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 Oct. 29 – Nov. 4 from the Missouri Department of Transportation.

In addition to the work listed below, there may be other road work conducted throughout the region. Many of these will be moving operations and could include lane closures with delays. All scheduled maintenance and construction projects are subject to change.

MoDOT reminds the public to stay alert, watch for road work, buckle up, slow down, and drive with extreme caution through work zones and in changing weather conditions.

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

Atchison County

Interstate 29 – Resurfacing project from the Iowa state line to Route 111, Oct. 29 – Nov. 2

Buchanan County

U.S. Route 169 (Belt Highway) – Pedestrian crossing improvement project at Faraon Street and U.S. Route 36, Oct. 29 – Nov. 2

Carroll County

Route 10 – Resurfacing project from Route FF to Business U.S. 65 near Carrollton, Oct. 29 – Nov. 2. Flaggers and pilot cars will direct motorists through the work zone.

Chariton County

Route 11 – Pothole patching and shoulder work from Route M to Route E, Oct. 29 – Nov. 3

Clinton County

Route K – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from NW 278th Street to NW 297th Street, Nov. 1, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Daviess County

Route 190 – Shoulder work at Otter Road, Oct. 29

Route J – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from Route D to the Caldwell County line, Oct. 30, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

DeKalb County

U.S. Route 36 – Concrete replacement in the westbound lanes from Hedge Road to Route 33, Oct. 29 – 31. This will include overnight lane closures.

Route F – Pothole patching from U.S. Route 169 to Route V, Oct. 29 – Nov. 2

Route RA – CLOSED for a culvert replacement at Route 33, Oct. 30, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Route 33 – Culvert replacement at Rogers Road, Oct. 31. Access to Rogers will be CLOSED from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Route 33 will remain open.

U.S. Route 36 – Concrete replacement in the westbound lanes at Castile Creek, Nov. 1 – 2. This will include overnight lane closures.

Gentry County

U.S. Route 136 – Shoulder work from the Gentry County line to Route B, Oct. 30

Route Z – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from Route A to High Ridge Lane, Oct. 31, 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Route E – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from 460th Road to 472nd Road, Nov. 1, 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Grundy County

Route 6 – Shoulder work from Route 146 to Route WW, Oct. 29 – Nov. 2

Harrison County

U.S. Route 136 – Shoulder work from Route D to the Gentry County line, Oct. 29

Route 46 – Shoulder work from U.S Route 169 (Worth County) to U.S. Route 69, Oct. 29

Route F – Pothole patching from Route W to Route D, Oct. 29 – 31

I-35 – Resurfacing project from the Iowa state line to Route N at Eagleville, Oct. 29 – Nov. 2. This includes a 14-foot width restriction.

Route D – Pothole patching from Route F to Route M, Oct. 31 – Nov. 2

Route B – Pothole patching from U.S. Route 136 to Route N, Nov. 1 – 2

Holt County

I-29 – Resurfacing project from Route W to Route 118, Oct. 29 – Nov. 2

I-29 – Pavement repair from U.S. Route 59 (Exit 67) to Route 118 (Exit 84), Oct. 29 – Nov. 3

Linn County

Route B – Drainage work from Route Y to 0.5 miles west of Route Y, Oct. 29 – Nov. 2

Route V – Culvert replacement at Ingle Road, Oct. 31. Access to Ingle Road will be closed from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Route V will remain open.

Nodaway County

Route F – CLOSED for pothole patching from U.S. Route 136 to 270th Street, Oct. 29, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Route NN – CLOSED for pothole patching from Navy Road to Noble Road, Oct. 30, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Route 46 – Shoulder work from U.S. 169 (Worth County) to Route W, Oct. 30 – 31

Routes Y and ZZ – Pothole patching, Oct. 31

U.S. Route 136 – Shoulder work from the One Hundred and Two River Bridge to Route 46, Oct. 31 – Nov. 2

Route 246 – Milling and pothole patching from Route 46 (Worth County) to Route E, Nov. 1 – 2

Putnam County

U.S. Route 136 – CLOSED for a bridge replacement project at the West Locust Creek Bridge. The road will be closed through early November. A signed detour is in place.

U.S. Route 136 – CLOSED for a bridge replacement project at the Elm Branch Bridge. The road will be closed through early November. A signed detour is in place.

Route 139 – Resurfacing project from the Iowa state line to Route 6 (Sullivan County), Oct. 29 – Nov. 2. This includes a 10-foot width restriction.

Route 5 – Pothole patching, Oct. 29 – Nov. 2

Route 129 – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from 100th Street to Ash Trail, Oct. 30, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Sullivan County

Route 139 – Resurfacing project from the Iowa state line (Putnam County) to Route 6, Oct. 29 – Nov. 2. This includes a 10-foot width restriction.

Worth County

Route YY – CLOSED at the Middle Fork of the Grand River after a regularly scheduled inspection revealed critical deterioration to the structure. For more information, visit the project’s web page.

