Northwest Missouri State will increase tuition for the upcoming fiscal year.

The universities Board of Regents agreed on a three percent increase yesterday.

The increase comes after the governor proposed a 12 percent cut in state funding to universities. The proposed cut was later dropped to 7.8 percent.

Earlier this year the university announced cuts of roughly two million dollars.  With that, the university still faced a two million dollar budget shortfall.

Beginning with the fall 2012 trimester, based on 24 student credit hours, Northwest will raise tuition and fees by $228.24 for in-state undergraduates to $6,175.44 and by $414.80 for out-of-state undergraduates to $11,062.32. For graduate students, based on 18 student credit hours, tuition will increase by $216.54 for in-state students to $5,844.96  and by $388.08 for out-of-state students to $10,114.92 .

The fees include an increase to $2 per student credit hour for the capital improvement fee and a sustainability fee of 50 cents per student credit hour. The University’s Student Senate recently voted to recommend the fees, which Regents approved.

The Board also approved a 3.5 percent increase to room and board rates, which includes meal plan options, by $264 to $7,830 for a double occupancy traditional room.

Last year, Northwest raised tuition 4.5 percent.

This week, Missouri Western Announced room and board rates for next year would stay mostly the same. However, Westerns cost of meal plans would rise 4.5 percent.

 

 

 

 

Flooding along the 3rd Fork River in Buchanan County is causing some problems for motorists.

Buchanan County Emergency Management Director Bill Brinton says Saxton/Easton Road is closed from Route C east due to high water. Problems could persist through the weekend until the Platte River crests.

That’s expected to happen early Sunday.

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St Joseph police took three men into custody after a shooting incident just after noon near 10th and Church Streets that prompted officials to lock down Cathedral School nearby.

Captain Kevin Castle says a group of men were firing what he called a “very realistic looking pellet gun,” and a neighbor called police.

 

Castle says three men, two of them 19 and one 22 years old, were taken into custody for investigation of unlawful use of a weapon and destruction of property. One of the men also had a city warrant for failure to appear.

Initial reports indicated there was no property damage, but investigators later located two homes in the area that appeared to have been damaged by projectiles.

No injuries were reported.

The school lockdown ended a short time later.

A program that uses horses to help mentally, physically, and emotionally-challenged youth is ready for the riding season. Soaring Hope is a faith-based non-profit that uses horse therapy to help at risk and disabled children. Clients include children with autism and spina bifida, and a boy who was run over by a car at the age of three.

Soaring Hope is located four miles east of Riverside Road on Highway 169 South. The non-profit depends on volunteers and is looking for more, as well as donations. For more information go to http://soaringhope.net/index.html.

The Allied Arts Council on Thursday announced the main stage musical lineup for this summer’s Trails West!

Urban soul-music band Tower of Power, up-and-coming country artist Hunter Hayes, American country and rock musician Uncle Kracker, the legendary classic rock band Head East and former Bad Company lead-singer Brian Howe will be the main stage headline acts for the festival, August 17-19 at St Joseph Civic Center Park.

Also Thursday, the council announced that a Wathena native and Missouri Western student has won the annual competition to create the festival’s poster artwork.

Brandie Wertz currently resides in Platte City, and will graduate in May with a BFA in Graphic Design from MWSU.

According to Festival Co-chair Natalie Redmond, there were over fifty submissions this year. “It was hard for the committee to select the one piece of artwork that best reflects the festival’s 20 years,” Redmond said.

Wertz was able to use her computer as a canvas, and her mouse as the paintbrush, choosing cowboy boots as an object that she believed was relatable to everyone. “I find much of my inspiration while searching through design blogs and artists’ works online,” said Wertz.