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Perryville band playing Joplin benefit event

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Friday, June 10th, 2011, 11:39am

Perryville band playing Joplin benefit event

PERRYVILLE, MO (KFVS) - A band from Perryville and other local bands will be playing the Patton Farm Fest to benefit Joplin tornado victims.

The Tungsten Groove will play at the fest that is June 18 and gates open at 3 p.m. The live music will start at 5 p.m.

Other local bands playing include: Craig Sutton and Steel Wings, Curtis Lyn Cook and "Cowboy Scopus" and Chas & 16th Ave.

Admission for the concert is $10 and you are encouraged to bring lawn chairs.

It will be located on Highway 72, just west of Meadow Heights School in Patton, Mo.

For more information, you can contact Curt Cook at 314-541-8235.

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Perry County e-cycle event "huge success"

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Friday, June 10th, 2011, 11:23am

Perry County e-cycle event "huge success"

PERRYVILLE, MO (KFVS) - The Perry County Recycling Center held a no-fee recycling event on June 4 that they call a huge success.

The e-cycle event gave citizens the chance to recycle old TVs and monitors for free, they usually have a fee at the recycling center.

According to the center, they filled a 53 foot tractor trailer, two 28 foot box trucks, an 18 foot box truck and the bed of a full-size pickup. The box trucks and tractor trailer were filled floor to ceiling and front to back says Shirley Pelker, a volunteer at the recycling center.

Pelker said in the half-day event, they kept 85,000 pounds of material out of landfills, including 500 TVs.

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MoDOT, Dept. of Ag. allows overweight loads on Mo. highways

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Friday, June 3rd, 2011, 4:15pm

MoDOT, Dept. of Ag. allows overweight loads on Mo. highways

PERRY COUNTY, MO (KFVS) - The Missouri Department of Transportation and the Missouri Department of Agriculture have agreed to let heavier than normal loads of farm products from flooded areas be transported to safer storage.

According to MoDOT, many farmers have grain and livestock in areas threatened by rising floodwater and possible levee breaches.

"In light of recent heavy rainfall and high river levels, we want to give producers every opportunity to move livestock, supplies and equipment to higher ground," said Director of Agriculture Dr.

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Activities for the Immanuel Lutheran Church and School

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011, 3:36pm

PERRYVILLE, MO (KFVS) - The Immanuel Lutheran Church and School activities for June 3-5 is available.

Activities for the weekend include:

Friday, June 3

Food pantry - 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Room 2
Berean bible study ("Ruth") - 1 p.m. in the Fellowship Room

Saturday, June 4

Christ care - 1 p.m. at Herm and Nancy Will's home
Worship (DS I with Holy Communion) - 5:30 p.m. at the Sanctuary

Sunday, June 5

Worship (DS I with Holy Communion) - 7:30 a.m. at the Sanctuary
Adult bible study (OT Minor prophets: Micah) - 8:50 a.m. in the Fellowship Room
Worship (DS I without Holy Communion) - 10 a.m. at the Sanctuary
Senior high youth - 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Youth House

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Perryville Board of Alderman relaxes limb pick-up policy

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Thursday, May 19th, 2011, 3:50pm

PERRYVILLE, MO ( KFVS) - The Perryville Board of Alderman has suspended the requirement that only homeowners can cut limbs and debris for city pick-up.

The board said the suspension will give residents the opportunity for commercial tree-trimmers, friends, family and neighbors to help clean up while still putting their limbs along the curb for city staff to remove.

To be eligible for pick-up, limbs must be cut on-site, meaning they cannot be brought in from another property. Also, for citizen convenience, the city said it will pick up all lengths and diameters of wood chunks, limbs and debris.

Residents are welcome to take their limbs to the Public Works office also. They have taped off an area on the back lot for the material. According to the board, this service cannot be offered to professional contractors.

This policy will end June 1.

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$100,000 media grant awarded to Southeast Mo. Food Bank

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Monday, May 16th, 2011, 6:03pm

$100,000 media grant awarded to Southeast Mo. Food Bank

PERRY COUNTY, MO (KFVS) - The Southeast Missouri Food Bank was awarded a $100,000 Advertising for a Cause grant by the Tri-State Advertising and Marketing Professionals.

The grant was established to provide advertising assistance, production and media placement for regional public service organizations.

The entire food bank service area, including 16 counties, has been affected by the recent flooding of the Mississippi River. Three of those counties, New Madrid; Mississippi and Butler were declared national disaster areas. The Southeast Missouri Food Bank responded by shipping thousands of pounds of supplies to local emergency responders and hunger relief agencies.

Ten regional media companies donated their production and placement services to fund the grant.

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MoDOT schedules community briefings

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Thursday, May 12th, 2011, 5:39pm

MISSOURI (KFVS) - MoDOT has scheduled seven community briefings in the next month to present the department's Bolder Five-Year Direction to local officials and residents.

"The plan presented will change the way we do business, the way we look and allow us to do more with the funds that we have," said Mark Shelton, MoDOT's Southeast district engineer. "Our primary focus will be to maintain the current system with a decreased staff."

The briefings will give the public an opportunity to comment on the plan. All meetings will be held from 4 p.m.

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