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The Houston City Council approved an overhaul Monday of the town’s bank investments that will result in earning additional interest income.

KCUR 89.3 Health experts say the goal of achieving herd immunity through vaccination rates of 70% to 80% may require specialized outreach in rural areas. While outsiders blame low rural vaccination rates on vaccine hesitancy, local health officials say the state’s distribution system has made providing shots difficult. More than one-in-three Missouri residents have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, but in much of southern Missouri vaccinations have stalled at some of the lowest ra...