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After serving four years as the Audrain County Health Department (ACHD) Board chair, Dr. Kathleen Weaver notified the board she wanted to step down and have a new chair elected so she could help with …
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5/18/22
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The Mexico Middle School Courtesy Award was the idea of two retiring teachers, Terry Henage and Janice Douglas, both of whom retired from MMS in 2003. Henage and Douglas both recognized the …
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5/18/22
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The Mexico Bulldog Booster Board recently helds its 2022 dinner auction. Serving to a packed house, the Boosters made just under $25,000 from a combination of live and silent auctions.
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5/18/22
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![New windows are being installed at the Audrain County Courthouse, enhancing the building's efficiency while providing a much-needed upgrade. [Nathan Lilley Photo]](https://epsilon.creativecirclecdn.com/mexicoledger/medium/20220518-085350-courthouse.jpeg)
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The Audrain County Courthouse will look a bit different over the next few months. Work is underway, as the courthouse’s current windows are being replaced with new, energy-efficient models.
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5/18/22
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The Van-Far FFA Chapter won the nursery/landscaping career development event at the 94th Missouri FFA Convention. There were 48 teams in the competition.
Team members include Ennis Childs, Mara …
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5/18/22
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Upon the recommendation of the Missouri Military Academy’s U.S. Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Department and the approval of the U.S. Army’s Cadet Command, Cadet Blake Morais of …
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5/18/22
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A nearly 100-year-old Audrain County bridge is getting replaced soon thanks to the county’s small structures program. The bridge, located on Audrain County Road 709, falls east of Benton City …
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5/13/22
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Bryson Regot of Mexico likes to hunt, fish and take care of his goats that he shows at the Audrain County 4-H Fair and Missouri State Fair. He had a problem though. He had outgrown his …
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By Rennie Davis
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5/13/22
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Drew Williford, assistant city engineer, recently gave the Public Works Department’s annual update at a Mexico City Council meeting, and it is hard not to be impressed by how much they do to …
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Erik Richardson, Correspondent
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5/13/22
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Emily Hoyt of Martinsburg won the Missouri FFA Agricultural Education Entrepreneurship and Placement Combined Proficiency Award at the 94th Missouri FFA Convention.
Hoyt, a graduate from …
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5/13/22
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The Missouri FFA Association awarded the Van-Far FFA Chapter a Gold Emblem, a Top Chapter Award. Van-Far placed 30th out of 353 chapters. Only 10 percent of state chapters receive a top chapter …
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5/13/22
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The Community R-6 FFA Chapter placed second in the agricultural sales career development event at the 94th Missouri FFA Convention. There were 25 teams in the competition.
The team members include …
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5/13/22
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The Missouri FFA Association recognized Ennis Edward Childs of the Van-Far FFA Chapter as the Area 5 Star in Agribusiness at the 94th Missouri FFA Convention. His parents are Amy and Kurt Childs. His …
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5/13/22
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Many high school seniors look forward to the moment when they step onto their school’s graduation stage and earn their diploma. For Community -R6 senior Paige Meyer, graduation will take on a …
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5/13/22
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![Deputy city manager Roger Haynes shows off a 1950-51 city budget alongside Mexico’s current volume. [Dave Faries]](https://epsilon.creativecirclecdn.com/mexicoledger/medium/20210826-172542-Budgets.JPG)
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The cover is of drab gray, perhaps some dull blue and a little indiscriminate beige. Its spine is tarnished and the pages inside have taken on a sepia tone.
But the reaction of Mexico city …
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By: Dave Faries, Editor
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8/9/21
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