Governor Parson’s edict is out: All non-essential businesses should be closed until April 24th. To further combat the spread of COVID-19 in Missouri, Governor Mike Parson directed Dr. Randall Williams, Director of Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, to issue a Stay at Home Order which was effective Monday, April 6, 2020. The Order…

by Michael Boyink/mike@douglascountyherald.com “Do what you can, with what you’ve got, where you are.” The internet likes to attribute that quote to former US President Theodore Roosevelt. It sounds like something he’d have said. But it’s not. The quote does come from his autobiography, but Roosevelt attributes it to one Squire Bill Widener, a millwright…

by Michael Boyink / mike@douglascountyherald.com According to its website, the The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) “is an independent population health research center at UW Medicine, part of the University of Washington, that provides rigorous and comparable measurement of the world’s most important health problems and evaluates the strategies used to address them. ” …

by Michael Boyink mike@douglascountyherald.com The Five Man Electrical Band sang it in 1971. “Blockin’ out the scenery, breakin’ my mind Do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the sign?” © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc Everywhere a sign. Signs of the times. The COVID-19 times. And, given the seriousness of the…

by Michael Boyink /mike@douglascountyherald.com Within the walls here at Herald offices is one of the most valuable assets in the county. The archive room. Large books, each binding together a publication year, fill the shelves. The dates on those books go back to the late 1800’s. Sitting in the archive room often feels like sitting…