A proposed regional agreement with the Moberly Area Economic Development Corporation would enable Boonville to continue a tradition of business growth, the president of the Boonville Industrial Development Authority said this week.
A Dollar General store expected to open this month in Boonville is one of 1,000 such stores to be built in the next year around the U.S.
A Moberly economic development group has proposed teaming up with Cooper County and Boonville as part of a regional effort to retain and grow businesses, and attract new development in mid-Missouri. In a presentation to the Boonville City Council on Monday, President Corey Mehaffy of the Moberly Area Economic Development Corporation said the group wants to collaborate with additional rural communities with assets that are complementary to those in Randolph and Chariton counties, which the group now represents.
Cooper County Memorial Hospital aims to write off medical bills deemed uncollectible by end of the year, chief executive Allen Waldo said today.
Boonville resident Rhonda Wesolak said Monday that she and other citizens in Cooper County are collecting signatures in an effort to get a referendum about Kemper Village Homes, a subsidized housing development, on the November ballot. Additionally, the group plans to send an opposition letter to the Missouri Housing Development Commission about the project.
Wally Lage, a newspaper executive who spent his life managing and innovating Missouri publications, died Thursday in a drowning accident in Maine. He was 66.
On Monday, the Holiday Inn Express at 2419 Mid-America Industrial Drive in Boonville will host an open house to celebrate its relaunch of the entire Holiday Inn franchise. The open house will also allow staff to show off the hotel’s new renovations.
The Boonville City Council approved the city’s 2010 tax rate at a meeting Monday, keeping it at the 2009 level.
The Cellular Connection’s new location at the corner of Ashley Road and Main Street in Boonville has already helped bring new faces to the store, assistant manager Russell Burnett said Friday. The store hosted a grand-opening celebration Friday afternoon.
A partnership among cities along the path of the old Santa Fe Trail will receive the help of state and national agencies in its efforts to promote tourism in the region.
Terry Vollmer has been involved in the Farm Service Agency’s Conservation Reserve Program since the early 1990s, when he and his wife bought a farm in Cooper County. From now through Aug. 27, more applicants are being sought for the national program.
Maria Adah thinks fate led her from native Nigeria to Boonville, where she graduated Thursday from a nursing program.
On Wednesday, Paul Walsh pointed out several old items that the Treasure Hunters Roadshow has purchased from people during its stop this week in Boonville.
Jennifer Ukutegbe, tasting room manager at Cooper’s Oak Winery in Boonville, took time to answer several questions about herself and her work in an e-mail interview.
Rick Ball of Rick Ball Auto Mall in Boonville took time to answer several questions about himself and his career in an e-mail interview.
Since its founding 50 years ago, the Lyceum Theatre has become a treasure of central Missouri. The site that offers professional theater in the national historic landmark of Arrow Rock began as a small theater housed in an abandoned Baptist church.
Nothing goes better with breakfast than a little bit of history. Whether you yearn for the elegant victorian age, nods to the Civil War era or old-fashioned, down-home comforts, there’s a bed-and-breakfast in Boonville to satisfy each of those fancies.
A proposed settlement agreement on a manufacturing company’s protest of the tax assessment for its Cooper County plant would clarify an uncertain revenue stream for some mid-Missouri public entities.
Meet Danielle Blanck, a former Boonville mayor who is now ombudswoman at Cooper County Memorial Hospital’s long-term heath care division. Blanck and her husband, Dick, will celebrate 50 years of marriage this year with a cruise that their family gave them as a present.
The Boonville City Council is scheduled to meet twice Monday for a financial update and to hear the first reading of a bill regarding a proposed settlement agreement with Caterpillar over a personal property tax protest, according to agendas provided by the city.
