The North Central Missouri Mental Health Center Board of Directors will hold public and closed meetings at the Mental Health Center in Trenton Tuesday, June 27. The public meeting starts at 4:30. The agenda includes the fiscal year 2018 budget proposal as well as strategic goals and objectives. The closed meeting to discuss legal, real […]
Would you like to have input on the Missouri Highway Patrol? If so here is your chance. Colonel Sandra K. Karsten, the Superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, is inviting the public to take part in a public opinion survey regarding safety and security, officers’ attitudes and competency, overall agency performance, and concerns regarding […]
Personnel and equipment from Spickard and Grundy County Rural Fire Protection District responded to a grass fire east of Spickard late Wednesday afternoon. Training officer for the Spickard department, Jesse Richmond, reported approximately 20 acres of pasture ground burned on land belonging to Jim Roy. The location is along Route B, about two miles east […]
A Lexington, Mo., business owner pleaded guilty in federal court to failing to pay over to the IRS more than $1.4 million in payroll taxes. Randy K. Small, 50, of Lexington, waived his right to a grand jury and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner to a federal information that charges him […]
North Central Missouri College received a five-year grant, which will allow the college to continue to provide services under the Federal TriO Upward Bound program. The funding will assist qualifying high school students to prepare and enter postsecondary education. TriO Director Marcie Cutsinger says the funding will allow NCMC to continue to serve current students […]
The North Central Missouri Amateur Radio Club will participate in the National Amateur Radio Field Day exercise Saturday. The local Field Day will be at 24677 Elm Drive in Milan with ham radio operators across North America to establish temporary ham radio stations to showcase the science and skill of amateur radio. Field Day demonstrates […]
Two local delegates participated in the 54th Annual Missouri Electric Youth Tour to Washington, D. C. June 9th through 15th. Mady Williams of Laredo and Dereck Bowman of Bethany joined other high school students on the seven-day tour, which gave them a firsthand look at what is it like to be involved in politics, leadership […]
The Girls Scouts will host a summer outdoor series for Grundy County girls entering kindergarten and first grade this fall. The meetings will be held at Barnes Greenhouses the evening of June 28th from 5 to 6 o’clock, at The Garden the night of July 13th from 6 o’clock to 7:30, and at Crowder State […]
The Grundy County Nursing Home District Board of Directors approved the 2017-2018 budget at its meeting Tuesday afternoon. It passed with an employee wage increase, which will allow each individual employee an annual wage rate increase of zero to five percent based on merit. The board also decided to request bids for the purchase of […]
The Sullivan County 4-H and FFA Fair will be held at the Sullivan County Expo Ground in Milan July 3rd through 9th. The Fair Queen Pageant will be held at the Milan Community Center the night of July 3rd at 7 o’clock. Activities for July 5th include a Pee Wee Dog show followed by the […]
The BRAVO Battery 129th Field Artillery of the National Guard Armory in Chillicothe will serve barbecue smoked ribs July 14th. Ribs will be ready for pickup or delivery at Hy-Vee Gas in Chillicothe from 11 o’clock that morning to 5 o’clock that evening. A full rack of baby-back ribs or spare ribs costs $20. Preorders […]
Will Stuck will perform as part of the Build a Better World Summer Reading Program at the Grundy County Jewett-Norris Library next month. “Boom: Stories and Science with Will Stuck” will be held at the Hoover Theater the morning of July 6th at 10 o’clock. Children’s librarian Charity Halstead says Stuck is a librarian from […]
House of Prayer of Chillicothe will hold God and Country at Simpson Park Sunday afternoon. The event will be held in the Rotary Shelter House near Washington Street on the south side at 3 o’clock. It will feature patriotic music, inspirational speeches, and a silent cookie auction. Those attending are encouraged to bring lawn chairs. […]
Various activities will take place during the Galt Community Fair, which will be July 20th through 23rd. There will be a spaghetti supper and a dodgeball tournament for children at the fire station the night of July 20th from 5 to 8 o’clock as well as DLO from 6 to 9 o’clock. 4-H exhibits as […]
A midnight single vehicle accident in northern Chariton County injured a resident of Macon. The highway patrol said 32-year-old Jay Patel received moderate injuries and was taken by ambulance to Pershing Hospital in Brookfield then transferred by medical helicopter to the University Hospital in Columbia. The patrol reports Patel was northbound when his car, a […]
The Maples Repertory Theater from Macon will hold a Youth Theater Workshop at North Mercer R-3 School next month. Workshops for the play Musicville will be the week of July 10th through 14th. School bookkeeper Jennifer Wilson explains that all Mercer County students ages 7 to 18 may participate. Participants will come in and work […]
The Jamesport Community Association and the Lil’ Red Shed Fireworks sponsor a fireworks display to be held July 5th. The display will be across from the Jamesport Ball Field on Jim and Betty Trimble’s land and will start at dusk. The FBLA will have an ice cream social at the fairgrounds prior to the fireworks. […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Hamilton man sustained serious injuries when his vehicle overturned in Caldwell County Tuesday morning. Forty-four-year-old Robert Feigly lost control of his dump truck when the front driver’s side tire on it failed two miles southwest of Breckenridge on eastbound U. S. 36. The dump truck traveled into the median and […]
The Ragan-Hickman American Legion Auxiliary Unit 477 of Mercer will hold its annual Fourth of July Breakfast as well as a bake sale the morning of July 4th. The events will be at the American Legion Building in Mercer from 6 o’clock until 10:30. The breakfast menu includes biscuits, gravy, sausage, eggs, and pancakes and […]
The Trenton Park Department is accepting bids for stump removal in the parks. Sealed bids will be accepted at City Hall until the afternoon of July 7th at 3 o’clock. Call Park Superintendent Jason Shuler at 660-359-2004 for specifications.
