The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in north Missouri for the week of Feb. 6-12. All road closures and planned roadwork may be viewed on the Traveler Information Map. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in some of the planned work. There […]
Second District State Representative Mazzie Boyd of Hamilton reports a bill she sponsored involving foreign ownership of Missouri farmland was voted out of committee this week. The Missouri House of Representatives also passed a measure involving initiative petition reform. She says the bill she sponsored was combined with four other bills before being voted out […]
The following students have been selected as February students of the month at Trenton Middle School for the character trait “Honesty.” 5th grade: Ava Burchett, daughter of Venissa & Levi Burchett Chance Scholl, son of Stephanie & Roger Ward and William Scholl 6th grade: Landry Shippen, daughter of Catie & Ryan Shippen Marcus White, son […]
Trenton Middle School Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America recently competed in the Region 2 Students Taking Action with Recognition Event Competition. All 16 students who competed in eight groups advanced to the state competition. Those receiving gold include Caleb Ray for his Chapter in Review display and Caleb Shell and Ethan Shell for […]
A crow hunt benefit will be held to raise funds for the Village of Pollock cleanup and sesquicentennial. Registration will be at the Pollock Area Community Center on February 10th from 5 pm to 7:30 pm. The entry fee is $150 for three team members. The crow hunt will be held on February 11th. Harvests […]
Linda Overton presented the program at the Thursday, Feb. 2 meeting of the Trenton Rotary Club, held at the BTC Bank community room. Michael Ormsby presided at the business meeting, Dan Wilford gave the prayer and Martha Groegel was the sergeant at arms and program chairman. Mrs. Overton discussed the Missouri Department of Conservation’s “Wires […]
An all-terrain vehicle crash late Thursday afternoon hospitalized a Macon resident. Forty-two-year-old Christopher Maloney received serious injuries and was flown to University Hospital in Columbia. Maloney was ejected when the four-wheeler struck a ditch and overturned on top of him. The report indicates he was not using any safety equipment The crash occurred on private […]
A child from Cameron was taken to a hospital following a rear-end accident late Thursday afternoon in Clay County. The two-year-old boy received minor injuries and was taken to Liberty Hospital. Two cars were northbound and entered congested traffic on Interstate 35, north of Highway 152 when the car driven by 22-year-old Mackenzie Wyatt of […]
The Grundy County Council on Aging has created a new organization to provide services to seniors and groups in Trenton and Grundy County. Green Hills Volunteers will replace the Retired Senior Volunteer Program but will provide the same services. The Grundy County Council on Aging has sponsored the North 65 Center of Trenton and RSVP. […]
The Trenton High School and Middle School Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America will hold a murder mystery dinner fundraiser. “Pasta, Passion, and Pistols” will be held at the Riverside Country Club in Trenton on March 4th. Dinner will start at 6 pm, and the game will run from 6:30 to 8:30. The meal […]
The operator of a farm tractor was killed and another driver was injured in an accident Wednesday afternoon in rural Macon County. The highway patrol reports that 62-year-old Nels Magnuson of Callao was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of a Freightliner truck, 58-year-old Robert Ives of Nevada, Missouri, received minor injuries and was […]
A resident of Kidder was taken to a hospital following a single-vehicle rollover accident early Wednesday evening in Clay County. The highway patrol listed injuries as moderate for 69-year-old Robert Potts who was taken by Liberty Fire and Rescue to the Liberty Hospital. The northbound SUV traveled off the left side of Interstate 35 and […]
A two-vehicle accident Wednesday afternoon in Stewartsville caused an Osborn resident to be hospitalized. Thirty-two-year-old Travis Evans was seriously injured and taken by EMS to Mosiac Life Care in St. Joseph. Evans was driving southbound on Route K and a Freightliner tractor was going east on Highway 36. Evans allegedly failed to yield and a […]
A single-vehicle accident early Thursday morning near Stewartsville injured an Altamont resident. Forty-nine-year-old Nicholas Austin received minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to Cameron Regional Medical Center. Austin was eastbound when his car traveled off the north side of Highway 36 into the median where it struck a culvert. The car then went across […]
The Trenton Park Board on February 1st approved the city purchasing a lawn mower and advertising a dump truck. The city will be allowed to purchase a mower from the Park Department for $6,000. Park Superintendent David Shockley reported the Park Board previously talked about advertising two mowers on the Purple Wave auction website. He […]
Firearms used for hunting and target shooting need care and maintenance to work properly year after year. The Missouri Department of Conservation will offer a free virtual Firearms Basic Care and Cleaning class from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 8. This class will cover cleaning techniques and safe storage of rifles and shotguns. […]
The Sullivan County Health Department will offer wellness lab draws next week. Walk-ins are welcome at the health department in Milan on February 10th from 8:30 to 10:30 am. Tests to be offered include vitamin D hydroxy for $20 as well as PSA and A1C for $10 each. There is a $10 draw fee. There […]
The Scrappy Quilters Quilt Guild sews, donates to charities, and attends quilting events. The group meets in the basement of the First Baptist Church of Trenton on the first Tuesday of each month. Sewing starts at 9:30 in the morning, and the business meeting begins at 5:30 in the evening. The next meeting will be […]
The Princeton High School Student Council will sponsor a benefit for Elementary School Principal Wes Guilkey, who has been diagnosed with colon cancer. Games for Guilkey will be held before and during the Princeton basketball games against Albany on February 7th. A soup supper and silent auction will start that evening at 5:15. Attendees can […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Lamoni, Iowa woman sustained moderate injuries when the minivan she drove overturned in Harrison County on Wednesday morning, February 1st. An ambulance took 30-year-old Kayla Drumheller to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany. The minivan traveled north on Interstate 35 before it went off the west side of the road […]