Route 46 – Shoulder work from U.S Route 69 to U.S. Route 69 (Harrison County), Oct. 29

Route 46 – Shoulder work from U.S. 169 to Route W (Nodaway County), Oct. 30 – 31

Route 246 – Milling and pothole patching from Route 46 to Route E (Nodaway County), Nov. 1 – 2

The St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce will host two of Missouri’s top officials of education and economic development at an upcoming Economic Summit Luncheon.

The keynote speakers will be Commissioner of Higher Education Zora Mulligan and Director of the Missouri Department of Economic Development Rob Dixon. 

Kristi Bailey with the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce said the two will be speaking on what they have been working on to change the state’s economic development and what’s going on in workforce development.

“Here at the Chamber, we work with our businesses everyday, trying to help them with their needs to stay in business and to grow, and one of the issues we talk about all the time is a lack of skilled workers,” Bailey said. “That, on the statewide level, we have the commissioner of higher ed and the director of economic development working together to help solve these issues is really important to the vitality of our local economy.”

The event will be at 11:30 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 15, at the Fulkerson Center at Missouri Western State University.

The cost to attend is $25 per person for Chamber members and $35 for the general public. The reservation deadline is Nov. 8. Register online at saintjoseph.com or by calling (816) 232-4461.

Friday Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 56. North northwest wind 3 to 5 mph.

Friday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. Calm wind becoming west southwest around 5 mph.

SaturdaySunny, with a high near 68. West wind 3 to 8 mph.

Saturday NightPartly cloudy, with a low around 46. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

SundaySunny, with a high near 63.

Sunday NightMostly clear, with a low around 38.

MondaySunny, with a high near 64.

An opportunity to safely dispose of unused or expired medications will be offered this weekend.

The Prescription Take Back event runs from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday in the East Hills Parking Lot by the former Sears store.

Controlled, non-controlled, over-the-counter substances and sharps will be accepted.

For more information, call (816) 232-0050.

The event is sponsored by St. Joseph Youth Alliance, the Drug Free Community Coalition, Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department, the St. Joseph Police Department and American Water.

Thursday Showers likely, mainly after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 50. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday Night Showers likely, mainly before 10pm. Cloudy, with a low around 42. East wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. Light and variable wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Friday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. Light west wind.

Saturday Mostly sunny, with a high near 65.

Saturday Night A chance of showers after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 45. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Sunday Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. Breezy.

Sunday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. Breezy.

Monday Sunny, with a high near 59.

A program coming to Chillicothe next week aims to reduce new driver crashes by increasing parental awareness and enforcement of Missouri’s GDL law.

Deana Dothage is Health Educator for the University of Missouri School of Medicine’s Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the director of First Impact.

Dothage said First Impact is a parent education program for parents of teen drivers who are at the pre-permit, permit, new or independent driver level.

“What we are teaching parents is about Missouri’s Graduated Drivers License (GDL) law and that comes with some rules and restrictions at three different levels of driving,” Dothage said. “We also talk to parents about strategies that they can work with their teens to overcome the risks that teen drivers face. As an example – drowsy driving, speeding, impaired driving, distracted driving – we go into some  detail about each of those risks and how parents can monitor and enforce those rules with their teen drivers.”

Dothage said teens ages 15 to 19 have the highest crash risk of any age group on the road.

“Teens are three times more likely to be involved in a fatal crash. Risk is highest in the first 30 to 90 days of independent driving, so we believe by educating parents about this law, research shows it reduces teen fatalities 20 to 40 percent and that is definitely our goal is to reduce fatalities and injuries with teen-involved crashes.”

The First Impact program coming to Chillicothe next week will be a 90-minute program featuring a short video and Dothage, along with Chief Deputy Michael Claypole with the Livingston County Sheriff’s Department, will be speaking.

Dothage said teen drivers are welcome to attend the program with their parents or guardians.

“We love the teen drivers to come, because what we find is when they’re hearing this information from just their parents, they may not absorb it as well as when they’re hearing it from two other professional safety speakers,” Dothage said.

The First Impact program will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 30, at Chillicothe High School in the Performing Arts Center.

For more information, or to register for the free program, go to firstimpact.missouri.edu.

With Halloween just around the corner, local law enforcement officers are preparing to go door-to-door.

Buchanan County Sheriff Bill Puett said, as usual, on Halloween, there will be over 40 officers on overtime along with police officers and state troopers going out to do sex offender registry checks.

“Every year, we do sex offender checks by statute. There are very specific issues related to sex offenders, they have to be home, they can’t be out, they have to have their property posted, they can’t have a light on, they can’t be handing out candy to trick-or-treaters, etcetera,” Puett said. “All those offenders are made aware of that and we actually send teams of officers out to every house to verify that that is, in fact, the case. Sometimes the officers go back a second time to make sure that they remain in compliance, not that, okay, the Sheriff’s Office has been here, now we can go do what we want.”

Puett said, also with the holiday coming up, he wants to remind motorists to be alert for costumed kids on Halloween night.

“They’re so focused on the concept of getting that candy and having a good time and they have stuff over their faces and they just don’t pay attention a lot of times, so we ask everybody else to pay attention,” Puett said.

For more information on the Sex Offender Registry, visit the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s website.