Adair County Health Department

10/30/2025

Follow these trick-or-treating safety tips when you head out to collect those goodies.

10/29/2025

Keep on shopping, Missouri WIC! Missouri WIC participants can continue to redeem WIC benefits in November! Missouri WIC families should continue to attend appointments and shop with their WIC cards.

“One of the ways the department provides oversight of the WIC program is by evaluating the types of foods and services delivered in the program. Prior to the shutdown, the department made changes to some of the items available as a cost-saving measure. Rising food prices and the increased fruit and vegetable cash value benefit have caused WIC’s food costs to outpace our federal appropriation increases,” said Sarah Willson, director of DHSS. “However, these cost-saving measures, implemented at the beginning of October, have been valuable in extending the benefits to WIC families longer.”

10/29/2025

Keep on shopping, Missouri WIC!
Missouri WIC participants can continue to redeem WIC benefits in November! Missouri WIC families should continue to attend appointments and shop with their WIC cards.

10/29/2025

Gratitude is good for our health! This November, we’re celebrating National Gratitude Month with daily prompts to help us focus on kindness, thankfulness, and community.

Stay tuned, our first gratitude prompt starts November 1!

10/29/2025

There are 116 WIC local agencies. To find the one closest to you, visit https://health.mo.gov/living/families/wic/families/findalocation/.

10/28/2025

👀 Curious about the latest drug and alcohol trends impacting our communities? Join us for an eye-opening Tall Cop presentation on Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at Truman State University Student Union, Student Activities Room.
🕔 Community Resources: 5–6 PM
🎤 Presentation: 6–7:30 PM
This event is free and open to the public. Whether you’re a parent, student, or community member, you’ll walk away with practical knowledge to help keep our community safe and informed.
👉 Reserve your spot here: https://forms.gle/R9HFHWK3SuxZk5Ek6

10/28/2025

Thank you to the City of Kirksville for acknowledging this very special week with a proclamation! The Red Ribbon Campaign is in full swing for our Northeast Missouri Drug-Free Communities program, and we are loving promoting a drug-free lifestyle for our youth and community. Learn more about Red Ribbon Week at https://www.redribbon.org/

Kirksville Mayor Zac Burden has issued a proclamation recognizing Red Ribbon Week from October 23 to October 31, 2025.

Red Ribbon Week offers citizens the opportunity to demonstrate their commitment to drug-free lifestyles. Businesses, government, law enforcement, media, health care providers, religious institutions, schools, and other community-based organizations will demonstrate their commitment to drug-free lifestyles by wearing red ribbons and participating in drug prevention activities.

Visible, unified efforts by community members can help prevent drug abuse.

The Adair County Health Department is hosting several events in conjunction, so visit its page at Facebook.com/adaircohealthdept to learn more. And visit Adair.lphamo.org to learn more about programs and resources available locally.

Pictured: Mayor Zac Burden and April Dobrinske, Drug-Free Communities Program Director with the Adair County Health Department.

10/25/2025

📣 Happening TODAY at the Kirksville Kiwanis Farmers' Market in downtown Kirksville!
⏰ 7am-12pm, come drop off your unused or expired medications at our booth and receive FREE resources such as Narcan, Deterra RX Disposal bags, medication lock bags, and MORE.
🌍Help us keep our community, and environment, safe by disposing responsibly.

Find more information about safe medication disposal at https://www.dea.gov/takebackday

10/24/2025

💊🚮 Prescription Drug Take Back Day is coming up!
📅 TOMORROW Saturday, October 25 I 7am-12pm
📍 Kiwanis Farmers Market – Downtown Kirksville

Bring your unused or expired medications for safe and easy disposal. Help keep our community and environment safe! 🌎✨

FREE resources available including Narcan, Deterra RX Disposal bags, medication lock bags, and MORE!

We will accept:
Pills
Capsules
Prescription Medications
Over-the-Counter Medications

We cannot accept:
Needles
Hydrogen Peroxide
Infectious Waste
Thermometers
Aerosol Cans

10/24/2025

Missouri WIC families should continue to attend appointments and shop with their WIC cards until further notice.

Missouri WIC is still working with USDA to determine the status of November WIC benefits.

10/24/2025

10/24/2025

Do you know how to safely freeze and thaw your breastmilk? Luckily, the USDA has a great article explaining just that! https://wicbreastfeeding.fns.usda.gov/storing-and-thawing-breast-milk