The United Way of Greater St. Joseph is asking for community input and feedback to produce a new five-year strategic plan.

“We hope that many community members will join us for the conversations on July 7, 8, or 9 and share their ideas and opinions,” said Kylee Strough, President of the United Way of Greater St. Joseph.

The agency is holding community conversation sessions for participants to voice their ideas that it says will be used to help shape the strategic plan.

“United Way seeks to improve lives through the caring power of community and we believe community input is vital in shaping the direction of the next five years,” Strough said.

Sessions will be held Tuesday, July 7 at 8 a.m., Wednesday July 8 at 1 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. and Thursday, July 9 at 3 p.m.  All conversations will be held at the United Way located at 118 S. 5th St in downtown St. Joseph.

Strough said anyone who can’t attend but wants to share their thoughts and suggestions can send feedback to her at kylee.strough@stjosephunitedway.org or by calling the office at (816) 364-2381.  Feedback must be submitted by July 20.

A Maryville man is behind bars after a fight sent his elderly father to the hospital that police said started over spoiled meat.

61-year-old Ronald Coy is charged with with second degree Domestic Assault in Nodaway County for allegedly beating his 87-year-old father.

Court documents state that Ronald caused physical injury to his father by striking and/or kicking about his body causing bleeding, an injury to his jaw that may require surgery to insert a metal plate, and an injury, pain, or discomfort to his kidney-area of his back.

In a probable cause statement signed by Maryville Public Safety Officer, Sarah Kahmann she said she responded to a medical emergency in which Ronald’s father was sitting in a chair, his face covered in blood.

“His face was visibly cut and bloody, was well as blood on his hands,” Kahmann said. “Stated that his son, ‘Ronnie’ had assaulted him, over an argument of spoiled meat.”

She said he claimed that his son had pushed him, knocked him down and said “the beating starts now.”

Court documents state Ron allegedly kicked his father several times, just above his kidneys. Kahmann said a nurse at where Ronald was located at told her that upon his arrival Ron said that he had struck his father in the jaw and probably broke it.

Kahmann stated Ronald said he knew why authorities were contacting and said that his father “jumped him.”

Ronald’s elderly father was transported to St. Francis Hospital around 5 p.m. Saturday.  He was released and then later readmitted for his injuries.

Ronald is being held on $50,000 bond cash or surety.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo.  – The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the Northwest Missouri region for the week of June 29 – July 5, from the Missouri Department of Transportation. There will be no work during the July 4 holiday, but some closures may remain in place. Many projects will include lane closures, and delays can be expected. MoDOT reminds the public to buckle up, slow down, and drive with extreme caution through work zones.

For more information about a project, please contact MoDOT at 1-888-ASK-MoDOT(888-275-6636) or visit www.modot.org/northwest/. You can also follow MoDOT’s Northwest Missouri District on Twitter @ModotNorthwest and on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/MoDOTNWDistrict.

Andrew County

Interstate 29 – NIGHT WORK from U.S. Route 71 to Route O (Buchanan County); pavement repair, June 29 – July 3, 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Includes work on the driving lanes and a 15-foot width restriction.

Route Y – CLOSED from County Road 29 to County Road 25; culvert replacement,June 29, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

I-29 – At the Hopkins Creek Bridge; bridge maintenance, June 29 – July 5

Route 71 – From Route B to Route A (Nodaway County); pothole patching, June 29 – 30

U.S. Route 71 – Striping, June 29 to July 2

Route D – CLOSED from one mile north of U.S. Route 169 to County Road 308; culvert replacement, June 30, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

 

Atchison County

Route B – Pothole patching, June 29 – 30

Buchanan County

U.S. Route 169 and Route 752 – Sweeping and flushing bridges, June 29 – July 1

I-229 and I-29 – Mowing, June 29 – July 1

Route 371 – From Route DD to Route 116; pothole patching, June 29 – July 1

U.S. Route 36 – Spraying, June 29 to July 2

I-29 – NIGHT WORK from U.S. Route 71 (Andrew County) to Route O; pavement repair, June 29 – July 3, 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Includes work on the driving lanes and a 15-foot width restriction.

