‘A Death at Tippitt Pond’
Free Smoke Detectors Available from the Fire Department
Gearing Up for Halfway to Freezing for Food to Help Provide for the Community
U.S. Corn Planting Is Waaaaaaaaaaaaay Behind, USDA Says
Monmouth’s Downtown Being Revitalized
City Council Meeting Summary 05.20.2019
Kathy Haas Retiring after 34 Years of Service to Monmouth College’s Athletic Office
Mulch & Compost Available at Galesburg Oversized Brush Drop-off Site
Agriculture Update
Two Peoria Men Charged with Stealing Nearly 100 Guns from Licensed Dealers in Monmouth and Galesburg
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Free Smoke Detectors Available from the Fire Department
The Monmouth Fire Department is offering free smoke detectors to Monmouth residents. The detectors, which have been donated by the Red Cross, have a ten year battery life and can be installed in people's homes by members of the Monmouth Fire Department. Monmouth Fire...
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Gearing Up for Halfway to Freezing for Food to Help Provide for the Community
Just a short two weeks away, Halfway to Freezing for Food is slated to take place at Save A Lot Food Store in Monmouth. On June 4th, 5th, and 6th, members of the community will come together to collect food for Roseville Helping Hands Food Pantry and Jamieson...
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U.S. Corn Planting Is Waaaaaaaaaaaaay Behind, USDA Says
Less than half of the corn is in the ground. By Mike McGinnis 5/20/2019 DES MOINES, Iowa — U.S. corn farmers have the most corn acres left to plant, on this date, than they have ever had and remain behind the trade’s expectations, as well. Corn In its Crop Progress...
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The WMOI/WRAM Athletes of the Week for week ending May 12th, 2019
Here's the WMOI/WRAM Athletes of the Week for the week ending May 12th, 2019: The Monmouth-Roseville Titan Athlete of the Week is senior baseball player, Addison Fletcher. Addison came up big on the mound, and at the plate in a win over Clark County, Missouri at...
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The WMOI/WRAM Athletes of the Week for week ending May 5th, 2019
Here's the WMOI/WRAM Athletes of the Week for the week ending May 5th, 2019: The Monmouth-Roseville Titan Athlete of the Week is senior softball player, Opal Scott. Opal had a big hand in her team's win over Abingdon-Avon. She was 2-for-4 at the plate with a triple,...
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The WMOI/WRAM Athletes of the Week for week ending April 28th, 2019
Here's the WMOI/WRAM Athletes of the Week for the week ending April 28th, 2019: The Monmouth-Roseville Titan Athlete of the Week is senior girls track and field athlete, Mackenzie Connell. Mackenzie had a pair of great meets last week. She won the 800 meter dash at...
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Hurst on stalled disaster bill
Missouri Farm Bureau President Blake Hurst says the stalled disaster bill in the House should not have been held up Friday for a lack of border security funding, “No, I mean it’s a disaster bill. It should be concerned with disaster programs for the many disasters...
read moreStruggles remain in mixed bag for Missouri farmers
Corn prices have gone up because of the weather but struggles remain for Missouri farmers. Gary Marshall is CEO of Missouri Corn Growers Association, “Such a difficult time. I think, nationwide, this is perhaps the worst planting season in history. Certainly, here in...
read moreChinn with Trump at reveal of trade aid package
Missouri Agriculture Director Chris Chinn stood by President Trump with other ag leaders at the White House Thursday when he announced $16 Billion dollars in more trade mitigation aid for farmers. Chinn says she’s satisfied with the package, “From everything I heard,...
read moreMore severe weather coming to Corn Belt
There’s more severe weather coming for parts of the Corn Belt this weekend. Brownfield meteorologist Greg Soulje says it’s a similar system that brought tornadoes and thunderstorms into Missouri and Illinois, “Another weather system expected to congeal, coming out of...
read moreAnother round of weather support
Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying, cementing a week to week gain. Beans went back to watching the weather, expecting more planting delays, but also anticipating at least some switch from corn and spring wheat to soybeans. Still, the...
read moreHog futures down on cash pressure
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were mostly lower on profit taking and technical selling, along with spread trade and position squaring ahead of the USDA’s Cattle on Feed report. June was up $.37 at $111.17 and August was down $.20 at $107.95. Feeder...
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U.S. Corn Planting Is Waaaaaaaaaaaaay Behind, USDA Says
Less than half of the corn is in the ground. By Mike McGinnis 5/20/2019 DES MOINES, Iowa — U.S. corn farmers have the most corn acres left to plant, on this date, than they have ever had and remain behind the trade’s expectations, as well. Corn In its Crop Progress...
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Program of the Month for May: UHS B.O.O.S.T. Program
The MTC Communications and Sunny 97.7 WMOI Education Program of the month is the United High School 21st Century BOOST (B.O.O.S.T.) program beginning this summer. Courtesy of MTC Communications, the Regional Office of Education, Lackey Monuments, and WMOI and WRAM....
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Rep. Swanson offers Summer Reading Club to Grade School Students
WOODHULL… State Representative Dan Swanson (R-Alpha) announced the official launch of his Third Annual Summer Reading Club Program for 1st -5th grade students who live within the 74th Legislative District. With the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing on July 20 this...
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Little Libraries Coming Soon
The Warren County Public Library and Warren County Leadership are collaborating with the United Way for the Little Library project and are collecting donations. Books to be donated must be family friendly and languages other than English will be accepted. The Little...
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Here's the WMOI/WRAM Athletes of the Week for the week ending May 12th, 2019:
The Monmouth-Roseville Titan Athlete of the Week is senior baseball player, Addison Fletcher. Addison came up big on the mound, and at the plate, in a win over Clark County, Missouri at Community Field in Burlington. He got the pitching win, going the first five innings, giving up just one hit, no runs and struck out six batters. He also went 2-for-3 at the plate, smashing a double and knocking in four runs.
The United Red Storm Athlete of the Week is sophomore softball player, Riley Tyrrell. Riley pitched all three Lincoln Trail Conference contests last week, getting wins in two of them. She threw a total of 21 innings, only giving up a total of five earned runs. During that span, Riley struck out 37 hitters. She also helped herself out at the plate, going 5-for-10.
The West Central Heat Athlete of the Week is sophomore softball player, Reagan Spence. Reagan earned three wins in the pitching circle last week. One of those wins clinched a Lincoln Trail Conference championship. During the 3-game winning streak, Reagan threw 16 innings, only giving up three earned runs and racking up 13 strikeouts with only four walks.
The A-Town Tornado Athlete of the Week is freshman softball player, Rylee Cooper. Rylee was 5-for-10 out of the leadoff spot in three games last week. She also scored a pair of runs, a stat in which she leads the Tornadoes this season. Rylee also leads the team in batting average and on-base and Slugging percentage.
The Galesburg Silver Streak Athlete of the Week is junior girls track and field athlete, Tegan Rehn. After her great performance at the Metamora Sectional meet, Tegan will run at the Class 2A IHSA State Finals meet in Charleston for the first time. She garnered victories in two events in Metamora, crossing the finish line in the 100 meter high hurdles and followed that up with a win in the 300 meter low hurdle race.
Congrats to all of these student-athletes!! Thanks to our AOTW sponsors, MC Sport and More, McDonough Telephone Cooperative (mdtc), Tompkins State Bank and Galesburg Toyota!!
The United Red Storm vs. West Central Heat baseball game that we are covering on AM 1330 WRAM and 1330wram.com today will start a half hour earlier at 4:00. We currently have the Cubs on the air. We will break away at 4 for the HS game and update the Cub game as we go along. Thanks for listening!!
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