A Kirksville man was hurt when the sports utility vehicle he was driving went off a road hitting a sign and a tree Southwest of Kirksville. Fifty-five-year-old Thomas Ireland was taken to Northeast Regional Medical Center with moderate injuries. The accident happened Friday afternoon nearly five miles southwest of Kirksville on Route N. The patrol reports […]
Trenton Middle School has selected students of the month for the character trait sense of humor. Students of the month are fifth graders Matty Schultz and Hunter Smith, sixth-grade students Katelyn Clark and Derrick Brown, seventh graders Ivy Foster and Anthony Sanchez, with eighth-grade students including Kierston Webb and Riley Walker.
The North Central Missouri College Foundation is honored to announce the naming of a new endowed scholarship. The Mundell Memorial Thank a Farmer Agricultural Scholarship has been established by Brenda (Mundell) Harmon in memory of her late parents, Junius and Lou Mundell, lifelong residents and farmers in Linn County, Missouri. This scholarship will be awarded […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in North Missouri planned for the week of April 9 – 15 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, shoulder work, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs, litter pick up and […]
The Missouri Department of Conservation reports 33 new cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) have been found following the testing of 24,486 free-ranging Missouri deer through its 2017-2018 sampling and testing efforts. The new cases were from the following counties: Adair (3), Cedar (1), Franklin (4), Jefferson (1), Linn (7), Macon (3), Perry (1), Polk (3), […]
FFA members from across the state will meet in Columbia, April 19-20, at the 90th Missouri FFA Convention to honor fellow members for outstanding achievements, conduct association business, elect new officers and participate in leadership workshops. RISE is the theme for this year’s annual convention, which is expected to attract more than 8,000 students and guests […]
A Linn County teenager has pleaded guilty to making a terrorist threat against the Meadville School. The charge is a misdemeanor. Seventeen-year-old Keith Donald Herring of rural Linneus Thursday in the Associate Division of Linn County Circuit Court. Online court information shows, a plea agreement was accepted which led to the suspension of the imposition […]
A planned shoulder improvement project in Linn County is now scheduled to begin April 16. Contractor crews from Capital Paving and Construction, LLC, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, will improve the shoulders, replace guardrail, and repave the shoulders of the ramps at the Route 5/Route U interchange near Marceline. The shoulder and guardrail […]
Weather is once again pushing the start date for resurfacing projects on Route J in Carroll County and Route H in Livingston County. Contractors from Herzog Contracting Corp. of St. Joseph, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, hope to begin resurfacing the two roadways on April 11, but the current forecast for next week […]
Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft has chosen former Livingston County Library director Robin Westphal to be Missouri’s State Librarian, beginning Monday, April 9. The State Library is a division of the Missouri Secretary of State’s office. “We are excited to bring Robin back to Missouri to help lead the State Library,” Ashcroft said. “She brings […]
The Livingston County Sheriff is informing area residents of a new scam taking place. A citizen who had applied for an online job was told the position was work-at-home and a company representative informed the person that they needed to pay over $1,100 for the computer and software to perform the work. When the resident […]
Two Braymer residents were injured when, according to the highway patrol, the trucks they were driving collided near a hillcrest Thursday afternoon. The accident location on Catawba Road is five miles to the northwest of Braymer. The highway patrol described injuries as serious for 39-year-old Christopher Waters and moderate for 40-year-old Kevin Leakey. The report […]
The bell for the April 17 tax return deadline tolls for thee. But don’t panic, says University of Missouri Extension personal financial planning specialist Andrew Zumwalt. Income tax extensions are easy to file and give filers some breathing room. You can get an automatic six-month extension of time to file from the Internal Revenue Service. To […]
At its April 5 meeting, the Missouri Conservation Commission approved recommendations from the Missouri Department of Conservation for the upcoming 2018 migratory-game-bird-hunting seasons and 2018-2019 waterfowl-hunting seasons. 2018 MIGRATORY GAME BIRD HUNTING Mourning Doves, Eurasian Collared Doves, and White-Winged Doves Season: Sept. 1 through Nov. 29 Limits: 15 daily and 45 in possession combined total […]
Janelle Popish from Chillicothe, a sophomore at North Central Missouri College, has been chosen as this year’s Academic Excellence Award Winner. Popish’s name will be engraved on a plaque on permanent display on the first floor of Geyer Hall on the NCMC campus. Janelle will graduate from NCMC in May with an Associate in Arts […]
The Grundy County R-5 Board of Education will certify the April 3rd election results at a meeting next week. There will also be the administration of the oath of office for new members and reorganization at the meeting at the high school in Galt Wednesday evening at 5:30. The agenda also includes reviewing bank signatures, […]
The Trenton R-9 Board of Education will reorganize next week. The oath of office will be administered to incoming members, and members will be nominated for positions at a meeting at the school district office Tuesday evening at 5:30. The agenda also includes high school gym roof damage, grant requests, the at-risk report, the Missouri […]
The Pleasant View R-6 Board of Education will administer the oath of office and hold an election of officers next week. Both will take place at the meeting in the school library Tuesday night at 7 o’clock. Other items on the agenda include certified and non-certified salary schedules, school improvement, and Missouri School Boards Association […]
The Riverside Country Club of Trenton will host a free event featuring women-owned and women-focused businesses. A variety of vendors will offer products and services aimed to provide enjoyment, education, and entertainment for women of all ages during Women on the Rise. Vendors are still being accepted, but space is limited. The event will be […]
The Chillicothe Police Department reports a missing juvenile has been found. A communications officer with the police department says 14-year-old Jazper Fritz was located at the school Thursday morning after being reported as missing Wednesday night. Fritz was last seen getting into a silver or white four-door car with a Missouri license plate in the […]
