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Health Dept. encouraging back-to-school vaccinations on ‘Teen Day’

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The St. Joseph Health Department is encouraging students to get their back-to-school vaccinations during Teen Day on Friday.

Connie Werner is the Clinic Supervisor for the City of St. Joseph Health Department.

Werner said the Health Department, the St. Joseph School District and Mosaic Life Care met to discuss how to raise awareness of getting necessary vaccines before the first day of school.

“The St. Joseph School District has their ‘Strive for 5’… and a lot of times kids are not allowed to go to school unless they’ve had all their vaccinations. So they certainly don’t want them missing school because of not getting their vaccines in the correct time,” Werner said. “We know through history, that no matter what kind of advertisement we do, it’s human nature to wait until that last minute because there are so many things to think about that getting those shots is not high on the list until it’s the day before school.”

Werner said they came up with the idea of an awareness day to focus on giving 8th and 12th grade students vaccinations in preparation for the first day of school.

“When talking to Mosaic, they also worked with their clinics to offer more opportunities than they normally would to have easier access on that day for vaccines to target those 8th and 12th graders,” Werner said. “We offer 8th and 12th grader vaccines, along with kindergarten vaccines everyday… but we’re just trying to bring that awareness on, ‘Hey, you just had your registration, come on down and get those vaccines done so you can be done with it, you’re ready for school and move on with your day.’”

Required 8th grade vaccinations include Tdap and Meningococcal ACWY and recommended is Gardasil 9. Required for 12th grade is Meningococcal ACWY and recommended is Meningococcal B and Gardasil 9.

Werner said anyone that has a Mosaic doctor at a clinic should call them to ask about details for Teen Day on Friday, Aug. 3. The St. Joseph Health Department is open from 8 to 11 a.m. and from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Werner said to bring an immunization record and insurance card. Clients with health insurance or without are served.

For more information, contact the Health Department at (816) 271-4725.

The St. Joseph School District starts classes August 16th.

Brief: Prop A, Medical Weed in MO, Kansas Gov Race Gets Hotter, Droughts, Floods

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Kansas and Missouri primaries are next week.

Looking ahead to the general election in Missouri:

In Kansas election news: State Senator Laura Kelly is the leading Democratic candidate for Kansas governor, and is under attack for her past backing of tough voter identification policies as her party prepares for the possibility that the champion of those measures, conservative Kris Kobach, will win the Republican nomination. Democrats have regularly criticized Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state, over policies they believe suppress voter turnout. A lot of developments for Kobach in the last 24 hours:

  On the Kansas healthcare front:

  Missouri and Kansas drought news:

The Division of Conservation at the Kansas Department of Agriculture announced drought assistance for Kansas landowners. The Livestock Water Supply Financial Assistance Initiative will provide financial assistance for livestock water supply wells, pipeline and tanks installed after June 1, 2018, and before the announcement of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Drought Initiative by NRCS on July 24, 2018.

How about flood levels?

Some striking images for today:

The Brief is a daily roundup from St. Joe Post and around the web. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Precautionary boil order issued for part of Daviess County

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The Public Water Supply District #1 of Daviess County is working on restoring water and water pressure to some of their customers.

The Water Supply District is issuing a precautionary boil order to all of its customers south of the Grand River, south of the old town of Pattonsburg. This area includes the cities of Winston, Altamont, and Weatherby.

For more information and updates, go to the Daviess County EMA Facebook or Twitter pages.

Sunny with temps in the 90s through the weekend

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Not that you need an excuse to have an ice cream sandwich on a hot August day, but just in case you do…. it’s National Ice Cream Sandwich Day! Temperatures will remain above seasonal averages into the weekend and although clouds will increase by Saturday, precipitation chances remain low for the region. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:

Today: Sunny, with a high near 91. Calm wind becoming west northwest around 6 mph in the afternoon. 

Tonight: Clear, with a low around 66. South wind around 6 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 96. South southwest wind 5 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 70. South wind 8 to 10 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. South wind 7 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Saturday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 93.

Sunday Night: A chance of showers after 1 a.m. Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 92.

Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 89.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 66.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 88.

Boil water order in effect for Savannah

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A boil water order is in effect for Savannah due to a cut water main.

According to the City of Savannah’s Facebook page, much of Savannah is without water or has very low pressure.

A boil order is in effect for the next three days. Water should be boiled for at least three minutes before drinking or cooking.

The boil order applies to everyone who gets water from the City of Savannah including rural water in Fillmore.

I-35 northbound lanes closed in Harrison County as crews finish project

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BETHANY, Mo. – The northbound lanes of I-35 are closed in Harrison County as crews complete a project on the Route AA/H Bridge.

According to the Missouri Department of Transportation, the bridge over Interstate 35 in Harrison County has been closed since late May for a deck replacement project. The northbound lanes of I-35 are closed so the crew may tie in the new bridge deck to the existing roadway and complete guardrail work under the bridge. Traffic is being routed up and over the ramps at Exit 84 around the work. This traffic pattern will remain in place through Thursday afternoon.

To ensure that interstate traffic flows as smoothly as possible no access to or from Route AA and Route H will be permitted. Motorists will experience delays and may want to consider using an alternate route.

