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Free financial aid workshops

Submitted by Alycia Dobrinick on Monday, October 31st, 4:44 pm
Free financial aid workshops

POPLAR BLUFF (KFVS) - Three Rivers College will offer two workshops to help students with financial aid.

The free workshop, "Navigating the Waters of Financial Aid," will be taught by student loan management specialist Davine Conover. The first will be held at the Tinnin Fine Arts Center on Thursday, November 3rd at 6:00 p.m. A second workshop will be held on November 29th at the Kay Porter Building at Poplar Bluff High School. It begins at 6:00 p.m.

The workshop is intended for college-bound students and their parents. According to Conover, students who take their first two years at Three Rivers College could save anywhere from $4,000 to $17,000.

If you plan on going to school in the spring of 2012 and plan to apply for financial aid, you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

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Event planned to celebrate completion of Route 67 upgrade

Submitted by James Long, Digital Content Producer
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011, 12:50pm
Event planned to celebrate completion of Route 67 upgrade

SIKESTON, MO (KFVS) - The completion of the four-lane construction project on Route 67, running from Poplar Bluff to Fredericktown, will be celebrated in three counties.

The Mid-America Express event will be held Friday, Aug. 26.

The improvements were made possible by the partnership of the Highway 67 Corporation, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Funding was secured for the project after Poplar Bluff voters passed a tax to pay for a portion of the construction, Missouri voters passed Amendment 3 and an agreement was reached with the Army Corps of Engineers.

"With the current state of transportation funding, this project is a great example of what can be accomplished when funding is made available," said MoDOT District Engineer Mark Shelton. "The citizens of Poplar Bluff and Missouri voters realized the importance of investing in infrastructure."

The event will kick-off at 9 a.m.

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Schultz and Summers Engineering hosts reception welcoming new engineer

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011, 4:45pm

POPLAR BLUFF, MO (KFVS) - The Schultz and Summers Engineering will hold a welcoming reception on Thursday, July 28 for their new engineer.

Robert Hardin joins the company from Black and Vetch, a company in Kansas City, Mo. He has over 40 years of engineering experience.

“Convincing Robert to leave Kansas City and join our firm in Poplar Bluff was not easy," said owner Stan Schultz. "Thankfully, he loved Southeast Missouri and once he saw how his experience could help us continue to expand our business it was easy to get him on board.”

The reception will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Schultz and Summers Engineering, located at 4800 West Boulevard, Poplar Bluff, Mo.

You can RSVP for the reception by contacting Debby Norris at 573-686-0806 or by e-mail at dlnorris@schultzandsummers.com

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Treasurer Zweifel awards $626,000 in loans to agribusiness, farmer

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011, 3:15pm
Treasurer Zweifel awards $626,000 in loans to agribusiness, farmer

BUTLER COUNTY, MO (KFVS) - State Treasurer Clint Zweifel announced Tuesday he awarded $626,000 in low-interest loans to a Butler county agribusiness and a Cape Girardeau County farmer.

The Batesville Grain and Fertilizer in Broseley, Mo. and a farm owned by Stanley Sievers in Jackson, Mo. received the loans from the Missouri Linked Deposit Program.

The $576,000 loan for the agribusiness will save it an estimated $22,000 in interest costs over the next two years, according to the office of the Treasurer. The business said it will be using the loan to build a new fertilizer house, upgrade the current facility and operating capital.

Sievers will get a $50,000 loan that will save him an estimated $1,000 in interest costs over the next year.

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Poplar Bluff chamber hosts 1st Annual Leadercast Event

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer
Thursday, May 5th, 2011, 12:11pm

POPLAR BLUFF, MO (KFVS) - The Poplar Bluff Area Chamber of Commerce have announced their leadercast event scheduled for May 6.

The event will be from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Kay Porter Theater on the Poplar Bluff Senior High School campus located at 1300 Victory Lane.

The chamber is working with GIANT Impact, who partnered with Chik-Fil-A in 2009, to develop leaders through a leadership conference. The conference will be in Atlanta, Ga. each year and costs each individual $229 to go.

The event allows communities to sign up as "host communities" and offer this event at a low cost. The Poplar Bluff chamber has agreed to be a host community and will simulcast the event live for $50 for chamber members and $100 for non-members. Breakfast and lunch is included in this price.

The event sold out last year with more than 2,000 leaders there.

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"Tents & Events" in Poplar Bluff

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011, 12:14pm

POPLAR BLUFF, MO (KFVS) - Bootheel Parts and Equipment will host their "Tents and Events" ribbon cutting and open house on April 15.

The event will in the Chamber of Commerce parking lot at 11 a.m.

Hot dogs, hamburgers, chips and drinks will be provided and you can check out the new line of party supplies on display.

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Ground breaking ceremony for new Huck's Convenience Store

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011, 12:02pm
Ground breaking ceremony for new Huck's Convenience Store

POPLAR BLUFF, MO (KFVS) - CE Norton Contstruction will be breaking ground for the new Huck's Convenience Store on April 14.

The ceremony will be at 11 a.m. behind the existing location at 703 North Westwood.

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