in the enrollment growth is an increase of about 3.5 percent in Missouri Western’s freshman-to-sophomore retention rate. Missouri Western has created a College Completion Team to focus on improving services and procedures that guide students to graduation. An enhanced advising process and degree audit software allow students to see exactly where they are on their degree path and make knowledgeable decisions if they want to consider changing their major. Another recent improvement to the Early Intervention Program enables faculty and student services staff to work seamlessly to remove challenges and obstacles to course or degree completion.
Another factor helping retention is that students are coming to Missouri Western better prepared academically: this is the tenth straight year that the average ACT score of the incoming freshman class has improved, and the average ACT score of full-time students enrolling directly from high school continues to be above the national average.
“We are especially pleased that enrollment growth is occurring in these areas,” Dr. Daffron said. “Increasing international enrollment and student retention in particular have been key parts of Missouri Western’s strategic plan, and will be vitally important to the university and the region.”
The American Red Cross is urging people to have a plan during the month of September.
Because September is National Preparedness Month, American Red Cross Midland Empire Chapter Executive Director Angie Springs is urging the community to think about what they would do in the event of a disaster.
“it is just a month when the American Red Cross to urges families and individuals to review and practice their preparedness plans,” said Springs. “For example if you have your fire safety evacuation plan in place in your home, take time to practice that you know practice makes perfect.”
She says there are many different types of disasters to take into consideration here in the Midwest.
“We’re very prone to tornadoes, we obviously can have flooding at any time, we have the 102, we have the Platte river, lots of bodies of water that are around us in this area that they could flood at any time, winter weather is also a factor and you know we’re not very far from that,” she said.
At the very least, she said you should have a plan in place, and emergency kits on hand both in your home and vehicles.
“we just got done preparing our children to start school in August so lets prepare our families during the month of September,” said Springs. “The reason why it’s so important is because practice makes perfect. If you practice your plan now, if you go over your plan now then in the event of a real emergency you own’t be scrambling at the last minute to make sure your family is safe.”
if you haven’t prepared yet she said even though the month is almost over it’s still not too late. For more information on National Preparedness Month and what to do to make your plan contact the Midland Empire Chapter of the Red Cross at (816) 232-8439 or Click Here.
The St Joseph Health Department will be conducting its annual flu clinic on Wednesday,
October 1, 2014. The clinic will be held at the Mayes Memorial Army National Guard
Armory located at 301 North Woodbine (Faraon & Woodbine). The clinic will begin at
8:30 a.m. and run until noon or while supplies last. This clinic is open to Buchanan
County residents, aged 19 and older, and who are not pregnant. Those with privately
provided health insurance, Medicare or MO HealthNet are asked to present their card at
the clinic registration.
The flu vaccine provided by the St Joseph Health Department is a “quadrivalent”, which
means it is made to protect against four strains of flu virus. For years, flu vaccines were
designed to protect against three different flu viruses (trivalent). This included an
influenza A H1N1 virus, an influenza A H3N2 virus and one B virus. Adding another B
virus to the vaccine aims to give broader protection against circulating flu viruses.
Important facts about the upcoming flu season and flu vaccine include the following:
CDC recommends a yearly flu vaccine as the first and most important step in
protecting against flu viruses.
Everyone 6 months of age and older should get the flu vaccine annually. People at high risk of serious flu complications include young children, pregnant
women, people who are morbidly obese, people with chronic health conditions
like asthma, diabetes or heart and lung disease, and people 65 years and older.
Vaccination of high risk persons is especially important to decrease their risk of
severe flu illness.
Vaccination also is important for health care workers and others who live with or
care for high risk people to keep from spreading flu to high risk people.
Children younger than 6 months are at high risk of serious flu illness, but are too
young to be vaccinated. People who care for them and household contacts
should be vaccinated instead.
Persons who should not receive a flu shot include those who: have ever had a
severe allergic reaction to eggs; have ever had a severe allergic reaction to flu
vaccine; have a history of Guillain–Barré Syndrome; or are sick with a fever
when they go to get a flu shot (persons with fever should wait until they recover
from their illness before getting the flu vaccine).
No services will be provided at the Health Department, 904 S 10th St, on the day of the
flu clinic but will resume on Thursday, October 2nd. For more information regarding the
flu clinic, call 271-4725.
