The state Senate Capital Investment Committee heard a request Nov. 8 for $30 million in state bonding from the city, $10 million for a new community center and $20 million for street improvements.
Northwest Missouri State University has come through the fall semester largely unscathed by COVID-19 on the institutional level, the schoolâs oversight panel heard Thursday.
Student and faculty leaders gave an update on the state of affairs on campus ahead of the Friday conclusion of the fall semester. The Board of Regents assembled by Zoom video conference in light of the increased regional prevalence of the virus. However, there were only 14 current COVID-19 cases recorded on Dec. 8 at the university, the last public update in data, well below the Aug. 31 peak of nearly 200 active cases.
Among the speakers was David Shadinger, associate professor of communication, leader of the NWMSU Faculty Senate and recently elected president of the Missouri Association of