Business Loop 29 – Belt Highway from County Line Road to Ashland Avenue; sidewalk project, June 29 – July 3. Various lanes will be closed at different times, including lanes on side streets.

U.S. Route 59 – At the Bankers Crossing Bridge; new bridge construction, June 29 – July 5

U.S. Route 36 – At the Platte River Bridge; bridge deck replacement, June 29 – July 5. Traffic is head to head in the eastbound lanes with a 14-foot width restriction.

Caldwell County

Route 13 – At the Shoal Creek Bridge; bridge maintenance, June 29, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.(12-foot width restriction.)

U.S. Route 36 – From Route P to Spring Hill Road; pavement repair, June 29 – 30 (12-foot width restriction.)

U.S. Route 36 – Spraying, June 29 to July 2

Route D – At the Shoal Creek Bridge; bridge maintenance, June 30, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.(12-foot width restriction.)

Carroll County

Route J – Pothole patching, June 29

Various routes – Sign operations, June 29 – July 2

U.S. Route 65 – At the Route 10 bridge overpass; bridge maintenance, June 29 to July 5 (Temporary traffic signals will be installed.)

Route 139 – Pothole patching, June 30 – July 1

Route D – From U.S. Route 36 (Livingston County) to Route C; pothole patching, June 30 – July 2

Route M – Pothole patching, July 2

Chariton County

Route MM – Pothole patching, June 29 – July 2

Route FF – Pothole patching, June 29 – July 2

Route Y – Pothole patching, June 29 – July 2

Route JJ – CLOSED from Bristol Avenue to Kansas Avenue (Linn County); culvert replacement, June 30, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Clinton County

Route C – CLOSED; culvert replacement, June 29 – July 2

Route Y – Pothole patching, June 29 – July 2

Daviess County

I-35, U.S. Route 69, Routes 6 and 190 – Pothole patching, June 29 – July 2

U.S. Route 69, Routes DD, B and CC – Brush cutting, June 29 – July 2

Route 6 – At the Route MM overpass bridge; bridge maintenance, July 1 – 2 (12-foot width restriction)

Dekalb County

U.S. Route 36 – The westbound driving lane of the U.S. Hwy 36 bridge over I-35; bridge maintenance, June 29 – July 1. (Includes an overnight lane closure and includes a 12-foot width restriction.)

Gentry County

Route H – From Route E to U.S. Route 136; shoulder work, June 29 – 30

Route M – Pothole patching, June 29 – July 2

Grundy County

Route J – CLOSED; resurfacing project, June 29 – July 1

Route BB – CLOSED; resurfacing project, June 30 – July 1

Route W – Pothole patching, June 29 – July 2

Routes W, 6 and 139 – Sign operations, June 29 – July 2

U.S. Route 65 and Route 6 – Spraying, June 29 – July 2

Route U – Pothole patching, June 30 – July 2

Harrison County

Route F – CLOSED at the Little Creek Bridge; bridge replacement.  Closed through July 2015.

Route B – Pothole patching, June 29

Route 46 – From Route NN to U.S. Route 69; shoulder work, June 29 – 30

Route ZZ – From Route P to County Road 355; shoulder work, June 30 – July 2

Route H – Pothole patching, June 30

Route 13 – From the Bethany city limits to County Road 340^th; pothole patching, July 1

Route T – From Route UU to the Iowa state line; pothole patching, July 2

Holt County

I-29 – CLOSED at U.S. Route 59 (Exit 75); bridge deck replacement. Closed through June 2015. Traffic is being rerouted to the on and off ramps. No access to U.S. Route 59 via Exit 75.

U.S. Route 59 – CLOSED at I-29; bridge deck replacement. Closed through June 2015. No access to I-29.

