A Chillicothe resident was injured when an All-Terrain vehicle went off a road southeast of Gallatin. The Highway Patrol said 21 year old Tyler Trammell of Chillicothe received minor injuries, and was taken to Cameron Regional Medical Center for treatment.

A summer food drive has been announced in Mercer County to fill "bare emergency food shelves". The Mercer County Food Pantry says that "Festive" boxes will be available at local merchants. Those making contributions also can do so through their church or drop off items between 9:00 and 12 noon at the Princeton United Methodist Church.

Nominations for people to serve on County Committees to advise the Farm Service Agency will be accepted beginning today (Friday, June 15th). Nomination forms must be postmarked or received by local USDA Service Centers by the close of business on Wednesday, August 1st.

The 10th annual Puppetfest Midwest will be held in Trenton on July 10th through the 15th, featuring five shows and a puppet exhibit open to the public. There also will be workshops for the puppeteers.

Kicking off the annual Gooseberry Festival in Trenton later this month will be the Iowa-Missouri Sanctioned Truck and Tractor Pull. The event is scheduled at 7 o'clock the night of Friday, June 15th at the Fairgrounds in Trenton.

Republican candidate for Governor, Dave Spence, campaigned in the local area on Monday—noting Grundy was the 102nd county he has visited so far out of 114 in the state.

The Highway Patrol reports a Kirksville boy was fatally injured in an all terrain vehicle accident early Sunday evening in rural Adair County. The operator of the A-T-V was subsequently arrested on suspicion of DWI.

Attendance at the Trenton Family Aquatic Center during the first five days of this season is 1,042. That is up more than 400 (410) over 2011 and by 48 compared in 2010 during the first five days of the season.

A man from Unionville was injured late Wednesday morning when an all-terrain vehicle he was operating overturned north of Unionville. Forty-one year old Derrek Gilworth was flown by medical helicopter to University Hospital in Columbia, with injuries described as SERIOUS by the Highway Patrol.

Conditions were sunny, warm and windy when the Five Points flagpole dedication was held late Monday morning in downtown Trenton. Toward the end of the thirty minute ceremony was the raising of a large U-S flag to the top of the pole.

Today (Friday) is “Set-Up” today for the farm equipment and machinery show this weekend in Trenton. It is known as the Bud Cox Memorial Farm Equipment Show involving antique and classic tractors and other machinery.

Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports a 45 year old Chillicothe man, David Newsom, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges accusing him with two counts of manufacturing methamphetamine.

As part of the Gooseberry Festival this weekend in Trenton, the Grundy County Museum will serve "Gooseberry" ice cream on Sunday afternoon at the museum.

A GALLATIN, MISSOURI RESIDENT, BRICE GARNETT, HAS QUALIFIED FOR A PROFESSIONAL GOLF MAJOR EVENT. THE 28 YEAR OLD GARNETT WON A QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT ON MONDAY JUNE 4TH.

More entries are needed for Saturday's Five Points Chili Cook-off for charity in Trenton. The event, featuring the on-site cooking of chili and salsa, will be held around the Five Points flag pole location in downtown Trenton. It is a fund raiser for the Trenton Downtown Improvement Association and North Central Missouri Children's Advocacy Center.

An Independence company will be laying underground fiber optics cable in southern Trenton for the next several days. It is part of work that covers a large area of northwest and north central Missouri.

A Wheeling resident, 33 year old William Knouse, has been accused in Livingston County with manufacturing or attempting to manufacture methamphetamine and three counts of first degree child endangerment.

The Elizabeth and Arthur Barton Farm Campus at Trenton has received a monetary gift, in the first disbursement from the estate of the late Doctor James and Joanna Whitley of Columbia. That first disbursement is nearly $458,000 to support the construction of the farm campus.

The Missouri Department of Conservation will hold an informational open house on CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE at Macon County High School in New Cambria this Saturday afternoon (June 2nd) from 1 to 4 o'clock.

Governor Jay Nixon is scheduled to be in Cameron on Friday afternoon to sign legislation related to funding for the Missouri Veterans Home.