Trenton VFW Post 919 has held and continues to hold fundraisers for a building renovation project. Commander Tony Ralston explains what the post is planning with the renovation of the post’s building. Quartermaster Sam Smith says the Trenton VFW would like to have a full-time psychologist to work with veterans. He notes multiple […]
The Gallatin Board of Aldermen April 11th heard an update on a boil advisory issued a couple of weeks ago. Public Works Director Mark Morey reported the advisory was issued after crews could not get water pressure shut down enough to repair a leak on an eight-inch water main. He explained crews had to shut […]
Main Street Trenton will hold Sip and Stroll in Downtown Trenton on April 30th. The event from 5 to 8 o’clock that evening will include Missouri wine tastings, shopping, and snacks at participating locations. Featured entertainment will be The Ghosted performing at the Trenton Elks Lodge after the Sip and Stroll. Check-in will be at […]
Foundation Board Member and Distinguished Alumna Phyllis Jackson of Trenton, MO, and Dr. Amy Patel, Medical Director of The Breast Care Center at Liberty Hospital and Assistant Professor of Radiology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, will give the commencement addresses at North Central Missouri College in Trenton, Missouri, on May 7, […]
A variety of topics came to the Trenton City Council Monday night for a meeting that had to be moved due to lack of electricity at city hall while TMU spent much of Monday replacing a power pole at the parking lot and getting electricity back on. The council, as the Building and Nuisance Board […]
Power will be off at City Hall and Green Hills Regional Planning beginning about 8:30 am and will be off most of the day. The Building Board and City Council meeting scheduled tonight will still be held at the regular times. The outage is required to replace a burned pole in the parking lot. Customers […]
The Trenton City Council will hold a public hearing for the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development Community Facility Director Program for the police and fire departments. The hearing will be at the city council meeting at the Trenton City Hall on March 28th at 7 p.m. It was previously announced the mayor and […]
Five Points Alive will hold a Welcome Back Dinner with a mystery chef to raise money for Downtown Trenton projects. The event will be held at “The Space” in Trenton on April 2nd. The gather and greet time will start at 5:30 pm with the barbecue dinner to begin at 6 pm. Amy Guthrie will […]
Walsworth CEO Don O. Walsworth and President Don Walsworth announced that their family-owned company would be spending the rest of this year celebrating its 85th anniversary. Walsworth, one of the top book, magazine, and catalog printing companies in the U.S., unveiled plans for a series of events commemorating the company’s history, celebrating employees, and looking […]
Two downtown Brookfield buildings were among properties destroyed by fire on Wednesday. Joining Brookfield in fighting the blaze were fire departments from Marceline and Chillicothe. The fire was reported around 7:30 am at 305 North Main Street in Brookfield. A space heater is suspected as the cause of the fire. One of the buildings was […]
Numerous reports of hail in north Missouri were received by the National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill from the storms that rolled through the area on Saturday. Reports of hail in specific areas include: 1-3/4 inch hail in Milan 1-1/2 inch hail three miles north of Cainsville 1-1/4 inch hail in Trenton 1-inch hail in […]
(Missouri Independent) – A beef processing facility 40 miles southeast of downtown Kansas City polluted at least a mile of nearby streams and allowed septic tanks of sewage and entrails to overflow, state regulators found this month. The facility, the former site of a beef operation that neighbors felt threatened a nearby botanical garden, was referred […]
As an expansion of “Arts Alive” promotions, the local organization plans to hold a spring class in decorating cookies. Arts Alive President Dan Maxey explains the group wants it to be known that the arts include more than the typical musical or theatrical presentations, thus, the cookie decorating class to be held on Sunday, March […]
A Trenton businesswoman presented the program during the Thursday meeting of the Trenton Rotary Club. Sena Arnold is a co-owner of Vintage Vines with her sister, Rachel Arnold. They purchased what had been a vacant building at 805 Main Street, renovated it, and opened the business on Halloween, October 31, 2018. Sena Arnold said she and […]
The January 2022 weather summary in Trenton shows below normal temperatures, slightly below normal rain and melted precipitation, but above normal snowfall. Temperatures in January in Trenton were about four degrees below normal on both highs and lows. Highs averaged nearly 32 degrees with the warmest day of the month on January 11th with 58 […]
(Missouri Independent) – A new Congressional map won the approval of a Missouri Senate committee on Tuesday, setting the stage for a debate that promises to be among the most contentious of the 2022 legislative session. After two hours of public testimony, a pair of Democrats joined with seven Republicans Tuesday to advance a map […]
Main Street Trenton President Jackie Soptic has announced that Main Street Trenton Director Megan Taul has taken a new position with Grundy Electric Cooperative in Trenton. According to Mrs. Soptic, Mrs. Taul will continue to work part-time for Main Street Trenton during the transition to the hiring of a new director. The four committees of […]
The weekend process to remove snow downtown included an accident in which a city of Trenton vehicle backed into a van that was trailing the snowplow. No injuries were reported from the accident just before midnight Saturday night on Main street near 11th Street. Police reported the city of Trenton pickup was driven by 57-year-old […]
Milan has been selected in a competitive application process to participate in a cost-sharing Community Empowerment Grant that provides training, mentoring, and technical services to revitalization programs in Missouri’s historic commercial districts. The grant is provided by Missouri Main Street Connection, Inc. MMSC staff will visit with Milan’s community leaders to evaluate existing and future […]
The Trenton Rotary Club held its Christmas party at The Space in Downtown Trenton on December 2nd. A meal was catered by Smoked Iguana BBQ. Special guests included former Rotary Exchange student Stefan Falge, Trenton High School freshman Sophia Currie, who is applying to participate in the Rotary Exchange program, and her mother and former […]
