(UPDATE – 9:09 a.m., July 16, 2018) According to Doniphan County Emergency Management Coordinator Julie Meng, the burn ban for Doniphan County, Kansas, has been lifted.
Meng asks residents to use caution when burning.
Doniphan County was placed under a burn ban on Wednesday, July 11, due to the extreme dry conditions and heat.
A burn ban issued July 9th in Livingston County is also still in effect until further notice.
St. Joseph police are investigating after a home invasion and attempted robbery resulted in a shooting Saturday morning.
According to Sgt. Steve McClintick with the St. Joseph Police Department, around 5 a.m. Saturday, a person was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg. It was reported that an attempted robbery took place at a house in the 2800 block of South 23rd.
Police talked with residents and others who were present during the incident. They told police two suspects wearing hoodies and bandannas over their faces entered the house and one displayed a handgun. During an altercation between the suspects and people in house, the suspect with the gun fired several times before fleeing. One person was shot in the leg and transported to the hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.
Nothing was taken during the attempted robbery. The incident is still under investigation.
Warm and muggy conditions will continue into the week. Temperatures will be slightly cooler mid-week with increasing cloud cover, and multiple chances for showers and thunderstorms, but overall conditions will be pretty normal for this time of year. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:
Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. North wind 3 to 8 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. Northeast wind around 7 mph.
Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 89. East southeast wind around 6 mph.
Tuesday Night: A chance of showers after 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. East wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 85. Southeast wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 89.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 89.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 67.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 87.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 66.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 88.
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 July 16 – 22 from the Missouri Department of Transportation.
In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, mowing, shoulder work, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs, litter pick up and 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 at www.facebook.com/
Andrew County
Interstate 29 – Bridge deck replacement project at the Nodaway River Bridge. Traffic is head-to-head in the northbound lanes. This traffic pattern will be in place through August and includes a 13-foot width restriction.
U.S. Route 71 – Guardrail, rumble strips and striping from Route 48 to Route A (Nodaway County), July 16 – 20
Route D – CLOSED for a culvert replacement south of County Road 339, July 18, 7:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Atchison County
Route CC – Pothole patching, July 16 – 17
U.S. Route 275 – Resurfacing project from the Iowa state line to U.S. Route 136, July 16 – 20
Route B – Pothole patching from U.S. Route 59 to Route F, July 18 – 19
Route F – Pothole patching, July 20
Buchanan County
U.S. Route 169 – Pedestrian crossing improvement projects at Route AC and Pickett Road intersection, Commons Road (near Menards and Bucky’s) and South Belt Wal-Mart, July 16 – 20
Cook Road – CLOSED for bridge maintenance at the I-29 overpass:
Caldwell County
Route B – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from NE Ridgeway Drive to NE Jefferson Drive, July 16, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
U.S. Route 36 – Bridge maintenance at Long Branch Bridge, July 16 – 19
Route B – Pothole patching from Nettleton Road to Route U, July 17 – 20
Chariton County
Route E – Bridge maintenance at the West Yellow Creek Bridge, July 17
Route E – Bridge maintenance at the East Yellow Creek Bridge, July 18
Route J – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from Jordon Road to King Hill Road, July 19, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Route CC – Bridge maintenance at the Turkey Creek Bridge, July 19
Route KK – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from Bill Bass Avenue to Route WW, July 20, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Clinton County
Route 116 – CLOSED for a bridge replacement project at the McGuire Creek Bridge. The road will be closed through July. A signed detour is in place.
Route C – Resurfacing and shoulder project from Route 116 to Route CC, July 16 – 20. A pilot car and flaggers will direct traffic through the work zone.
Daviess County
Route 13 – CLOSED for a bridge replacement project at the Honey Creek Bridge. The road will be closed through September. A signed detour is in place.
DeKalb County
U.S. Route 36 – Resurfacing project from Grindstone Creek to just east of U.S. Route 69, July 16 – 21. Below is the planned scheduled of milling, resurfacing, and ramp closures:
Gentry County
Route V – CLOSED for a chip seal project from Route H to Route AA, July 16 – 17, 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Route V – CLOSED for a chip seal project from Route AA to U.S. Route 169, July 17 – 18, 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Grundy County
Route C – CLOSED for bridge maintenance on the West Muddy Creek Bridge from NW 25th Avenue to NW 12th Street, July 16, 7:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Route C – Bridge maintenance at the Weldon Fork Grand River Bridge, July 17 – 18
Route B – Bridge maintenance at the Muddy Creek Bridge, July 19 – 20
Harrison County
Route AA/H – CLOSED for a bridge deck replacement at the I-35 overpass. The bridge will be closed through July. One lane of I-35 may be closed in each direction during the project.
