A Farber woman has moderate injuries after a 2 car accident on eastbound U.S. 54 at Harrison Street in Audrain County yesterday (Sunday) afternoon. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol the accident happened when a vehicle driven by 60 year old Sheila M. Beiermann crossed the center line and collided with the towing unit of…
The Van-Far Indians football team has a new head coach this season. Joe Drebes takes over the team after serving as the defensive coordinator under John Kliewer for the last 2 years. Coach Drebes says they are excited for the future and have injected 3 A’s into the football program. The team returns several seniors…
A dedication ceremony honoring the life and service of Mrs. Vernelle Hull will be taking place at the Farber Library tomorrow (Saturday). Vernelle was instrumental in the establishment of the Farber Library Branch, which opened in 1966 with Mrs. Hull as the branch manager. During her 54 year career from July 1966-February 2020, she spent…
The Audrain County Health Department is teaming with the Missouri National Guard’s Adaptable Vaccination Team to provide the vaccines each week, once at a location in the county and Monday through Friday at the Audrain County Health Department. Audrain is one of the first counties to roll out this model developed by the state and…
With National Library coming up next week April 4th through April 10th-the Mexico-Audrain County Library Director Christal Brunner stopped by as a guest on AM 1340 KXEO and the Am I Awake Morning Show. Brunner updated window restoration going on at the Mexico Library and talked about how the 5 area branches will celebrate National…
A dedication ceremony honoring the life and service of Mrs. Vernelle Hull will be taking place at the Farber Library on Saturday, April 24. Vernelle was instrumental in the establishment of the Farber Library Branch, which opened in 1966 with Mrs. Hull as the branch manager. During her 54 year career from July 1966-February 2020,…
More than one hundred fifty-six thousand dollars in CARES Act funding reimbursement to Audrain County businesses and other organizations was made between July 24th and September 22nd being reported by the Audrain County Commission. The money spent went to businesses and other organizations for purchase of personal protective equipment and help with rent, mortgage, or…
An open letter sent out yesterday (Tuesday) from the Van-Far R-1 Schools Superintendent is warning about a possible COVID-19 exposure. John Fortney said that a person who attended the Van-Far Elementary open house on August 21st, from 6pm-7pm, has tested positive for COVID-19. Anyone who was in attendance is asked to monitor for symptoms. This…
Christal Brunner, Director of the Audrain County Regional Libraries was the featured local guest on AM 1340 KXEO and the Am I Awake Morning Show today. Brunner talked about getting ready to go into Phase 2 of the libraries reopening plan next week. And how they recently finished a window restoration project at the Mexico…
Polls open at 6 this morning and close at 7 tonight. Here are a list of polling places in Audrain County. Mexico Precincts: 1 -St. John’s Lutheran Church 2,3,4,-Courthouse Annex the old Pearl Motor Company Building 5-Southside Christian Church 6- First Presbyterian Church Vandalia Wards First Baptist Church Multi Purpose Building East Cuivre Modern…
The Mexico-Audrain County Library will be reopening for business on Tuesday, May 5th. The locations include Mexico, Martinsburg, Laddonia, Farber and Vandalia. According to a news release sent out yesterday the locations will be reopening in phases as suggested by Governor Parson and Audrain County Health Department CEO, Dr. Sandra Hewlett. The library will have…
The Audrain County Library District will be closing their 5 locations this Saturday, March 21st at the end of the business day. According to director Christal Bruner the libraries in Mexico, Martinsburg, Ladonnia, Vandalia and Farber will stay open until Saturday so patrons can stock up on reading material while they are practicing social distancing…
The Van-Far Speech Team is performing at a very high level garnering several awards and placing with top finishes at competitions over the past several years. This morning Coach Tyler Oesch, along with members of the speech team junior Trevor Winders, sophomore Kiera Hayden and junior Harley Young joined AM 1340 KXEO and the Am…
Employees from 5 libraries in Audrain County Library District are pulling together to make a difference in homebound seniors lives this Christmas. Library Director Christal Bruner says library employees at the Martinsburg, Laddonia, Farber, Vandalia and Mexico locations all decided to get money together and buy items to donate to the Mexico Senior Center. The…
Tony DeGrave was the featured guest on the AM 1340 KXEO and the AM I Awake Morning show today with Matt Pilger. The Van-Far super says the district is eyeing a four day week.
