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Happy Birthday is wished for Kylee Duncan, Teresa Groves, Paul Chapman, Jr. on February 5, Max Tiemeyer, Dalton Stone, Debby Surber on February 6, Kody Cokerham, Karen Surber, Haylee Zell, Kelly Richards, Dillon Myers, Clint Burnett, Mary Lou Schmitz on February 7, Jennifer Peters, Rebecca Yount, Brianna Dawson, Ashley Thieme, Cameron Creason, Shane Carriker on February 8, John Thomas, Sharon Young on February 9, Brooke Falconer on February 10, Meggie Young, Hudson Meek on February 11.

Green Hills Communications (Green Hills) has announced that it has been awarded over $6.2 million in a broadband expansion grant through Missouri’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Broadband Infrastructure Grant Program that will be used to bring fiber optic broadband service into Hamilton and Braymer, two rural Caldwell County communities currently lacking in sufficient broadband service. The new expansion will include approximately 56 miles of buried fiber to reach more than 1300 residential homes, businesses, farms, and anchor institutions inside the city limits of Braymer and Hamilton.

The deadline is quickly approaching for Missouri agriculture students interested in applying for a 2023 Missouri Corn Scholarship. High school and college students pursuing a career in agronomy or other agriculture-related field must submit the necessary forms no later than Feb. 10 to be eligible for one of seven $1,000 scholarships sponsored by the Missouri Corn Growers Association and the Missouri Corn Merchandising Council.

In order to raise awareness about heart health, the Livingston County Health Center has announced the opportunity for free cholesterol testing by appointment only on Tuesdays in February. Testing will be performed on every Tuesday in February from 8 a.m.

Bishop Hogan Memorial School is celebrating National Catholic Schools Week, January 28-February 3. Catholic Schools Week is an opportunity for us to showcase the importance of Catholic education and to recognize the many people that contribute to our school with their good examples of leadership, with hours of volunteering, with financial support and with the partnership at home. The theme for this year is “Catholic Schools: Faith, Academics, Service. These three components are intertwined as we work to develop the whole child and help them succeed with qualities that will serve them well throughout their lives.

The 2023 County Budget has expenses of $13,114,774. The budget includes the budgets of the County Commission, the county clerk, the prosecuting attorney, the assessor, the collector/ treasurer, the recorder, the coroner, the circuit clerk, the public administrator, the juvenile office, the sheriff’s department and the road and bridge department.

Following an investigation by local and other law enforcement it has been found that the majority of local retail establishments are properly checking the identification of customers and are not selling alcohol to those who are underage.

An offender at Chillicothe Correctional Center has died of apparent natural causes. At 1:30 a.m.

3RD GRADE: A: Raeli Bloss, Aiden Fowler, Luke Odell, Paityn Phillips, Kenzlee Ponting, Kray Schwager. A-: Grayson Buckner, Jace Cowan, Presley Knifong, Isaiah Roberts, Cooper Strouse, Tripp Wood. B+: Kasey Maggart, Logan MartinB: PRINCIPAL’S HONOR ROLL: Raeli Bloss, Kenzlee Ponting 4TH GRADE: A: Olivia Alexander, Gus Coram, Ty Fletcher, Kella Gunnels, Ryker Jaynes, Spencer Kasey, Carson Williams. A-: Kennedi Brown, Kamdon Clem, Chayton Friesner, Cale Myers, Michael Nichol, Lucas Nickell, Kia Potts, Eli Tiemeyer, Karmyn Wynne, Bryden Zell. B: Lance Peterson, Paityn Smith PRINCIPAL’S HONOR ROLL: Kella Gunnels 5TH GRADE: A: Easton Carvajal A-: Krymzon Bascus, Landyn Bloss, Paige Gibson, Breken Zell. B+: Harper Cowan, Jacee Myers.