Fire Saturday afternoon destroyed a small farm tractor parked in a field at 1909 Moberly Street in Trenton. Trenton Fire Department Lieutenant Jeremy Summers said the tractor previously had been operated, had issues, and was to be serviced. However, the specific cause of the fire was unknown. The owner of the tractor was listed as […]
The Highway Patrol reports a McFall man sustained serious injuries after being ejected from his pickup truck four miles west of Bethany early Saturday morning. Twenty-four-year-old Justin Flint traveled west on U. S. 136 when his vehicle went off the north side of the road. Flint overcorrected, causing the truck to cross the center line, […]
Miss Mercer and Miss Junior Mercer were crowned during Mercer Homecoming Thursday night. Crowned Miss Mercer was Brandy Cormeny and Makenzie Hagan received the honor of Miss Junior Mercer. Cormeny is a high school senior and the daughter of Richard and the late Teresa Cormeny. Hagan is a fifth-grade student and the daughter of Lathe […]
The Grundy County Commission will meet at the courthouse in Trenton next week. The commission will meet Tuesday from 8:30 in the morning to 4:30 in the afternoon with an agenda that includes Ambulance Director Steve Tracy at 10 o’clock as well as Mike Counsel with Share Radio at 11 o’clock. It also includes Jeremy […]
The Children’s Department of the Livingston County Library in Chillicothe will hold “Glow in the Dark Fun” later this month. The event for children ages 4 through 7 will be the afternoon of September 14th from 4 to 5 o’clock. Children can make glow in the dark items, including floam, sidewalk chalk, and bubbles. Registration […]
The United States Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District has partnered with the Missouri Departments of Natural Resources and Conservation to examine issues impacting the Lower Grand River Watershed. The effort of the agencies and the public will result in a feasibility report with integrated National Environmental Policy Act compliance and potentially lead to […]
General Terry Whitnell (retired), a local Vietnam veteran, recently donated an authenticated 17×25” official lithograph print of the image for the Atlanta chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen. Whitnell, who co-chaired the 1995 convention of the Tuskegee Airmen with the mayor of Atlanta, also provided a copy of the book “The Tuskegee Airmen, The Men Who […]
A week long jury trial held at the Grundy County Courthouse came to a quick conclusion this morning with the announcement that a settlement had been reached in a lawsuit initially filed in another county three years ago. The plaintiff was Burdg Dunham and Associates Construction Company of Hamilton and the defendant was listed as […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the North Missouri region planned for the week of Sept. 4 – 10 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs and other road work […]
“Making the best better” for generations of Missouri 4-H club members, 46 volunteers joined the Missouri 4-H Hall of Fame on Aug. 19 at State Fair Community College in Sedalia. Inductees from 37 counties established a legacy totaling 1,085 years of volunteer service to Missouri 4-H, said Rachel Augustine, Missouri 4-H Foundation director. More than […]
North Central Missouri College Foundation sponsors a golf tournament today at the Riverside Country Club in Trenton. There are two tee times for the participants. The college reports that a few of the students are expected to be there to talk how college scholarships are benefiting them. Trenton high school alumni reunion gets underway tonight […]
The 78th Annual Putnam County Fair will be held in Unionville starting Saturday. A 4-H and FFA horse show, as well as an open horse show, will be held September 2nd. September 5th, there will be a 4-H cat show as well as a dog show, a performance by the Putnam County R-1 band, a […]
The Northwest Missouri State Fair continues in Bethany today with exhibitors meeting at 10:45 this morning. A pee wee goat show starts at 11 o’clock with a goat show immediately following. Rabbit sign in and health check start at 2 o’clock this afternoon with rabbits showmanship at 5 o’clock and a pee wee rabbit show […]
The Mercer Homecoming in the city of Mercer continues with multiple activities today. A craft and horticulture show at the Community Building runs from 9 until 11 o’clock this morning. A quilt show at the Methodist Church goes from 3:30 this afternoon until 7 o’clock tonight. A petting zoo will be held at the Baptist […]
The annual Caldwell County Foundation Cancer Assistance Fund dinner and auction will be held September 17th. The event will be held at the Penney High School Commons in Hamilton. Dinner will be served from 11 o’clock that morning to 2 o’clock that afternoon and the meal will feature pork loins and the cost is a […]
A Springfield, Missouri man reportedly refused to cooperate or identify himself during an early morning traffic stop in Chillicothe August 25th. Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox says a deputy believed the passenger in the stopped vehicle had a capias warrant from Polk County for allegedly failing to appear in court on a driving while revoked […]
The Grundy County Museum in Trenton will be open this weekend Saturday through Monday due to Labor Day. The museum will be open each afternoon from 2 to 5 o’clock and Museum President Phil Schlarb says this season’s featured exhibit is Grundy County Collections, which includes collections from citizens in the county. He notes the […]
Trenton High School senior football lineman Mason Owen spoke during the Trenton Rotary Club meeting Thursday. Owen is one of 90 high school athletes chosen from across the country to play in the Blue-Gray All-Star High School Football Game in Dallas, Texas December 18th. The game will be played in the A T&T Stadium where […]
Grundy R-5 Elementary School in Humphreys will celebrate Grandparents Day. Each classroom will hold a special activity and provide a snack to share with grandparents the afternoon of September 8 at 2 o’clock. Grandparents may leave school with their grandchildren that day, but all students must be signed out and accounted for. A parent must […]
The Livingston County Health Center in Chillicothe will hold free meditation classes beginning in September. Certified yoga and meditation instructor Kasey Peyton will lead the 30-minute classes, which will be held at the health center Wednesdays at noon from September 13th through October 18th. The six-week class will introduce students to a different type of […]
