Marilynn King, graduate student in rural sociology at MU, checks out a map of the historic places in Lexington, Missouri. Volunteers with the Lexington Community Arts Pilot Project and MU faculty and students created a audio walking and driving tour to goMU Extension

MU collaborates with community on audio tour of historic Lexington

LEXINGTON, Mo. – Visitors to historic Lexington, Missouri, can learn about the town’s rich Civil War history through an audio walking and driving tour created through the University of Missouri Extension Community Arts Program. The audio tour gives businesses another way to drive economic development in the town of 4,500, said Lee Ann Woolery, MU Extension community arts specialist.

Robert Shramek Jr.

MU FRTI awards Fire Service Instructor of the Year

Adjunct instructor Robert Shramek Jr. is honored as Fire Service Instructor of the Year for his commitment to training Missouri’s fire service professionals.

Nine Missouri weather stations, including this one at the Monroe City Regional Airport, recently received updates to help farmers and chemical applicators know when to spray herbicides to avoid off-target movement caused by temperature inversions. Photo courtesy of Pat Guinan

MU Extension weather stations help farmers know when to spray

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Nine Missouri weather stations recently received updates to help farmers and chemical applicators know when to spray herbicides to avoid off-target movement caused by temperature inversions.

High tunnels owned by Fue Yang and his family.

MU Extension and partners grow knowledge among Hmong farmers

ROCKY COMFORT, Mo. – More than vegetables grow in Fue Yang’s high tunnels. It is where opportunity grows for area Hmong farmers. Yang runs a teaching farm for University of Missouri Extension, Lincoln University and the Webb City Farmers Market. The collaborative effort is part of a grant from the Missouri Department of Agriculture.

Zinnias.By Flickr user Liz West/CC BY-SA 2.0

Zinnia: From eye sickness to eye candy

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Lois Rodriguez, president of Better By Design, a construction firm she founded in 2009. The firm is a client of the MU Extension Business Development Program.Photo by Phil Leslie

Government contracting improves prospects for Brookfield construction firm

BROOKFIELD, Mo. – Her portion of the work is a little piece of a big project, but construction business owner Lois Rodriguez is making the most of it. As president and CEO of Better By Design LLC, Rodriguez is doing her part to make the long-awaited East Locust Creek Reservoir a reality.

Winners of the first-place Championship Flight included, from left, Kory Niesen, Ben Gallup, Steve Ball and Trenton Monnig. Photo by Marta Payne

Golfers tee off in support of Missouri 4-H

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Golfers hit the greens in support of Missouri 4-H youth at the eighth annual 4-H Clover Classic Golf Tournament on June 6 in Columbia, Mo. Co-presenting sponsors were The Climate Corp., a division of Monsanto, and Great American Insurance Group’s Crop Division.

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MU Fire and Rescue Training Institute director to retire in October 2017

David Hedrick, director of Missouri’s Fire and Rescue Training Institute since 2007, will retire in October 2017 after decades in fire service.

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