I-35 – Pavement repair at the northbound 103 mile marker and southbound 101 mile marker, July 16
U.S. Route 136 – Pavement repair three miles west of Bethany, July 16
U.S. Route 69 – Pavement repair four miles south of U.S. Route 136, July 16
I-35 – Resurfacing project from the Iowa state line to Route N at Eagleville, July 16 – 21. This includes a 16-foot width restriction and will include overnight lane closures.
Route U – CLOSED for a culvert replacement just north of Route 46, July 19, 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Route U – CLOSED for a culvert replacement just north of County Road W 110thStreet, July 20, 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Holt County
I-29 – Bridge deck replacement at the Nodaway River Bridge. Traffic is head-to-head in the northbound lanes. This traffic pattern will be in place through August and includes a 13-foot width restriction.
Route A – Pothole patching from Route 113 to U.S. Route 71 (Nodaway County), July 16 – 20
Linn County
Route C – CLOSED for bridge maintenance at the Long Branch Bridge between Route KK and Hawk Drive, July 16, 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
U.S. Route 36 – Pavement repair eastbound from Route 139 to U.S. Route 65 (Livingston County), July 18 – 19
Livingston County
U.S. Route 36 – Pavement repair westbound from U.S. Route 65 to Route C, July 16 – 17
U.S. Route 36 – Pavement repair eastbound from U.S. Route 65 to Route 139 (Linn County), July 18 – 19
Mercer County
U.S. Route 65 – Sealing project from the north city limits of Chillicothe to the Iowa state line, July 16 – 21. This includes a 12-foot width restriction.
Nodaway County
Route AE – CLOSED for a chip seal project from Route M to Pebble Road, July 16, 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
U.S. Route 71 – Guardrail, rumble strips and striping from Route A to just north of Route 48 (Andrew County), July 16 – 20
Route A – Pothole patching from U.S. Route 71 to Route 113 (Holt County), July 16 – 20
Route UU – Driveway culvert replacements, July 16 – 20
Route O – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from Pebble Road to Nodaway Gentry Road, July 19, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Putnam County
U.S. Route 136 – CLOSED for a bridge replacement project at the West Locust Creek Bridge. The road will be closed through September. 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 September. A signed detour is in place.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The amount of water being released into the lower Missouri River will likely remain above normal throughout the summer and fall to reduce the amount of water held in reservoirs along the river.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers increased the amount of water being released from Gavins Point Dam on the Nebraska-South Dakota border in late June because more spring rain and more snow fell in the mountains.
Officials expect the amount of water in the Missouri River this year will be 157 percent of normal.
The releases are expected to remain near 60,000 cubic feet per second through the summer, but they may be adjusted in response to downstream flood concerns.
Roughly 25 percent of the flood storage space in the river’s reservoirs remains available.
BROWN COUNTY — Two people were injured in an accident just after 3a.m. Sunday in Brown County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer driven by Chenenia Delores Johnson, 30, Horton, was eastbound on 130th Street seven miles north and two miles east of Netawaka.
The vehicle left the roadway to the right on the south embankment and collided head-on with a tree in the driveway at 731 130th Street.
Johnson was transported to a hospital in Topeka. A passenger Sheridan, Diaz Vincent Sheridan, 30, Tama, IA., was transported to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph.
They were not wearing seat belts, according to the KHP.
An annual weekend full of activities to honor Amelia Earhart takes place in Atchison July 20th and 21st.
The Amelia Earhart Festival kicks off Friday with LakeFest.
“We like to say (it’s) the cheapest, best concert in the whole area,” said Jacque Pregont, President of the Atchison Chamber of Commerce. “This year, headlining is Brett Young who’s got a hit climbing up the charts right now… and then Maddie and Tae and A Thousand Horses, all of them on Friday night, July 20th, at Warnock Lake, it’s an awesome venue, it’s going to be an awesome concert, so we’d love for everybody to get their tickets.
Tickets for LakeFest are available at the Stetson Outlet in St. Joseph and other places around the area or click here to purchase tickets online.
On Saturday night, there will be live music, food vendors, an aerobatic performance and fireworks.
“If you have not seen those fireworks, you’re really missing out,” Pregont said. “We call it a Concert in the Sky because it’s fireworks set to music. It’s absolutely beautiful, it’s usually about 25 minutes of music and fireworks… promise you, it’s one of the best you’ve ever seen.”
For more information and a full schedule of events for the Amelia Earhart Festival in Atchison July 20-21, go to visitatchison.com.
The second Kids Tour Bike Ride event will be held next weekend at Hyde Park.