U.S. Route 59 – From the Oregon city limits to I-29; pavement repair, June 29 – July 2

I-29 – From the Mound City city limits to the Corning city limits; pothole patching, June 29 – July 2

Linn County

Routes JJ and WW – drainage work, June 29 – 30

Routes U, V, 11 and 129 – Pothole patching, June 29 – July 1

Routes U, HH, CC, 11 and 129 – Mowing, June 29 – July 2

Routes Y, DD, B, P and C – Spraying, June 29 – July 2

U.S. Route 36 – Westbound approximately one-quarter mile east of the Route 11 ramp; shoulder work, July 1

Route 129 – CLOSED from Newton Road to Noland Road; culvert replacement, July 1, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Route JJ – CLOSED from Kemper Road to South Fairview Drive; culvert replacement, July 2, 7

Livingston County

Route Z – Pothole patching, June 29

Routes U, A and W – Pothole patching, June 29 – July 2

Routes Y, A, U, N, O and CC – Mowing, June 29 – July 2

Route D – From U.S. Route 36 to Route C (Carroll County); pothole patching, June 30 – July 2

Mercer County

Route J – CLOSED; resurfacing project, June 29 – July 1

Nodaway County

U.S. Route 71 – From Route A to Route B (Andrew County); pothole patching, June 29 – 30

Various routes – Mowing, June 29 – July 2

U.S. Route 71 – Striping, June 29 to July 2

Route NN – At the Platte River Bridge; bridge maintenance, June 29 – July 2 (10 foot width restriction)

Route 148 – Pothole patching, July 1 – 2

Putnam County

Route NN – CLOSED from 135^th Road to 120^th Road; culvert replacement, June 29, 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Routes FF and 149 – Pothole patching, June 29 – July 3

Route 5 – From U.S. Route 136 to the Iowa state line; drainage and shoulder work,June 30 – July 1

Route F – CLOSED from Route 5 to 290^th Road; culvert replacement, July 2, 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Sullivan County

Route WW – CLOSED from Route E to Bear Drive; culvert replacement, June 29, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Route 6 – At the West Yellow Creek; bridge maintenance, June 29 – July 2

Routes H, CC, FF and V – Pothole patching, June 29 – July 2

Route K – CLOSED from Outlook Road to Route BB; culvert replacement, June 30 – July 1, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily

Worth County

Various routes – Mowing, June 29 – July 2

Route U – Pothole patching, June 30 – July 2

Route T – Drainage work, July 1 – 2

Sedalia, Mo. – The Hi Lonesome Chapter of Missouri Master Naturalists will hold an orientation for upcoming training classes 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 9, at the Discovery Room on the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia. The Discovery Room is at the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) display area at the Fairgrounds.

Missouri Master Naturalists are dedicated volunteers who love the outdoors and enjoy connecting people with nature. They receive special training in ecology, conservation and biology. Chapters hold field trips and social events, and members volunteer at MDC special events or research projects. They may be teaching youths about turtles one week and helping researchers collect prairie seed the next.

The Hi Lonesome Chapter will begin registration for the next training class on Aug. 6. An enrollment fee of $75 covers costs for supplies and material such as books, which the member will keep. Master Naturalist Training classes will be held 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursdays Sept. 3 through Nov. 19.

The orientation session on July 9 is not a mandatory requirement to taking the Master Naturalist classes. But the session is recommended as a good overview of the program and what is offered.

Participants taking the classes will receive natural resource training from experts on topics such as ecology, soils and geology, wildlife management, agriculture and conservation, aquatic ecology, grasslands and prairie, birds, caves and more. The training will include three Saturday field sessions.

For more information contact Theresa Cline, chapter president, 660-22303515; or Steve Cooper, MDC wildlife management biologist, steven.cooper@mdc.mo.gov; or Connie Mefford, University of Missouri Extension in Benton County, meffordc@missouri.edu, 660-438-5012.

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