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MU Health’s Boonville urgent care/primary care opens today

Columbia-based MU Health’s Jackson road medical building in Boonville opens on March 27, 2023 (photo courtesy of Eric Maze at MU Health) Columbia-based MU Health Care will open its largest outpatient facility outside of Columbia this morning in Boonville. Boonville and Cooper County have been without a hospital and urgent care since Pinnacle Regional Hospital closed in February 2020.  MU Health …

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Columbia’s Golden Corral is remodeling after December fire

Columbia’s Golden Corral is currently being remodeled, after a major January fire (March 25, 2023 photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth) You’ll notice construction workers and heavy equipment around Columbia’s Golden Corral on Clark lane, along with a fence. The workers are currently remodeling the restaurant following a New Year’s Eve fire that caused about $250,000 in damage. Much …

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Boone County’s clerk hears positive feedback from voters about absentee voting

Boone County clerk Brianna Lennon was at the Columbia Mall on Sunday to assist voters with absentee voting (March 26, 2023 photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth) Boone County’s clerk says 91 registered voters in the county cast absentee ballots this weekend. Clerk Brianna Lennon says 30 votes were cast on Saturday at the Roger Wilson Boone County Government …

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(AUDIO): Multi-million dollar bond issue on Boone County Fire Protection District ballot

Voters in the Columbia-based Boone County Fire Protection District will cast ballots in April on an $8-million no tax increase bond issue. Boone County Fire assistant chief Gale Blomenkamp says passage requires a four-sevenths majority, which is 57 percent. https://939theeagle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Gale-Bondissue-1.mp3 “In 2014, our voters approved a 25-cent bond levy in which we were able to do a lot of work …

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(AUDIO): Columbia’s city manager says city employees feel valued

  Columbia’s city manager feels like he’s accomplished his goal of building a better relationship with city employees. City manager De’Carlon Seewood tells 939 the Eagle’s “Randy Tobler show” that the approximately 1,500 city employees feel valued. https://939theeagle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Seewood-Tobler-1.mp3 “Your biggest ambassador to get people to join your organization is your employees. And if you build that atmosphere with them, hopefully …

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