The Route AA/H Bridge is scheduled to reopen to all traffic Friday afternoon.

All work is weather permitting and schedules are subject to change. MoDOT encourages all motorists to slow down, buckle up, eliminate distractions and drive safely to ensure everyone is able to Arrive Alive.

For more information about this and other MoDOT projects, call 1-888-ASK-MODOT (888-275-6636) or visit modot.org/northwest.

Brief: Dark Money to Replace Schaaf, Independent vs McCaskill and Hawley, Infant Opioid Addiction

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Dark money in the race to replace St. Joe’s Rob Schaaf…

On one side of the primary is Tony Luetkemeyer, a lawyer from Parkville and first-time candidate for public office.

On the other is Harry Roberts, an insurance salesman from St. Joseph who is Buchanan County’s presiding commissioner.

The two are facing off for the GOP nomination in a district represented for the last eight years by Republican Sen. Rob Schaaf of St. Joseph, who will be forced from office in January because of term limits.

An independent candidate could change the direction of the U.S. Senate race in Missouri.

Independent candidate Craig O’Dear’s campaign says it has submitted more than enough signatures to get on the November ballot in the hotly contested U.S. Senate race in Missouri.

Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley, a Republican, is trying to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill in a state President Donald Trump won by nearly 19 points. It remains to be seen what effect of the addition of an independent candidate will have in that close contest.

 

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reports two cases of neuroinvasive West Nile virus disease in individuals who reside in Johnson County. Four regions of the state remain under a high-risk warning for WNV, including north central, south central, northwest, and southwest Kansas. Northeast and southeast regions are at moderate risk for WNV infections.

WNV can be spread to people through mosquito bites, but it is not spread from person to person. About one in five people who are infected develop a fever and other symptoms. Roughly one out of 150 infected people develop the more severe version of the disease, neuroinvasive disease, which includes swelling of the brain or brain tissue and, in some cases, death.

In other medical news…

“When you are in withdrawal, you feel your baby that’s in withdrawal too,” Worden says. “You feel your baby uncomfortable inside of you, and you know that. And then you use and then the baby’s not, and that’s a really awful, vulgar thought, but it’s true. That’s how it is. It’s terrible.”

 

Universities continue reforms to Greek life:

“I don’t think I’m embellishing if I said to you that there are more changes being proposed in this report than probably have happened in 50 years or more for fraternity and sorority life on this campus,” Jeffrey Zeilenga, Mizzou’s dean of students, told The Star.

Meanwhile, at the University of Kansas…

Speaking of drinking, the Westport entertainment district remains a destination, but is it in trouble?

This year’s list contains at-risk closed schools, historic churches, and apartment buildings as well as sites such as baseball legend Buck O’Neil’s home, the Epperson House on the UMKC campus, and the Aladdin Theater in the historic Northeast.

 

Back to school tax holiday weekend starts Friday. Teachers are already back-to-schooling themselves.

 

The Brief is a daily roundup from St. Joe Post and around the web. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

MDC seeks public comment on plans for Nodaway Valley Conservation Area

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The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) wants to know what Missourians think about its nearly 1,000 conservation areas around the state.

MDC is in the multi-year process of updating management plans for the Nodaway Valley Conservation Area northeast of St. Joseph. Plans for the area will be available for public comment through Aug. 31.

According to an MDC press release, the 3,881-acre Nodaway County Conservation Area in Holt and Andrew counties is a premier wetland destination for waterfowl hunters, birders, and hikers. Thanks to wetland development and native vegetation projects, the area has more than 2,000 acres of shallow wetland habitat and 400 acres of prairie and bottomland hardwood forest. The Nodaway River flows through the area and some bank fishing access is available. The area is a popular waterfowl hunting destination with blinds available to the public, including blinds designated for those with mobility challenges.

Conservation Area Management Plans focus on natural resource management and public use on conservation areas. The plans do not address regulations on hunting, fishing and other area uses, which are set by the Conservation Commission and enforced under the Wildlife Code of Missouri. MDC will consider all ideas received and will work to balance the issues and interests identified with the responsibility of managing areas for the present and future benefits to forest, fish, wildlife, and people. Decisions on which ideas to incorporate into area plans and on how to best incorporate them will be based on the property’s purpose, its physical and biological conditions and capabilities, the best roles of the property in its local, regional and state-wide context, and on the professional expertise of MDC staff.

To preview draft management plans and share comments online, visit www.mdc.mo.gov/areaplans.

Temps to return to the 90s

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Despite the recent cooler weather, it is still Summer and August has arrived to make sure no one forgets. While this morning’s cool temperatures will range from upper 50s to low 60s, today’s highs will reach the mid 80s. The next several days will see temperatures rise to highs near 90 and lows warming to the low 70s. Skies will remain mostly sunny, and unfortunately, the chance of any precipitation will remain very low for much of eastern Kansas and western Missouri. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:

Today: Sunny, with a high near 89. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 8 mph in the morning.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 64. South southwest wind 3 to 5 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 91. Southwest wind 3 to 6 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 66. South southwest wind around 6 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 94. South wind 5 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 69.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 90.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 71.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 93.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 73.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 93.

Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 93.

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