To provide for a safe environment to ride, and a fun social event for children, the Mark J. Reynold’s Memorial Bike Fund, St. Joseph Youth Alliance, St. Joseph Safety Council, and the City of St. Joseph partner to provide the Kids Tour Bike Ride Events.
According to a press release from the St. Joseph Parks, Recreation and Civic Facilities, the Kids Tour Bike Ride occurs twice each summer to provide safe and fun outdoor activities for children. During these events, children participate in one or more bicycle rides that vary in length. Instead of riding with their age group, children can choose to ride on a course more suitable to their level of experience. The three course lengths a participant can choose from are a short course equivalent to about two blocks, a medium approximately half mile long course, and a long course that is a little over a mile ride. Those participating receive a participant medal, snacks, and enter for chances to win prizes.
According to Dona Reynolds, trustee for the Mark J. Reynold’s Memorial Bike Fund, the Kids Tour Bike Ride event has a long history in St. Joseph. The trustees of the Mark J. Reynold’s Memorial Bike Fund, a 501(c)(3) founded in 2004 to provide bicycles and helmets to underprivileged and help them learn about living a healthy lifestyle, decided that St. Joseph needed opportunities for children to ride their bicycles.
“In 2006, the Mark J. Reynold’s Memorial Bike Fund provided a Take a Kid Biking Day to give children an opportunity to get out and get a little exercise while having fun with fellow bikers at the same time,” said, Dona Reynolds.
The name of the event changed in 2007, after it was announced that the Tour of Missouri, a professional road bicycling race, would be in St. Joseph. At this time, the Mark J. Reynold’s Memorial Bike Fund partnered with the City of St. Joseph to help raise awareness of the Tour of Missouri and build excitement with the children of the community. The decision was made to tie the Take a Kid Biking Day to the Tour of Missouri and provide bicycle rides several times during the summer for children to come together to ride their bikes. Today this event is known as the Kids Tour Bike Ride.
Children ages 3-14 are invited to participate in the next Kids Tour Bike Ride event scheduled for July 21st at Hyde Park. Event registration begins at 9 a.m., with the rides beginning at 10 a.m. During this event, participants will be able to participate in a bicycle rodeo to learn about how to safely ride on the street and have their helmets and bicycles safety checked. Participants are required to bring their own bike and a helmet.
“We will have free helmets available for children who have outgrown or need a helmet at the event,” Sue Lober from the St. Joseph Safety Council said.
For more information about the Kids Bike Tour Ride Event, contact the Parks, Recreation and Civic Facilities administration office by calling (816) 271-5501 or click here.
BUCHANAN COUNTY — One person was injured in an accident just after 12:30p.m. Saturday in Buchanan County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a Ford Escape driven by Robert A. Bye, 49, Olathe, was northbound on Interstate 29 one mile north of Dearborn. The driver fell asleep. The vehicle traveled off the east side of the roadway and overturned.
Northland Regional Ambulance transported to Mosaic Life Care. He was wearing a seat belt, according to the MSHP.
The City of St. Joseph Health Department is offering the American Heart Association Heartsaver® CPR/AED and Heartsaver® First Aid classes on Wednesday, July 18th.
First aid and CPR emergencies occur regularly. Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a heart attack. A heart attack, also called a myocardial infarction, occurs when a part of the heart muscle doesn’t receive enough blood flow. The more time that passes without treatment to restore blood flow, the greater the damage to the heart muscle. Survival can depend on being near someone who knows how to properly administer CPR.
This is an opportunity for anyone in the community to be introduced to skills that could help save a life. CPR is a recognized approach to emergency situations, but AED’s are a newer tool and can be intimidating to those unfamiliar with their use.
The Heartsaver class will give participants the skills needed to confidently use all available resources to keep someone alive until professional medical attention is available.
Participants can take one or both Heartsaver courses. The Heartsaver CPR/AED will run from 8 a.m. to noon and Heartsaver First Aid will be from 1 to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 18th. Both class sessions are open to the public and will be held in the 2nd Floor Conference Room at the City of St. Joseph Health Department, 904 South 10th Street, Suite E.
There will be skills testing for basic first aid skills and CPR and AED use, but no written exam. Pre-registration is required. Class size is limited to a maximum of eight participants. Please call (816) 271-4725 and ask to be directed to Connie to reserve your spot.
The cost will be: Full Day of Heartsaver® – $55.00
Heartsaver® CPR/AED (morning session only) – $45.00
Heartsaver® First Aid (afternoon session only) – $35.00
(Fee includes Certification Card upon successful completion of course and skills test)
– City of St. Joseph Health Department Press Release –
