David Shadinger News Today

(MARYVILLE, Mo.) Still plenty of questions surrounding the Board of Regents at Northwest Missouri State not renewing the contract of longtime University President John Jasinski.

Northwest Missouri State University has come through the fall semester largely unscathed by COVID-19 on the institutional level, the school’s oversight panel heard Thursday. Student and faculty leaders gave an update on the state of affairs on campus ahead of the Friday conclusion of the fall semester. The Board of Regents assembled by Zoom video conference in light of the increased regional prevalence of the virus. However, there were only 14 current COVID-19 cases recorded on Dec. 8 at t...