Local News – Tuesday, October 12th, 2021

The Salem Police Department has released their report for the month of September. They served 13 summons to appear in court, gave out 59 warning tickets and nine traffic tickets, plus they served nine fugitive warrants. The department investigated 14 traffic accidents, had 11 ambulance assists, made 80 traffic stops, wrote two property damage reports, five stealing reports and two resisting or interfering with an arrest. The department investigated four driving while having a license being revoked or suspended, investigated two assaults, had one death investigation, investigated four charges for possession of a controlled substance, three possessions of drug paraphernalia, plus they investigated one trespassing report, and one violation of a full order of protection. The department also investigated four intoxicated pedestrians and responded to eight assaults or fights, responded to 43 animal calls, conducted 28 follow up investigations, and investigated four reports of a prowler. The police department also performed 16 well-being checks, investigated one sexual offense, and four suspicious vehicles and 12 suspicious subjects, and had a report of a runaway juvenile. The department drove 7,911 miles during the month and served 4 hours as court bailiff. The department had 621 calls for service during September and had 26 walk-ins to the station. There were 16 males and 10 females arrested during the month of September.

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is now accepting applications through October 15th for the Missouri Outdoor Recreational Access Program (MRAP). The program provides participating landowners with annual incentive payments of $15 to $25 per enrolled acre and financial assistance to improve wildlife habitat on their properties for public walk-in hunting, fishing, or wildlife viewing. The standard landowner commitment period is three years, with annual renewal opportunities. This funding, which is provided by a USDA grant, allows for the additional enrollment of approximately 10,000 acres into MRAP this year. The recreation allowed on each property varies according to the public access option selected by the participating landowner. MRAP access types include all access hunting and fishing, small game and turkey hunting, youth only hunting and fishing, archery hunting, fishing only, or wildlife viewing. Most MRAP access types are open to the public year-round, however, archery hunting and small game and turkey properties are open only during relevant legal seasons. Offered lands must meet minimum eligibility requirements such as being at least 40 contiguous acres or at least a one-acre pond for fishing access. Wildlife viewing properties must be at least five contiguous acres and be located within highly populated counties. Eligible lands must be comprised of at least 20% quality wildlife habitat such as native grass fields, crop field buffers, restored wetlands, or managed woodlands. Public use is limited to foot traffic only. Properties must be open one hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset. Equipment and gear are carry-in-carry-out daily. Participating landowners are offered liability protection through Missouri’s Recreational Use Immunity Law. Learn more about MRAP and apply to the program at mdc.mo.gov. To apply, complete the MRAP Application. Completed applications can be e-mailed to Rachel.Williams@mdc.mo.gov by October 15th. Missouri has approximately 13,700 acres enrolled in the MRAP program across 55 properties. Find enrolled MRAP properties and offerings online at mdc.mo.gov.

New in fall 2021, University of Missouri Extension is launching a workshop series on Whole System Management of Beef Cattle Reproduction. The objective is to aid Missouri producers in improving the reproductive management of their cow-calf herds through a systems-based approach. There will be a whole system management workshop at Wurdack Farm in Cook Station on Tuesday October 26th. Workshops will include presentations as well group discussions, scenario troubleshooting, and a tour and overview of the reproductive management system at a University of Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station Research Center. Participants will leave with a new perspective about reproductive management of cow-calf herds, viewing common causes of variability in reproductive performance now as leverage points for future improvement. For more information you can email Rachel Hopkins at hopkinsrm@umsystem.edu.

The City of Salem Curbside Yard Waste Pickup is being RESCHEDULED to the week of October 18th. The City of Salem Streets Crew will be performing crack sealing on multiple city streets the first two weeks of October and will not be able to pick up yard waste during that time. Please be courteous while city crews are repairing and maintaining your streets. Again, please DO NOT set out yard waste until the weekend of October 16th.