Dexter, Missouri - The City of Dexter, Missouri will have a General Municipal Election on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 for the following offices:
Mayor Two Year Term
City Collector Four Year Term
Ward 1 Alderman Two Year Term
Ward II Alderman Two Year Term
Ward III Alderman Two Year Term
Filing of an office may be done at Dexter City Hall, 301 East Stoddard Street, during regular business hours, beginning at 8:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 15, 2015 and closing at 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 19, 2016.
Filing for these offices may be done in the City Clerk’s office during regular business hours from 8:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
City’s Holiday Schedule:
Christmas: City Offices will close at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 24, 2015 and will reopen 8:00 a.m. Monday, December 28, 2015.
New Year’s: City Offices will be closed Friday, January 1, 2016.
SCHMEDEMANN NAMED MATERNAL
AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES DIRECTOR
Cape Girardeau, Missouri - Saint Francis Medical Center announces the appointment of Isabel Schmedemann, RN, BSN, MBA, FACHE, as director of Maternal and Child Health Services.
Schmedemann will oversee the full continuum of obstetrical care offered by Saint Francis, including high-risk prenatal care provided by Cape Perinatology Services, labor and delivery within the Family BirthPlace and Cape Care for Women, specialized neonatal care for premature and critically ill newborns in the region’s first Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and follow-up pediatric care at the Children’s Center.
Prior to coming to Saint Francis, Schmedemann was chief operating and chief nursing officer at Goodall Hospital in Sanford, Maine; associate vice president of nursing at Southern Maine Health Care; chief nursing officer at McKee Medical Center in Colorado; vice president of patient care services at Hutchinson Hospital Corporation in Kansas; and maternal-child nursing director at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Kansas.
Schmedemann earned her MBA from Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas, and a BSN from the University of Kansas School of Nursing.
Saint Francis Medical Center is a 289-bed facility serving more than 650,000 people throughout Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas. Guided by its mission to provide a ministry of healing and wellness inspired by its Christian philosophy and values, the Medical Center has become a progressive, innovative regional tertiary care referral center. Saint Francis’ major service lines, which have received national recognition, include the Neurosciences Institute; Orthopedic Institute; Family BirthPlace, featuring the region’s first Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; Heart Hospital; Level III Emergency and Trauma Center with Convenient Care; Cancer Institute; and Fitness Plus.
Just remember like people giving your dogs too much of a particular food can make them sick or even kill them. The last thing we want to do is harm our beloved fur babies. Here is a list of foods that you need to becareful of when having guests and family over to your home. Make sure your dog is protected from foods falling from plates!!! Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!
Southeast Missouri - Were you awakened by a few shakes last night? Were your pets awake and a little nervous? If so, they may have felt the earthquakes. Many residents in southeast Missouri may have felt the ground quiver and shake when seven earthquakes were reported by the USGS within 2 hours of each other on Wednesday morning.
A 2.9 magnitude first hit at about 12:50 a.m. It was centered four miles south of Lilbourn, Mo. and 22 miles south of Sikeston. The quake registered 4.5 miles deep.
The second earthquake rattled just a minute later. Preliminary reports show the 2.6 magnitude earthquake hit around 12:51 a.m. and was centered four miles south southeast of Lilbourn, Mo. This earthquake measured 5.3 miles deep.
A third earthquake hit at 12:56 a.m. about four miles south southeast of Lilbourn. Early reports show the quake measured 2.3 magnitude and 3.1 miles deep.
A 3.0 magnitude earthquake hit around 1:08 a.m. Preliminary reports show it was also centered three miles south southeast of Lilbourn, Mo. It registered five miles deep.
Two smaller earthquakes rattled around 1:15 a.m. and 2:09 a.m. They measured 1.7 to 1.4 magnitude.
Finally. a 2.5 magnitude earthquake shook at 2:26 a.m. The quake was centered three miles south of Lilbourn, Mo. The quake registered 5.7 miles deep.
Residents in Dexter, Matthews, Risco, New Madrid, and surrounding areas felt the quakes.
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