In a report from the Associated Press.

DES MOINES, IOWA (AP) -- Gov. Terry Branstad and MidAmerican Energy are announcing plans to spend $1.9 billion to install 656 wind turbines in Iowa by the end of 2015.

A representative of KCP&L spoke with John Anthony about the power outages effecting residents in North Missouri this morning.

Power should be restored some time today.

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Governor Jay Nixon today declared a state of emergency in Missouri in response to severe winter weather that began early this morning, bringing hazardous travel and the possibility of power outages.

The city of Mercer says water customers at Mercer will be WITHOUT service while a water main leak is located and repaired. There also will be a precautionary boil advisory at Mercer UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE for drinking and cooking water. The North Mercer School District dismissed classes at 1:15 on Wednesday afternoon because of the water outage.

The Gilman City community has been placed under a precautionary boil water advisory until further notice. The city clerk's office said the advisory was issued on Tuesday due to a broken water main in Gilman City.

David M. Ketchmark, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced this (Thursday) morning that a rural Trenton man has been charged in federal court for the robbery of a Jamesport bank earlier this month.

The 20th annual dinner-auction and golf tournament for Farmers’ Electric’s Area Youth Benefit Fund (AYBF) raised just under $40,000 this year.

An Endangered Person Advisory remains in effect for a 50 year old rural Lathrop woman who has been missing since early Friday morning from her residence near the Caldwell and Clinton County line.

LANSING, Kan. - Three inmates walked away from a minimum security section of the Lansing Correctional Facility Friday morning.

The KTTN and KGOZ Streaming service that is used has been moved to a new data center. This means, new (IP addresses) have been assigned to our machines at the data center.

This may take a few days to filter out over the internet and return our servers to being back "On Air."

It appears a Chillicothe man — Mark Woodworth - has won his appeal on a Livingston county murder case dating back to the 1990’s. Woodworth, convicted of murder, assault, burglary and armed criminal action for the killing of his neighbor Katherine Robertson and the serious assault of her husband Lyndel— sought relief from the Supreme Court of Missouri.

While details have yet to be released, it is confirmed that a Trenton icon has passed.

Arrangements for 66-year old Leonard Lame are pending.

The Jamesport Tri-County School District has announced that they will be dismissing classes early on Thursday afternoon because of the hot temperatures.

Authorities are investigating a bank robbery that occurred this (Wednesday) afternoon at Jamesport. The incident happened about 2 o'clock at the Home Exchange Bank.

Unincorporated areas of Grundy county have been added to the announcement by the communities of Spickard AND GALT that are publicly announcing a burn BAN, effective immediately.

An innovation new to the PAR Broadcast Group and KTTN is video streaming--the ability to cover a community or sports event in person, record, and upload to our station's web site.