Newsletter Late Week

Diapers and menstrual hygiene products such as tampons and pads will no longer be taxed in Missouri stores.

After competing at the Missouri State Fair, Andrew and Lydia Niemeyer, along with Grace Deters and Delaney Feldman, of the Bowling Green FFA Chapter, these students chose to donate their market hogs through Hogs for Hunger, a program that turns livestock projects into high quality protein for Missouri families facing hunger. 4-H and FFA members from across the state have joined with Missouri Farmers Care to make a difference far beyond the showring this year.

Brenda Miller the Louisiana Rotary Club president said she thought the welcome back to school lunch for the teachers at the Louisiana R-II district was wonderful.

During the Bowling Green Rotary meeting on Tuesday, Rep. Chad Perkins, R-40, wanted to bring some good news. He wanted everyone to know that the section of Hwy. 54 that borders Bowling Green is being named for Lowell “Cotton” Fitzsimmons.

Nothing could be better on a hot Sunday afternoon than some cold ice cream and an even colder dunk tank. Luckily, Bowling Green’s First Presbyterian Church had that and a whole lot more when they celebrated with a back to school fair.

Families lined up around the block at the Pike County Memorial Hospital for this year’s Back-To-School Fair. The drive-through event provided backpacks filled with school supplies for children headed back to school this fall.

Jeff Niemeyer, an engineer with MoDOT, provided some insight into the ongoing road improvements taking place across the state, with a sharp focus on what’s happening with I-70.