The Jamesport Tri-County R-7 School District Board of Education will hold a special meeting Thursday evening. The meeting will be held in the superintendent’s office at 6 o’clock. The agenda includes health insurance and ancillary benefits, summer projects, purchase service contracts, approval of remaining bills for the fiscal year, transfer of funds, and approval of […]
The Ketcham Community Center in Trenton will hold a Grand Reopening July 5 with new fitness equipment arriving on July 3. Director Nathan Gamet says the new equipment includes three new treadmills, ellipticals, a climb mill, an upright cycle, a recumbent cycle, and a rowing machine. Gamet notes About 15 new pieces will be available […]
Sunnyview Nursing Home and Apartments Administrator Donita Youtsey says updates for the nursing home’s boiler is a work in progress. She explains that there will be an energy efficiency evaluation of the building in hopes that something more efficient can be put into the nursing home for the residents. Currently, either the boiler or air […]
The Brunswick Community Choir, as well as a Live Bald Eagles Program, will be featured at the next First Fridays at the Refuge at Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge south of Sumner. Activities the night of July 7th will run from 5 o’clock to 8:30. The Brunswick Community Choir will perform patriotic songs at the […]
Mercer County Extension will host a class on Fescue Toxicosis next month. Understanding Kentucky-31 Tall Fescue Toxicosis will be held at the Mercer County Extension Office in Princeton the night of July 10th at 7 o’clock. Topics to be covered include what causes it, impacts on livestock, strategies to reduce the effects on animal performance, […]
A vehicle which was fully engulfed by fire as firefighters arrived is a total loss on Monday. Derek Hert with the Trenton Fire Department reports Grundy County Rural Fire Protection District responded to the fire on Northeast 18th Avenue. No buildings were in danger, and no one was injured due to the fire.
Trenton citizens have received notice about the death Sunday of longtime football coach, Dewey Combs of Joplin who was 87 years old. Coach Combs won 213 games and four state championships during his 29-year career. This included eight years at THS. While at Trenton, the 1966 Bulldogs went 10-0 and was named the Class M […]
Trenton’s Building and Nuisance Board members continue to review properties of concern – advancing several to the next phases in an effort to have each comply with city building codes. During a meeting Monday evening, two new locations were identified by Building Inspector Donnie Vandevender. These are 1323 Tindall and 2110 Mable with the board […]
Officers arrested Lainee E. Kimmis in the 700 block of Webster Street on a Linn County Warrant for possession of a controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana with a $10,000.00 bond. Kimmis was transported to the Police Department where she was processed and released to a Linn County Deputy for extradition. Officers […]
Princeton R-5 Board of Education will hold an end of the fiscal year meeting Thursday at 5:30. The agenda involves action to zero out the activity balances, amend the current budget to reflect actual revenues and expenditures for the year, a projected end of the fiscal year balance as of Friday and approval of the […]
A tractor cruise will be part of the Independence Day activities in Mercer County. Participants in the tractor cruise are to be at Smithfield headquarters, north of Princeton, by 1:30 the afternoon of July. The tractors leave from the Smithfield main office at 2nd Drive and go north to Lineville then return to Smithfield. The […]
A special Board of Education meeting for this area comes up Thursday night at the Laredo R-7 school with the public session beginning at 6 o’clock. The board will be approving amendments to the current school year budget; will zero out the teacher’s fund if needed, and transfer funds to cover expenditures of the building […]
Grundy R-5 board of education meets in special session Thursday evening. The agenda for a 5:30 meeting includes amending the current budget to reflect actual expenditures and revenues; discussion and approval of the new fiscal year budget; as well as furnace bids. The Grundy R-5 Board also may meet in executive session Thursday evening regarding […]
On a split vote of six in favor and one opposed, the Trenton City Council last night approved a motion to establish a curfew at the Trenton Reservoir. It was suggested there be a midnight to 5:30 curfew just like in the parks and the city attorney was asked to develop an ordinance for the […]
A new budget and recommendations on salaries are on the agenda for a meeting Tuesday evening of the North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees. The meeting begins at 5:30 Tuesday, June 27 in the Frey Administrative Center. Following various reports, trustees consider the renewal of a bond agreement; payment of a workforce development board invoice; and […]
A special meeting of the Pleasant View R-6 Board of Education is to be held Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 in the R-6 school cafeteria. The agenda includes the oath of office to an appointed board member; a transfer of funds; amending the current budget; adoption of a new budget; as well as a report on […]
Trenton City Hall will be the location of two committee meetings Thursday evening and both meetings, with members of the city council, are open to the public. A 5:30 meeting of the economic development committee will include a review of a contact with the North Central Missouri Development Alliance. The city of Trenton and its […]
Work is scheduled Wednesday on the Union Pacific Railroad tracks east of Jamesport prompting the closing of Route F, in southwest Grundy County for awhile on Wednesday morning into the afternoon. The specific location is east of Jamesport which is that portion of Route F to be closed from 8 o’clock to 3 o’clock this […]
A truck and tractor pull has been scheduled in Milan for this Saturday night, July 1. The event called the Show Me Shootout begins at 7 o’clock in the evening at the Sullivan County Expo Center with gates opening on Saturday at 4 o’clock. Several classes are listed including limited pro stock tractors; modified trucks; […]
A Novinger resident has been arrested on a Grundy County charge alleging non-support of a minor child. 31-year-old Andrew Kelso is scheduled for an appearance in the Associate Division of circuit court Tuesday in Trenton. His bond is $5,000 cash. Kelso is accused of the child support violation between April of last year and March […]
