Sunday 31st August 2025

Governor Mike Parson has announced appointments to various boards and commissions and filled one county office vacancy.
The appointments include one area resident.
According to a news release, Edward Frederick, of Boonville, was appointed to the State Technical College of Missouri Board of Regents.
Frederick is a retired instructor with more than nine years of service with State Technical College of Missouri. He most-recently served as chair of the College’s Heavy Equipment Technology Department. Frederick currently works as an evaluation team leader for Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) and serves on AED’s Technical Training and Standards Task Force. Frederick received a Continuous Career Education Certificate from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and holds an Associate of Applied Science from State Technical College of Missouri. He also studied at the Midwest Technical Institute and the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg.
Other appointments include:
Robert P. Ballsrud, of St. Louis, to the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority; Nate K. Johnson, of St. Louis, to the Bi-State Development Agency of the Missouri-Illinois Metropolitan District; Wayne Johnson, of Sedgewickville, as an Associate Commissioner for Bollinger County; Steve Sellenriek, of Jonesburg, reappointed to the State Technical College of Missouri Board of Regents; and Shanda Trautman, of Springfield, to the State Technical College of Missouri Board of Regents.