MEMPHIS, Mo.-  The Scotland County Nursing Home District recently announced their intention to place a general obligation bond issue on the August ballot.  The bonds would make up to $4.8 million dollars available to the district for the purpose of renovating the facility to an extent that...

LANCASTER, Mo.-  A pair of arrests have been made in connection to a recent rash of card skimmer devices that have been showing up in local gas pumps.  Both men, Yuniesky Rodriguez Hernandez, 28 of Barryton, Michigan, and Evier Carreto Yedra, 35 of Naples, Florida, were taken into custody ...

MEMPHIS, Mo.-  A local business that was targeted by identity thieves this past spring has been hit once again.  Scotland County Sheriff Bryan Whitney told KMEM News that early Wednesday morning the store manager of the Casey’s Convenience Store in Memphis discovered that one of t...

BLOOMFIELD, Ia.- Agricultural equipment manufacturer John Deere recently announced a round of upcoming layoffs that will affect around 610 production workers in plants located in Iowa and Illinois.  Those layoffs have been reported to be effective August 30th.  This follows the news announ...

BLOOMFIELD, Ia.- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig recently made a swing through southeast Iowa as part of his annual visit to all 99 counties.  On Monday afternoon he stopped off in Davis County to tour M3 Fabrication in Bloomfield, a contract manufacturer that fabricates and powder coat...

KIRKSVILLE, Mo.- The Kirksville Police Department is investigating an armed robbery that occurred on Friday, June 28th. Just after 11 pm, dispatch received a call of an armed robbery at the Xpress Mart at 1023 E. Jefferson St. Officers arrived and spoke with the clerk, who reported one male ...