January 2022

A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

Imagine a condition with symptoms that present differently in each person who has it and no currently approved lab test can definitively confirm the diagnosis. Imagine that the symptoms can flare up and then mysteriously disappear, including fatigue, low grade fevers, joint pain, and mouth sores. All these symptoms overlap with multiple other conditions further complicating a diagnosis. Imagine that the best available method for diagnosing this ailment is a manual checklist of eleven criteria and if the patient suffers from at least four, they receive a diagnosis on a scale of definite, probable, or possible.

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Dry conditions expected to persist for the Missouri River Basin

The 2021 calendar year runoff summation for the Missouri River basin above Sioux City, Iowa was 15.2 million acre-feet, 59 percent of average. The ongoing drought shows no relief in sight and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is predicting runoff into the mainstem reservoir system will remain below normal. This was the 10th lowest annual runoff for the Missouri River Basin in 123 years of record-keeping.

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Harlan E. Holliman

HAMBURG – Harlan E. Holliman, age 86 of Hamburg, IA passed away on Friday; Jan. 7, 2022 at Grape Community Hospital in Hamburg. Harlan E. Holliman was born on March 16, 1935…

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Roy Eugene “Gene” Kirk

Roy Eugene “Gene” Kirk was born June 2, 1951, in Fairfax, Missouri, to J.C. and Betty (Patton) Kirk. Gene passed away at Grape Community Hospital on January 5, 2022 following a courageous battle with bladder and brain cancer. They lived in Phelps, Missouri,…

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