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Newly elected candidates reflect on election

April 15, 2021 Kennedy Cooper

The April 6 elections had good rates of voter turnout, especially for a local election, Adair County Clerk Sandy Collop said. “I was hoping for 15% [voter turnout], and when I found out that we […]

City Council election heating up

March 25, 2021 Kennedy Cooper

Kirksville City Council elections will take place Tuesday, April 6. There are four candidates running for one seat and a three-year term. The candidates are Kevin Alm, Kabir Bansal, John Gardner and Dana (Danny) McDowell. […]

Zac Burden selected as new mayor

April 11, 2019 Ryan Pivoney

Editor’s Note: This story has been edited to correct information previously reported and later said to be inaccurate. At a special meeting Monday night, the Kirksville City Council swore in its new members and unanimously […]

Kirksville voters elect three councilmembers

April 3, 2019

Adair County voters in Kirksville elected Zac Burden, Jessica Parks and Chuck Long to the City Council Tuesday. The county as a whole also passed the ballot initiative to impose a $1 monthly fee on […]

City Council candidates sit down for forum

March 21, 2019

Citizens had the opportunity Tuesday to meet the eight candidates currently running for Kirksville City Council as they answered questions about city issues in a forum hosted by the Kirksville Area Chamber of Commerce. Three […]

Detweiler, Long elected to city council seats

April 7, 2016 Johanna Burns

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As a result of the Municipal Elections April 5, Richard Detweiler and Chuck Long were elected to City Council seats. The city’s economic development tax also passed. Voters came out to the polls Tuesday to vote on two city council […]

Detweiler, Long win Kirksville City Council seats; tax passes

April 5, 2016 Ingrid Roettgen

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Richard Detweiler and Chuck Long won seats on the Kirksville City Council following today’s elections. Detweiler, who will be serving his fourth term on the City Council, received 28.45 percent of votes. Long won his […]

Kirksville presents state of the city

February 11, 2016 Zack Irvin

With the new year well underway, the Kirksville City Council presented its annual State of the City Address Jan. 31. Each city department discussed its biggest accomplishments from 2015 and laid out a plan for […]

Council passes special permit for local shop

November 6, 2015 Johanna Burns

The City Council approved an ordinance authorizing a special use permit to allow Eric and Tara Grgurich to use their residential property as the location for their welding and machine shop. The original permit stated […]