Monday, November 29, 2021
Happy Retirement Mitch!
Congratulations are in order for Captain Mitch Phillips who is retiring after 28 years of service to the citizens of Cass County.
Osage Valley Electric Cooperative challenges you!
A few of our Osage Valley Electric Cooperative employees picked up trash between Business 49 and the railroad in Butler. What a big difference! It looks so much better. We are so proud of our community and want it to look great.
We want to #challenge other local businesses to spend just a few minutes cleaning up a neglected are near them while we still have this beautiful weather. Let's get this place clean and shiny by Christmas!
We want to #challenge other local businesses to spend just a few minutes cleaning up a neglected are near them while we still have this beautiful weather. Let's get this place clean and shiny by Christmas!
MDC reports young hunters harvested 3,477 deer during late youth portion
Top counties for the late youth portion were Osage with 86 deer harvested, Franklin with 82, and Miller with 68.
Last year’s harvest total for the late youth portion was 3,967 with 1,467 being antlered bucks, 524 button bucks, and 1,976 does.
“After a breezy and cold Thanksgiving Day, we had some pleasant conditions for our young hunters to be in the woods during the three-day late youth portion,” said MDC Cervid Program Supervisor Jason Isabelle. “This year’s harvest total was the second-highest on record and nearly 20-percent above the five-year average.”
For current ongoing preliminary harvest totals by season, county, and type of deer, visit the MDC website at https://extra.mdc.mo.gov/widgets/harvest_table/.
For harvest summaries from past years, visit https://huntfish.mdc.mo.gov/hunting-trapping/species/deer/deer-harvest-reports/deer-harvest-summaries.
Archery deer season runs through Jan. 15, 2022. The antlerless portion of firearms deer season runs Dec. 4-12 followed by the alternative methods portion Dec. 25 through Jan. 4, 2022.
Find more information on deer hunting from MDC’s 2021 Fall Deer & Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information booklet, available where permits are sold and online at https://mdc.mo.gov/sites/default/files/2021-06/2021FDT.pdf.
Drexel Bobcats Football Community Pep Rally
Following the pep rally there will be a send off around 10am on Main Street.
Come out and wish the Bobcats luck as they travel to Columbia to face the Worth County Tigers for a 8-man State Football Championship!!!
#GOBOBCATS
Obituary - Norma Jean Milligan
She grew up in the Clarksburg area and graduated from Clarksburg High School in 1947. After graduation she worked at the pant factory in Tipton, then went to work as a bookkeeper at the ASCS office and International Harvester. On October 7, 1951 she was united in marriage to John Bert “J.B” Milligan. To this union three sons were born. She was a homemaker and farmwife until she began working in the Clarksburg School lunchroom when her youngest started school. She retired after thirty-three years of service.
Norma was a member of the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church since 1952. She enjoyed playing the piano and singing in the choir. After J.B.’s passing she moved to California. She volunteered and formed many friendships at the California Nutrition Center. Norma loved and enjoyed the family gatherings and traveling with her sister-in-law Frances Milligan. Her strong determination and faith brought her through polio, cancer, and covid.
Survivors include three sons, Dan Wayne Milligan (Barta), Larry Lee Milligan (Ann), Ron Gene Milligan (Jackie); seven grandchildren, Kim Sutton (Mike), Amy Moles (Adam), Bryan Milligan (Jennifer), Tasha Milligan, Laura Lawson, Corey Bolles, Cara Lawson; and sixteen great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband J.B. Milligan and a daughter-in-law Peggy Milligan. Visitation will be held on Monday, November 29, 2021 from 10:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M. with a funeral service immediately following at 11:00 A.M. all at Bowlin Cantriel Funeral Home.
Officiating will be Pastor David Griffith. Burial will be at Hickman Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church or California Nutrition Center. Arrangements are under the direction of Bowlin-Cantriel Funeral Services, California, MO.
Missouri State High School Football State Championship Schedule
8-Man Championship:
Drexel (12-0) 48, Worth County (13-1) 42
Thursday December 2nd @ 7pmClass 1 Championship:
East Buchanan (13-1) vs. Marceline (12-1)
Saturday December 4th @ 3pm
Class 2 Championship:
Lamar (13-0) vs Lutheran St. Charles (11-2)
Friday December 3rd @ 3pm
Class 3 Championship:
St. Pius X (Kansas City) (12-1) vs. St. Mary's (St. Louis) (11-1)
Saturday December 4th @ 11am
Class 4 Championship:
Smithville (12-0) vs. Hannibal (13-0)
Friday December 3rd @ 11am
Class 5 Championship:
Holt (13-0) vs. Webb City (10-3)
Friday December 3rd @ 7pm
Class 6 Championship:
CBC 48, Liberty North 21
Game Played Saturday
One hurt in Henry County crash
The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when the 2016 Nissan Rogue driven by 61 year old Maria S. Hoffman of Deepwater ran off the roadway and overcorrected, ran off the right side of the roadway and stuck a tree and ditch.
Maria S. Hoffman sustained minor injuries and will seek medical treat at a later time.
View crash report below:
https://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/HP68/AccidentDetailsAction?ACC_RPT_NUM=210620597
https://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/HP68/AccidentDetailsAction?ACC_RPT_NUM=210620597
Dry & Mild Weather Continues
Well above normal temperatures are expected through the week. The only chance for precipitation will be the chance for a quick passing sprinkle on Tuesday afternoon across northern Missouri. Thursday we will make a run at the record high of 70 set in 1956.
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