The Gallatin Board of Aldermen approved multiple bids at its meeting Monday evening. The board accepted bids for LED street and security lights from Fletcher-Reinhardt Company for Cree Double Head Cobra-Head lights for $13,455 and Kriz-Davis Company for Cooper Caretaker lights for $4,095. Fletcher-Reinhardt and Kriz-Davis submitted bids for both types of lights. The board […]
Trenton FFA members received first place in the First Conduct of Meetings Contest in Cameron Tuesday. The Conduct of Meetings team members include Chairman Noah Burkeybile, Vice President Libby Fewins, Secretary Aaron Farrell, Treasurer Mackenzie McAtee, Reporter Grace Allen, Sentinel Mathew Slater, Advisor Quentin Lovell, and alternates Kayli Crawford and Allena Allen. Mariah Fox received […]
The North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees approved tuition and room and board rates for the 2017-2018 academic year as well as the addition of a technology fee at its meeting Tuesday evening. Total tuition and fees per credit hour for NCMC district students will increase to $115, other Missouri residents to $175, and […]
The Chillicothe City Council approved the employment of a new administrative assistant and promoted a longtime employee in the street department to the rank of assistant superintendent in executive session Monday night following the regular meeting. Heather Gates was recommended by Clerk Roze Frampton to the members of the city council for the position of […]
The Putnam County R-1 High School’s Advertising Class will host the Putnam County Color Dash 5K the morning of April 22nd starting at 10 o’clock. The event is open to everyone and participants may run or walk. Entrants in the event will receive a T-shirt, wristband, sunglasses, color pack, and meal. Registration is due by […]
Using a “come and go” format, information will be available this evening about the proposed replacement of the 17th Street bridge in Trenton. The city of Trenton will host an open forum tonight, Wednesday, March 29 at the Sugg Room of the NCMC Ketcham community center. The event is open from 5 o’clock until 7 o’clock and […]
Senator Dan Hegeman, representing the 12th Senatorial District, and Dr. Martha Hoffman Goedert, Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Public Health will be the commencement speakers at North Central Missouri College in Trenton on May 6, 2017. Senator Hegeman will speak at the 9:00 a.m. morning ceremony and Dr. Goedert […]
Multiple improvements to facilities on the Princeton school campus are contingent on voter approval of what officials call a “no tax increase” bond issue. The proposal will be Proposition 2 on the April 4 ballot in the Princeton district and Superintendent Jerry Girdner discussed the ballot issue. Girdner explains how the school district […]
Four defendants waived preliminary hearings on unrelated charges when they appeared Tuesday in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court. Each is next scheduled for arraignments in Division One of Circuit Court on April 13th. Among those waiving a hearing was 37-year-old Lucas Allen Griffin of Trenton who faces three felony counts: violation of […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri appeals court panel says utility regulators had no authority to grant conditional approval for a high-voltage power line across northeastern Missouri. The ruling Tuesday overturns an April 2016 decision by the Missouri Public Service Commission, which approved the line on the condition that an Ameren Corp. subsidiary later […]
A Carrollton, Mo., woman was convicted in federal court of a $185,000 bank fraud scheme. Carol Joyce Noble, 65, of Carrollton, was found guilty of two counts of bank fraud contained in an Aug. 27, 2014, federal indictment. Evidence introduced during the trial indicated that Noble defrauded Central Trust Bank in Jefferson City, Mo., in […]
Trenton High School has announced the selection of four young ladies as the “Students of the Quarter.” The choices are made by the school faculty based on criteria involving citizenship, leadership, participation, and academics. Recognized for the third quarter at THS are freshman Mackenzie McAtee, daughter of Lyn and Angie McAtee; sophomore Saedee Jackson, whose […]
Those traveling Highway 36 west are in for traffic delays and backups as the Missouri State Highway Patrol confirms as of Noon today, that a tractor trailer truck crash has closed part of westbound Highway 36 in Linn County, west of Brookfield. A highway patrol spokesperson from the Troop B Headquarters in Macon says the truck […]
Dairyland Donkey Ball will be in the Breckenridge R-1 School gym the night of April 5 at 7 o’clock. Attendees can ride donkeys while playing basketball. Tickets are $10 in advance or $13 at the door and Preschool age children are free. No video cameras are allowed. Call the school at 660-644-5715 for more information.
The University of Missouri Extension will hold an Ag Technology Update discussing drones and mobile technology use in agriculture and farm management decisions at the Bucklin R-2 School Vo-Ag Classroom the night of April 10th from 6:30 to 9 o’clock. Topics to be covered include the potential uses of unmanned aerial vehicle technology in agriculture; […]
There are 6,346 eligible voters in Grundy County for the April 4th election. That is 38 more eligible voters than in November and 181 more than last April. There are nine voting precincts for Grundy County, which are the same as in recent years.
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports a Trenton man surrendered himself for violating his parole. Forty-four year old William Griffin surrendered at the Law Enforcement Center. He posted his bond, and he is scheduled for the Associate Division of circuit court April 25. Griffin was originally charged with third-degree assault and DWI with alcohol.
High school students from Trenton and Milan have been selected for the Grand River Conference Scholar Bowl first time team. Selections include Aidan Clark, a senior at Trenton high school and Kelvin Vieyra, a sophomore at Milan high school who are among five students chosen for the first team. Second team selections from this area […]
Livingston and Grundy County teens and adults were among 160 leaders of all ages who participated in the 2017 Missouri Youth Civic Leaders Summit, “More Than MAGIC!” at Windermere Conference Center, March 3-5, near Camdenton. The weekend summit brought together students and adult leaders representing 4-H clubs and community betterment programs from 24 Missouri counties. […]
Chillicothe firefighters responded early today to the Chillicothe Correctional Center, and upon arrival, moderate smoke was coming from the south side of the north service building where they discovered a fire in a large clothes dryer. A report by Fire Chief Darrell Wright says a pressurized water can was used to extinguish the fire. Materials in the […]
