Mark Alford in Clinton for lunch today!

Attention Clinton, or if your passing through on the way to the lake…. Please join us today, Friday May 27, from 11-2 as we help the Henry County Cattlemen's Association raise money for their scholarship fund, with a big cookout!!!!

We Start serving food at 11:00, will serve until 2 or until food is gone. We have all beef dogs, ribeye sandwiches and burgers. Setting up in front of Westlake’s (in Clinton) In the west parking lot area, near Walmart

1804 east Ohio, Clinton, MO
Would love to meet you

From Michael G's Greenhouses

We are down to our last couple of weeks being open this season and have a lot of stuff left. Almost all 4 1/2" pots are reduced to $2 each, that includes the remaining Proven Winner varieties. We have marked down remaining planters and baskets also.

We still have potting soil available, it will keep for next year if kept dry. I will be open Memorial Day. There is plenty of time to grow many things yet, my suspicion is that some of the early planted stuff may have not done so well in all the cold wet weather we have had.

We will be at the Recycled Homestead tomorrow in Adrian for the flea market with a trailer load of plants if you would like to save the drive out. Thank you to everyone who has been out this year.

Courtesy of Michael G's Greenhouses

Memorial Day Weekend Forecast

With temperatures heating up this weekend, it's a good time to set-up and test out those long stored pools. Enjoy the warmer weather, folks!

Obituary - Michael Eugene Mitchell

Michael Eugene Mitchell, age 68, passed away on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at his home in Clinton, Missouri. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, June 2, 2022 at the Vansant-Mills Chapel in Clinton, Missouri. 

Visitation will be from 10:00-11:00 AM prior to the service. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to GVMH Hospice services and can be left in care of the funeral home.

Michael Eugene Mitchell was born in Kansas City, Missouri on June 3, 1953 the son of Eldon and Bert Mitchell.

Michael graduated High School from Montrose, Missouri then spent four years in the Air Force working on missile sites. He started working for United Telephone in 1979, after 36 years he retired from Century Link.

Michael was married to Jenny (Cook) for 44 years. And to this union had two children his son Travis Mitchell and daughter Angie Mitchell.

He enjoyed the outdoors, finishing, hunting, and golfing.

Michael is preceded in death by his parents, Eldon and Bert Mitchell.

Survivors include his wife Jenny, Son Travis (Shannon) Mitchell, and daughter Angie Mitchell, two grandsons, Oliver and Bodhi Mitchell, two sisters; Carol Phillips and Teresa (Bill) Hoy and many cousins, nieces and nephews.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home in Clinton, Missouri.

Obituary - Flora Lee Warren

Flora Lee Warren, 92, of Harrisonville, Missouri departed this life on Thursday, May 26, 2022 at the Crown Care Center, Harrisonville.

She is survived by two sons, Jeff Warren and wife Jill, Harrisonville, Missouri, Michael Warren and wife Mary, Atkins, Arkansas; two daughters, Phyllis Johnson and husband Gary, Clarksville, Arkansas, Francie Mainard and husband Tim, Harrisonville, Missouri; 11 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; several great-great-grandchildren; other relatives and many friends.

Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, May 28, 2022 at the Rosetta Cemetery, Ozone, Arkansas.

A complete obituary will be posted when it becomes available.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Dickey Funeral Home, Harrisonville, Missouri.

Butler man arrested on 2nd Degree Domestic Assault

On May 26th the Bates County Sheriff's Office arrested 27 year old William Douglas Bedwell of Butler, Missouri.

Mr. Bedwell was arrested for 1.) 2nd Degree Domestic Assault.

William Douglas Bedwell was booked into the Bates County Jail in Butler and bond was set at $10,000 cash/surety.

Disclaimer: Arrest records are public information. Any indication of an arrest does not mean the individual identified has been convicted of a crime. All persons arrested are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Obituary - Daisy Elizabeth Groves

Daisy Elizabeth Groves, 93, of La Cygne, KS, formerly of Nevada, MO went peacefully to be with her Lord on Thursday, May 26, 2022 at her home in La Cygne, KS. Daisy was born on April 21, 1929 in Ochelata, OK to Albert and Thelma (Richey) Watson. On October 24, 1946 she was married to Paul Lee Groves and he preceded her in death on April 30, 2012.

Daisy was raised in Nevada and attended Nevada High School. She was a seamstress for Nellie-Don in both Nevada and then in Kansas City, MO. She later became a self-employed cake decorator and then worked for Queens Price Chopper in Paola, KS as a cake decorator until her retirement. Daisy had a love for flowers, butterflies, enjoyed gardening, sewing, quilting, working on puzzles, and Dairy Queen ice cream. Most of all she loved her family and family visits- and in her words “could never get enough.”

Survivors include her daughter Sherry Ratcliffe and her husband Roy of La Cygne, KS, her daughter- in- law, Donna Groves, Stover, MO, seven grandchildren, Lisa Straker (Howard), Chris Butler, Brandy Henderson (Shawn), Christina Meek, Lora Carney (Jason), Misty Willey, and Shawn Ratcliffe, fourteen great grandchildren, Steven Wilson, Dustin Wilson, Dakota Wilson, Alex Hannah, Steven McLaughlin, Jessica McLaughlin, Dale McLaughlin, Derek Carney, Jordan Carney, Brooke Willey, Kayla Willey, Carter Willey, Brayden Ratcliffe, Alyssa Ratcliffe, six great, great grandchildren, two brothers, Bill Watson (Sylvia) and Frank Watson (Jessie), two sisters, Dorthy Sisson and Rosemary Idecker (Burl), and numerous nieces and nephews.

In addition to her husband Paul, she was preceded in death by a son, Paul Groves, Jr., two brothers, Wes Watson and Roy Watson, three sisters, Pearl West, Betty Craig, and Neva Warden.

Graveside Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 31, 2022 at the Moore Cemetery in Nevada, MO with Chris Carothers officiating. Later that afternoon, the family will receive friends from 3:30 – 4:30 pm and a Memorial Service to follow at 4:30 p.m. at the La Cygne United Methodist Church in La Cygne, KS.

Those who wish may contribute in Daisy’s memory to the La Cygne United Methodist Church, 402 Chestnut St., La Cygne, KS 66040

Thank you for the donation!

Thank you to the Jones Family Foundation for their donation to the Clinton Technical School SkillsUSA organization.

Next month, four SkillsUSA students will be competing in the National SkillsUSA competition.

Pictured here with CTS instructors are Susan Jones-Hard and Greg Hard. #CardinalPride