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Rural public schools speak out against controversial education...

February 26, 2021

MACON, MO -- A collection of rural public schools in Northeast Missouri have banned together to fight what they are deeming to be harmful...

Uncontested: Burns and Wyatt refile for Macon R-1 School Board

February 23, 2021

MACON, MO -- With filing for the Macon R-1 School Board closing last month, only two candidates ended up filing. Incumbents Donny Wyatt (Board...

Energy Emergency: Macon Municipal Utilities urge customers to...

February 15, 2021

MACON, MO -- In lockstep with other state and national partners, Macon Municipal Utilities is urging those within the City of Macon to conserve...

Filing closes for the Macon City Council; paper accepting questions...

January 28, 2021

MACON, MO -- Filing for the Macon City Council has ended for the upcoming General Municipal Election in April. We reached out to City...

City of Macon names new Interim Fire Chief

January 26, 2021

The City of Macon is pleased to announce that Todd Farley has been named Interim Fire Chief for the Macon Fire Department. Mayor Talt Holman...

Macon's MLK breakfast canceled due to safety amid COVID-19

January 14, 2021

MACON, MO -- Originally scheduled for Monday morning, January 18th, 2021, the annual breakfast in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has been...

Candidates file for Macon City Council

January 14, 2021

MACON, MO -- Filing for the Macon City Council is drawing to a close; filing ends at the close of business on January 19, 2021. We reached out...

2020 in review: A message from the Mayor of Macon, Talt Holman

January 8, 2021

Welcome 2021! I don’t think I am alone when I say that I am not sad to see 2020 gone. The City did however accomplish a lot in a year that was full...

City of Macon to make announcement at virtual pool forum...

November 8, 2020

MACON, MO -- The City of Macon and The Home Press have agreed on a rescheduled date for the Virtual Macon Pool Forum. On November 9th at 7 p.m....

REPORT: 2016 Soil Analysis of Macon Public Pool

October 24, 2020

MACON, MO -- The City of Macon has almost completed placing dirt within the old city pool just west of Macon. Images of the work along with taking...

City of Macon virtual pool forum postponed until Mid-November

October 21, 2020

MACON, MO -- The Home Press was set to sit down with City Officials on Wednesday, October 21st, 2020 to discuss the pool project within the City of...

DETAILS: Mayor and City Administrator of Macon, set to participate...

October 8, 2020

MACON, MO -- On October 21st at 7 p.m., Mayor of Macon Talt Holman along with City Administrator Avis Marshall, will be sitting down for a one hour...

City of Macon urges citizens to complete Census 2020; deadline on...

October 3, 2020

MACON, MO -- Have you responded to Census 2020? The last day to take the census is October 5th. The City of Macon is urging citizens to take the...

Macon Community to hold luminary ceremony in memory of Destiny...

September 20, 2020

MACON, MO -- Nine year old Destiny Riekeberg, daughter of Lacretia and Dustin Riekeberg, passed away on September 17th after battling a rare liver...

Macon Middle School Goes Virtual

September 6, 2020

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