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December 1, 2025

School Closings and Late Starts for Monday – December 1st

School Closings and late starts for Monday, December 1st. . Chillicothe R-II – CLOSED Grand River Technical School – Closed Pleasant View R-6 – Closed Verelle Peniston State School – Closed Braymer – CLOSED Chula School – CLOSED Hamilton –…

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November 28, 2025

Chillicothe Board of Public Works Meets Tuesday

The Chillicothe Board of Public Works will meet on Tuesday at the CMU office. The meeting will start at 8:00 am in the board room and include reports from the department heads and the General Manager. A closed executive session…

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November 28, 2025

Chillicothe Police Report For Thanksgiving

The Chillicothe Police Department report for Thanksgiving includes 60 calls handled by officers. At approximately 01:31 am Officers responded to a disturbance in the 700 block of Clay Street. Officers found the group of individuals had recently left a business…

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November 28, 2025

Farmers’ Electric Essay Contest

The 2026 Essay Contest for the Farmers’ Electric Cooperative is now open. Each year, the coop sponsors local high school students to enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime, all-expense-paid trip. The essay contest provides the opportunity for two high school juniors to travel…

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November 28, 2025

MoDOT Roadwork Plans For Early December

Weather will be a factor in the roadwork plans across north Missouri as we move into the winter weather season, but MoDOT does have several projects still taking place or in the plans. For the week of December 1st to…

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November 27, 2025

Thanksgiving Dinner – Leftovers

The Thanksgiving meal is complete, and hopefully, your guests helped with the clean-up. Now the question is, what are you going to do with the leftovers? Of course, there are the late-night fridge raids, but that only takes care of…

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November 27, 2025

Firearm Deer Season Numbers

Missouri Deer Hunters harvested more than 158,710 deer in the regular firearm deer season. That is down only a few hundred deer from last year. In the local counties, the November numbers include   County Deer Harvested Caldwell…………………….. 1060 Carroll…………………………..

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November 27, 2025

Chillicothe Police Report For Wednesday

Sixty-three calls for service were handled by the Chillicothe Police Department on Wednesday. Some of the calls include: Just after 4 a.m., officers responded to U.S. 36 and LIV 247 for a stranded vehicle. At about 2:15 p.m., police were…

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November 27, 2025

Troopers Arrest Marceline Man In Linn County

A Marceline man was arrested by State Troopers in Linn County Wednesday night. Sixty-three-year-old Lanny R. Phillips was arrested for alleged DWI and failing to stop at a stop sign. He was processed and released.

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November 27, 2025

Chillicothe Planning And Zoning

The December Planning and Zoning Board meeting for the City of Chillicothe will include a review of the Tiny House ordinance. The meeting is on Monday, December 1st, at 5:30 pm at City Hall. Old Business includes: the review of…