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Who stepped on my blue suede shoes?

By Bob Ford Special to Articles and Podcasts are complementary from those helping to preserve our history: Nodaway Valley Bank, Eagle Communication, Rupp Funeral Home, Stevenson Family Pharmacy and Anonymous Buffs. To comment or join them as sponsors, robertmford@aol.com. I like birthplace museums. If you’ve done something memorable in your life, you get a museum.

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El Niño continues to dull Midwest winter

By Jared Shelton News-Press NOW meteorologist Blasts of bitter cold and several hits of accumulating snow made for a wintry January across Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas. As the second half of winter rolls on, it’s becoming more evident that last month’s weather was an outlier among a cold season that’s otherwise featured above-average temperatures

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Your letters for Feb. 16, 2024

By NewsPress Now Your letters for Feb. 16, 2024 E.V.—Whoops? Has the push to get EV vehicle into the market overlooked something? Cold weather might be one nightmare, as this causes slow charging and reduced range on these EV’s. A problem that seems to have been overlooked was that the batteries are also the “source”

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The real crisis in education

By NewsPress Now Four years ago, the University of Missouri’s Institute of Public Policy produced a study that showed families paid an average of $9,880 a year for center-based infant care. To put it in perspective, the cost of child care for newborns exceeded the average annual tuition at a state university. The economic burden

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It’s Your Call for Feb. 12

By NewsPress Now Would just like to know Trump says he encourages Russia to attack NATO countries. I would like to know if Republicans go along with this that go along with everything he wants. Two-tiered justice system Biden brought home documents when he was a senator and Vice President, top secret documents, and stored

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Is the Big Game fixed? Ask your bookie

By NewsPress Now To grasp how far the Super Bowl has come, consider the halftime show when the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Minnesota Vikings in 1970. The Southern University marching band provided what the TV announcer at the time called “fast-stepping, toe-tapping” entertainment at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans. It took years, until the

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Your letters for Feb. 9, 2024

By NewsPress Now Your letters for Feb. 9, 2024 All-hands-on-deck I don’t know if you heard about another free item that Biden has proposed. If not, here’s a quick overview of his latest all-hands-on-deck! President Biden announces new actions to strengthen America’s supply chains, lower costs for families, and secure key sectors — a White

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It’s Your Call for Feb. 8

By NewsPress Now What were they thinking? I just wanted to express my dismay that the city government has actually approved not just one disruption in tearing up your yards, but two. The grass is finally growing over the mess that MetroNet made in my yard and in everybody’s yard, and now here comes another

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Much ado about nothing

By NewsPress Now The St. Joseph School District faces an uphill battle – more so than some would like to believe – in getting a $20 million bond issue passed this spring. Yes, the Board of Education can legitimately call this modest proposal a “no tax increase” bond issue, but the approach to putting this

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Your letters for Feb. 2, 2024

By NewsPress Now Your letters for Feb. 2, 2024 Whom to vote for? With “our” border czar never having been to the actual borders (crossings sites) where millions have been crossing the in the last 3 years unvetted (est. 8 million), and a climate czar flying all over the world in his “private” jet letting

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The mid-winter thaw continues

By Jared Shelton News-Press NOW meteorologist A mid-winter thaw is in full force this week across two-thirds of the continental United States, as an unseasonably warm air mass has expanded across parts of the Intermountain West, Great Plains and Midwest. Afternoon temperatures have reached the 50s and 60s since Monday here in St. Joseph, well

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It’s Your Call for Jan. 30

By NewsPress Now Totally unnecessary If the St. Joseph School District can find $100,000 a year to manufacture an unnecessary administration job, then they must be spending $100,000 a year now on something totally unnecessary. What’s his deal? Donald Trump says border security is so very important. So why is he asking the Republicans to

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When fun is against the law

By Tom Purcell Cagle Syndicate The city of Toronto is in the news for outlawing sled and toboggan riding on 45 of its hillsides. According to the Toronto Star, the ban has sparked a robust debate about how far government should go to protect people from themselves while they’re having fun. To be sure, tragic

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It’s Your Call for Jan. 26

By NewsPress Now He voted no I saw on Twitter where Governor Parson was thanking Congressman Sam Graves for an additional $90 million to expand I-70. Just to let everyone know, Congressman Graves voted no on the infrastructure package. It got passed anyway. The president signed it into law, so the funds are coming thanks

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