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4 days ago
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Here's what to expect on Boone County's Aug. 5 election ballots
Early no-excuse in-person absentee voting is now underway for the Aug. 5 election. The early voting period kicked off July 22. Any registered voter can visit from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday at the Boone County Government Center, 801 E. Walnut St. in Columbia, to cast a ballot. The clerk's office will hold a weekend no-excuse voting off site 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 2 at the Parkade Elementary gymnasium, 111 Parkade Blvd. in Columbia, and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 3 at Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services, 1005 W. Worley in Columbia. Excused in-person absentee voting also is possible, which started July 24 and runs through Aug. 4. This includes those who are out of town on Election Day, work in healthcare or as a first responder or as a poll worker, or a person has an illness, injury or disability. The deadline to request a mail-in absentee ballot was July 3 and the deadline to return it was July 23. There are three questions voters may see on ballots in Boone County, depending on where a person lives. Residents who want to check their voter registration, polling location or to see a sample ballot can visit the Boone County Clerk website to search for their respective voter record. The Boone County Clerk's Office already had mailed physical sample ballots to residents. All of Boone County will be asked if they want to exempt senior citizens from increases in the property tax liability to all taxing authorities. The county already approved an exemption solely for Boone County property tax in April 2024, but other taxing entities include school districts, municipalities like Columbia, Boone County Common Road District, Daniel Boone Regional Library and the state. Columbia Ward 2 residents will have have a choice to make for representation on the Columbia City Council. They will have to decide between Pickleman's Gourmet Cafe executive Ken Rice and librarian and community organizer Vera Elwood. Whoever is selected will serve the remaining two-year term on the council after the resignation of Lisa Meyer due to health reasons. More: Who's funding the Columbia Ward 2 special election candidates? A proposition for residents within the Harrisburg R-8 School district could see an increase in its property tax levy, from $4.0783 to $4.5783 per $100 assessed valuation. If approved, this is a full elimination of the Proposition C Sales Tax Rollback in its operating levy. A letter to families by Harrisburg Superintendent Steve Combs notes this will mean an average 7% increase in the property tax bill. He also provided an example. For a person in a house bought at $200,000, it's assessed value is $38,000. Multiplying by the proposed 50-cent increase results in $190,000. Because the tax levy increase is per $100, that is a $190 increase, divided across twelve months is an additional $15.83 per month. "Missouri ranks 47th in the nation in funding for its public schools. Our local tax revenue is a significant portion of our income and the only option we have for increasing our revenue. We are asking the patrons of the Harrisburg School district to increase the operating tax levy, which will enable our district to continue to provide resources to our students, the leaders of tomorrow," Combs wrote in the letter. This article originally appeared on Columbia Daily Tribune: Boone County August 5 election: What's on the ballot Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Business
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Boone County homes for sale were listed at higher prices in June
The median home in Boone County listed for $442,500 in June, up 1.7% from the previous month's $435,000, an analysis of data from shows. Compared to June 2024, the median home list price increased 2.9% from $439,900. The statistics in this article only pertain to houses listed for sale in Boone County, not houses that were sold. Information on your local housing market, along with other useful community data, is available at Boone County's median home was 2,181 square feet, listed at $202 per square foot. The price per square foot of homes for sale is up 3.3% from June 2024. Listings in Boone County moved briskly, at a median 43 days listed compared to the June national median of 53 days on the market. In the previous month, homes had a median of 39 days on the market. Around 256 homes were newly listed on the market in June, an 8.5% increase from 236 new listings in June 2024. The median home prices issued by may exclude many, or even most, of a market's homes. The price and volume represent only single-family homes, condominiums or townhomes. They include existing homes, but exclude most new construction as well as pending and contingent sales. Across the Columbia metro area, median home prices rose to $429,675, slightly higher than a month earlier. The median home had 2,186 square feet, at a list price of $199 per square foot. In Missouri, median