News Briefs for Friday (January 27, 2023)

Northwest Search Committee Names Finalists In Presidential Search  Northwest Missouri State University has announced the names which have been identified by the search committee to be finalists to become Northwest’s 11th university president.  Read more…

Two St. Joseph Residents Sentenced to Federal Prison KANSAS CITY, MO – Thirty-one-year-old St. Joseph resident Earl Penn was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after being found guilty at trial of being a felon in possession of a firearm.  Read more…

Several Thousand Dollars Raised to Help Pay Mount Ayr Student Lunch Accounts  LAMONI, IA – Over $2,000 has been raised to help pay for Mount Ayr student’s school lunches.  Read more…

Veterans Mental Health Bill Offered In Missouri House One House member continues his push to reduce suicide in Missouri, particularly among the state’s veterans. Read more…

Hawley and Other Missouri Republicans in Congress Object to New WOTUS Rule  (MISSOURINET) – Republican members of Missouri’s congressional delegation are speaking out against the new rule governing what constitutes a “navigable waterway” in the United States.  Read more…

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey Suing Biden Administration  (MISSOURINET) – Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has joined 19 other states’ attorneys general in suing the Biden Administration over a new immigration program.  Read more…

COMMENTARY:  We Need a Plan
Donate Blood and Be Entered in Super Bowl Ticket Contest  (Radio Iowa) Pro football fans in Iowa who’d like to see the Super Bowl in person in Arizona next month need to roll up their sleeves and donate blood.  Read more…

Thursday Scoreboard

Bearcats Split With UN-K; Mo West Splits With Ft. Hays The Northwest Missouri State men’s and women’s basketball teams went to Nebraska-Keraney last night and came away splitting the double header, with the women’s squad falling by just one point and the men cruising to another big win.  Read more…

Dairies Boosting Output, Despite Falling Milk Prices (USDA) USDA is forecasting another year of rising milk production, even as milk prices fall.  Read more…Your Weather Forecast

 

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