Gavin McGough

On a recent evening, a trickle of St. Joseph residents climbed the hill north of the city’s downtown, buzzed into the Young Women’s Christian Association, and came together for a dinner of arepas and conversation across language and cultural barriers.

When construction on a reservoir project in Caldwell County stalled roughly 18 months ago it put decades of effort and planning in limbo, but construction is set to resume this spring, possibly bringing the much-anticipated water resource to the region by 2028.

The Nodaway County Commissioners adopted the 2026 budget and submitted the final document to the state on Jan. 29.

‘Seeing Double’ is currently on view at the Clarinda Carnegie Art Museum in Clarinda, Iowa. Each year the museum features two distinct shows of contemporary art on different themes. The current show is the museum’s 21st since opening in 2014.

Nodaway County residents will soon see the impacts of a once-in-a-generation investment in energy infrastructure taking place in Missouri and across the United States.

On Jan. 3, 2026, Wilmer Jimenez awoke to texts from his mother who was at home in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. Jimenez, a Junior studying at Northwest Missouri State University, was in the United States preparing for the spring semester.

Protests have swept the country since the Jan. 7 killing of Renee Macklin Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officer in Minneapolis.

Natural gas prices for Liberty Utility customers in Northwest Missouri are set to jump by 70% this winter, according to recent billing statements.

At the outset of the 2026 legislative session, which began on Jan. 7, Senator Rusty Black spoke with KXCV News about his legislative and budgetary priorities and his approach to school funding.

Football, winter weather, and the upcoming legislative session were topics of discussion at a Dec. 18, 2025, meeting of Northwest Missouri State University President Lance Tatum and Missouri Lieutenant Governor David Wasinger, who visited the Northwest campus before the state's 2026 legislative session, which begins on Jan. 7.