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By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post City officials are currently seeking options of how to renovate and remodel the currently closed lap pool at the aquatic park in St. Joseph. Originally, the city designated eight million dollars of capital improvement money towards the project. City Manager Bryan Carter says though the city began to consider the cost of maintaining an outdoor pool. "When it came time to look at that, the decision was made that eight million dollars on something that's us...

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostPresident Joe Biden has informed Congress his administration plans to end COVID-19 emergency measures as of May 11th, nearly three years after the coronavirus pandemic began.Mosaic Life Care CEO Mike Poore says Mosaic supports the move."From 0ur perspective, I think that is appropriate," Moore tells reporters when asked about the move. "We still have coronavirus throughout the United States and in our service area, but it's really normalizing in ...

Mosaic CEO Mike Poore/Photo by Brent Martin By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostMosaic Life Care plans to have a new 18-bed rehabilitation unit operating by mid-summer.Mosaic CEO Mike Poore says the unit will be located on the third floor of the St. Joseph hospital, offering various rehabilitation services to those coming off neurosurgery or other serious operations."Some patients could be heart attack patients that take a longer time to do recovery," Moore tells reporters during a news conf...

Northwest Missouri State University Small Business Development Center director Rebecca Lobina (in red) looks on during a presentation on human trafficking by the Department of Homeland Security/ Photo by Matt Pike By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post Though Human Trafficking Awareness month has come to an end, the problem hasn't gone away as federal officials remind a St. Joseph audience.Federal officials from the Department of Homeland Security made a presentation in St. Joseph on Tuesday at the...

By MATT PIKESt. Joseph PostA Rockport man has pleaded guilty to selling a lethal dose of fentanyl that resulted in the fatal overdose of an Atchison County man. Federal officials report that 23-year-old Quentin Carder pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and cocaine, which caused the death of another person, and one count of distributing fentanyl and cocaine, which caused the death of another person. Carder admitted that he distributed four blue pills...

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostA St. Joseph state representative wants to change the initiative petition process seeking to amend the Missouri state constitution by channeling it through the General Assembly.Rep. Bill Falkner is working on language that would funnel proposed constitutional changes through the legislature before being placed on the ballot for a vote."It would be vetted through the House and through the Senate," Falkner tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "We couldn't c...

St. Joseph Restaurant Week gives everyone the chance to get out and try some new restaurants/ Photo courtesy of St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post St. Joseph Restaurant Week will return in February giving people the opportunity to try out some new places to eat in town. St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Natalie Redmond says winter is typically a slower time for restaurants. "So, it's designed to kind of drive some economy to them," Redmo...

By MATT PIKE'St. Joseph Post No place is immune to the dangers of human trafficking, not even a small town like Harrisonville, Missouri. To illustrate just how pervasive human trafficking is Northwest Missouri State Small Business Development Center director Rebecca Lobina recalls a story told to her by federal officials about a bust in Harrisonville. Lobina says federal officials got a call from a woman in New England who knew her niece crossed the southern border illegally and somehow w...

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostA St. Joseph state representative wants to change the initiative petition process seeking to amend the Missouri state constitution by channeling it through the General Assembly.Rep. Bill Falkner is working on language that would funnel proposed constitutional changes through the legislature before being placed on the ballot for a vote."It would be vetted through the House and through the Senate," Falkner tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "We couldn't c...

By MATT PIKESt. Joseph PostFour finalists have been identified to become the 11th President of Northwest Missouri State UniversityThe four individuals were identified by a search committee hired by the Board of Regents.The four finalists are Michael Godard, provost at Southeast Missouri State University, David P. Jones the vice president for student affairs and enrollment management at Minnesota State University Mankato, Kent Porterfield vice provost of student affairs at Gonzaga University, and...