home prices were $310,995, a slight increase from May. The median Missouri home listed for sale had 1,761 square feet, with a price of $172 per square foot. Throughout the United States, the median home price was $440,950, a slight increase from the month prior. The median American home for sale was listed at 1,852 square feet, with a price of $233 per square foot. The median home list price used in this report represents the midway point of all the houses or units listed over the given period of time. Experts say the median offers a more accurate view of what's happening in a market than the average list price, which would mean taking the sum of all listing prices then dividing by the number of homes sold. The average can be skewed by one particularly low or high price. The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data from Please leave any feedback or corrections for this story here. This story was written by Ozge Terzioglu. Our News Automation and AI team would like to hear from you. Take this survey and share your thoughts with us. This article originally appeared on Columbia Daily Tribune: Boone County homes for sale were listed at higher prices in June 2025 Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
03-07-2025
- Politics
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Boone County Clerk Lisa Bruder attends D.C. election conference
Boone County Clerk Lisa Bruder recently visited Washington D.C. at the invitation of Secretary of State Diego Morales for a national conference on election integrity. Bruder was among 11 Hoosier county clerks to attend the conference sponsored by Election Assistance Commission and VSTOP, Voting System Technical Oversight Program. Clerks from all over the nation shared best practices for election system testing and management to ensure reliability, transparency, and integrity of elections and election system testing, according to conference literature. Morales paid for the Hoosier clerk's trips and said the conference focused on election integrity, safeguarding elections, and building stronger partnerships with the Donald J. Trump administration. Bruder said discussion also focused on engaging local voters, increasing voter turnout, and election accessibility locally, among other topics. 'I feel like I've come away with a better understanding of the tools and resources available to counties, and I had a great time getting to know the other clerks,' Bruder said. Discussions included the use of technology, such as electronic voting machines, during elections. Boone County has for years used electronic voting machines and ballots, but a contingent of conservative voters lobbied unsuccessfully to have the county return to paper ballots for the 2024 presidential election. One of their concerns was possible voter fraud. The Boone County Election Board refused the request for paper ballots. And Bruder, in an abundance of caution, asked VSTOP to audit the county's 2024 primary election for accuracy and transparency. VSTOP scrutinized contested races and found the primary to be 99.9% accurate, the highest score possible without testing every category, Bruder said. Bruder said she is committed to transparency and continuous improvement.
Yahoo
02-07-2025
- Yahoo
Coroner identifies men killed in Boone County plane crash
Boone County Coroner's Office Rebecca A. Wigget has identified two men killed in a June 28 plane crash near Capron. They were Scott M. Wentz, 60, of Grayslake and Kenneth C. Serzynski, 74, of Beach Park, according to a news release. They had been travelling in a Vans RV-10 aircraft, a four-seat, single-engine plane, according to published reports. It apparently crashed in a farm field. An autopsy conducted June 30 showed the men died as result of injuries suffered in the crash. The deaths remain under investigation by the Boone County Coroner's Office, Boone County Sheriff's Department and the Federal Aviation Administration. Jeff Kolkey writes about government, economic development and other issues for the Rockford Register Star. He can be reached via email at jkolkey@ and on X @jeffkolkey. This article originally appeared on Rockford Register Star: Coroner identifies men killed in Boone County plane crash
CBS News
29-06-2025
- CBS News
2 killed in small plane crash in Capron, Illinois
Two people were killed in a small plane crash Saturday afternoon in Boone County in northern Illinois. Boone County Sheriff Scott Yunk said, around 3:20 p.m., deputies responded to a report of a plane crash in a corn field near Capron and Blaine roads in Capron, Illinois, about 90 miles northwest of Chicago, near the Wisconsin state line. When the first deputies arrived on scene, a farmer helped them locate the plane. Both people inside the plane were killed in the crash, but they have not yet been identified. Yunk said it remains unclear where the plane took off, or where it was headed. The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed it is investigating the crash, which involved a Vans RV-10 single-engine propeller plane. The plane is registered in Grayslake, Illinois, about 45 miles east of Capron, according to Federal Aviation Administration records.
