August 2021

Victoria Lynn (Gerdes) (Acker) Miller

5 years ago By News Staff
Victoria Lynn (Gerdes) (Acker) Miller was born Feb. 14th, 1966 in Pine Ridge, South Dakota and relinquished for adoption to the State of Nebraska, in Gordon Nebraska at age 3 months, she was adopted by Bob and Marilyn Gerdes of Lincoln, Nebraska and joined the family of 3 brothers, Robert Todd,...
Victoria Lynn (Gerdes) (Acker) Miller

Gary Franklin Hill

5 years ago By News Staff
Gary Franklin Hill, 80, of Excelsior Springs, passed away Thursday August 5, 2021.  He passed peacefully at home with family after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease.
Gary Franklin Hill

ESSD offers COVID procedures, ‘safe return’ plan

5 years ago By Shawn Roney
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – With the COVID-19 Delta variant making more children sick than the original virus, the school board voted Monday to require masks in school. This follows the district’s earlier measures in anticipation of schools opening.
THE EXCELSIOR SPRINGS School District starts the new school year with a mask mandate for the protection of students, many being too young for vaccination, and district employees. Richmond has no such safety mandate. J.C. VENTIMIGLIA | Staff graphic

Mill hosts info session

5 years ago By News Staff
LAWSON – Representatives from Missouri State Parks held an informational meeting Wednesday at Watkins Woolen Mill State Park and State Historic Site, 26600 Park Road North, Lawson. The park service invited the public to share comments and ask questions about the park and operations there.
BUILT IN 1860, a year before the start of the Civil War, steam-powered Watkins Mill still contains early textile milling equipment. The park offers several additional buildings, including an eightsided schoolhouse and a church.

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