August 28, 2026
Higginsville Advance
Highway 13 Butterfly Trail
MU Extension Field Specialist Missouri Highway 13 extends nearly the full length of the state, running from Bethany near the Iowa border to Branson at the Arkansas state line.
WCE scholarship winners
West Central Electric Cooperative has announced the 21 area high school seniors who have been named recipients of a West Central Electric Cooperative Scholarship.
City of Higginsville Board of Aldermen
The Board of Aldermen met on April 20th. The following is the City Administrator’s board meeting update. Full copies are available at City Hall.
Winners of the Cooperation Award at Grandview Elementary this week
Winners of the Cooperation Award at Grandview Elementary this week
Ver Dught Speaks at Mediators’ Conference
ElGene Ver Dught, a well known mediator with offices in Higginsville and Independence, was one of the featured speakers at Community Mediation Center (CMC), located on Pacific St., Independence, MO on April 6, 2026 where the CMC mediation group hosted the 1st weekly mediators group conference of 2026.
Husker GolF Report
Golf was in action last week at Richmond and at the Husker Invitational. At Richmond the team took 5th out of 8th place behind richmond, Richmond JV, Lexington and Orrick, with individual scores looking like this: Brady Looney (SR) +22, Mathias Johnson (SO) +23, Gracie Arndt (JR), +33, Kasyn Otero (SO) +34, Katelynn Davis (JR) +30.
Track and Field Runs at Richmond and Lexington
The Husker Invitational Track Meet was held recently with another large field in attendance to compete for the hardware. The Husker girls and boys results were - (Top Three Placers) GIRLS
Huskers Face Off Against Conference Foes in Baseball
Three games were played by LCC-1 last week, the first being against Lexington. The Minutemen were looking to snap a twelve game losing streak to the Baseball Huskers at Fairground Park on 4-21-26. Lexington had not defeated Higginsville since districts in May of 2019. In those twelve games, seven were by the spread rule (wins of ten runs or more).
Tennis Team Keeps Rolling Rlong
The Husker Netmen hosted Knob Noster on 4-20-26. The Panthers were short two players so only two doubles matches and four singles took place. Colby Dickmeier and Alex Dyer took care of business at #1 dubs winning 8-1, while Cy Fitzgerel and Joel Cook won at love also, at number two doubles. In singles Dickmeier won 8-0 over Troy Garro, Matteo Guillen won 8-1 at number two, while Dyer and Rhett Bums won 8-0 at the 3 and 4 singles spots. Interestingly the MSHSAA website roster section shows that all players from Knob Noster are freshmen.
Higginsville Parks and Recreation Update
Things have really been hopping at the park, youth soccer has been in full bloom, with well over 200 kids participating in our prek-9th grade divsions. Over 23 different teams! Let’s all thank the refs, the field supervisors, the volunteer coaches, the grounds crew, and so many more that support this and other youth sports programs to make this happen. For a town our size, we have one of the largest youth sports programs around, not just in soccer, also in youth T-ball, Coach Pitch 8U baseball and Softball, and Little League. Please drive by the park on game night and see all the kids and families at the respective fields.