March craziness, wrong time/wrong place, post office audit
Never underestimate the value of rotating your mattress occasionally. Got back pain and hitting the bottle of pain pills for ...
Tag: dagmar wood
Power’s on in Platte City; fun with numbers; a pattern with Wood
We have some good news. Electrical outages in Platte City have slowed way down in recent months. Wait, did the ...
Commission wants new jail population trends, projections
JAIL TALK MAKES A RETURN AT THE COUNTY Platte County commissioners have hired a jail population consultant to update jail ...
Audit: Wood’s accusation of health department unfounded
NO EVIDENCE OF ATTEMPTED 'PROFITEERING' According to an audit, recent accusations from a county commissioner toward the health department have ...
Health board campaign drawing attention
FIVE OF EIGHT CANDIDATES TAKE PART IN FORUM About 40 people filled a Platte County meeting space Monday night for ...
Hurdle cleared for sale of health building
A hurdle has been cleared for the sale of the local health department building to proceed. By a vote of ...
Travel agencies, health departments and COVID aid
How does Joe Vanover, second district county commissioner, feel about the dispute over the deed for the health department property ...
Health officials criticized for using lease/purchase
An exchange of words and information has continued over the past several days between Platte County commissioners and officials from ...
Health director pushes back against county commissioners
WARLEN RESPONDS TO COMMENTS FROM FRICKER AND WOOD In a letter this week, the director of the Platte County Health ...
New commissioner has identified a political enemy
Scott Fricker, the new presiding county commissioner for Platte County, has already identified a political enemy. His enemy is not ...
Sale of local health building hits snag
COMMISSIONERS DECLINE TO CLARIFY DEED The planned sale of the Platte County Health Department building in Platte City has hit ...
Experience some secondhand embarrassment
Happy Thanksgiving. Those of us at The Landmark are thankful for every single one of you in our audience. Even ...
Some background on Platte County’s mystery candidate
Mystery solved. Kind of. Let me explain. The Republican primary race for Platte County Recorder of Deeds was a battle ...
Commission’s distaste for KC seems misguided
A lot of you reading this have been to the Parkville Farmers Market at least once, if not many more ...
Future of county roads tax renewal still undecided
COUNTY MAY PLACE A QUESTION ON NOVEMBER BALLOT Will a roads tax question be on the November ballot in Platte ...
Platte County picking up steam in restaurant options
People say there are no guarantees in life but at this point three things around here seem pretty close to ...
This time, Schieber is asking tough questions
Memorial Day weekend is traditionally seen by most folks as the unofficial start of summer. So here we are, summer, ...
Library director opens up about decision to retire
Battles over diversity, inclusion mentioned Steven Potter was already suffering the effects of COVID stress while managing one of the ...
Two primaries needed in Platte County
Multiple GOP candidates for clerk, recorder This is an election year on the county level, and after the filing deadline ...
Imagine if April 6 turned into January 6
On Tuesday, April 5 voters in Parkville will elect a new mayor to replace Nan Johnston and the city's natural ...
