Grundy County R-5 School district celebrated homecoming Friday night. Sophomore Wayne Baxter was named homecoming king. Senior Avery Webb was named homecoming queen. Grundy R-5 played Mercer Friday night and lost.
Category: Local News
MoDOT planned road work January 23 through 29
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the Northwest Missouri region planned for the week of Jan. 23 – 29 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 […]
Chillicothe Police Department reports an arrest, 2 accidents
Officers arrested Travis Vasey on a Trenton Municipal warrant for failure to appear on traffic violations. Vasey was unable to post bond and was extradited back to Trenton by a responding Trenton Police Officer. Officers were dispatched to a two-vehicle non-injury accident at the intersection of Ryan Lane and Mitchell Road. Officers reported that a […]
Harrison County #1 in harvest numbers in Green Hills region
Deer hunting season has come to an end across Missouri. Statewide, the number of deer killed is down about ten thousand when compared with the 2015-16 deer season. The department of conservation reports nearly 264,000 were killed during the 2016-17 season. The most occurred in Franklin county which had nearly 5,300. Howell was next in […]
Chillicothe Rotary Club to host dinner in April
The Chillicothe Rotary Club is making an advanced announcement that it will hold a dinner in April to celebrate the end of the Shoes for Orphan Souls caravan. The dinner will be held at the Chillicothe Country Club the evening of Friday, April 28th from 5:30 to 7 o’clock. The dinner will include pork loins […]
Trenton Rotary hears presentation on Clean Water Initiative
The Trenton Rotary Club heard a presentation on Rotary International’s Clean Water Initiative at its meeting Thursday. Program Chairman Andrea Merrin talked about how the Clean Water Initiative brings awareness to the need for clean water and sanitation in many underdeveloped countries. She said about 8,000 children die each day from diseases caused by unclean […]
Sunnyview seeks increase in tax levy on April 4
Voters in Grundy County will be casting ballots in the April 4th election on a proposed increase in the nursing home district tax levy. At a meeting this week, the county nursing home board of directors passed a resolution to seek a 15 cent increase in the levy. If approved by a majority, that would […]
North Central Missouri Children’s Advocacy Center board to meet
The North Central Missouri Children’s Advocacy Center’s Governance Board will hold its quarterly meeting at the Children’s Advocacy Center Wednesday afternoon January 25 at 1:30. The agenda includes Victims of Crime Act funding, 2017 standards for accreditation, operating and agency improvements, and a Missouri Employers Mutual audit.
Putnam County R-1 School reports case of mumps
Putnam County R-1 Schools reports someone who attends the schools has the mumps. The school district could not provide detailed information on the person’s condition. The district says information shared with it from the Health Department and other sources says mumps is most contagious from one to two days before to five days after the […]
Trenton Middle School Spelling Bee winners announced
The Trenton Middle School Spelling Bee was Wednesday morning with winners and alternates selected to compete at the Grundy County Spelling Bee, on February 7th also at the Trenton Middle School. The sixth-grade winner was Sarah Washburn with the word “paisley.” Sarah Gayhart was the runner-up and Summer Ceradsky was the alternate. Brice Gibler was […]
The cost of mailing a letter is going up
The U.S. Postal Service will implement new postage rates for several mailing and shipping products effective Sunday, January 22. First Class Mail Letters (1 oz.) rates will increase from 47 cents to 49 cents when purchased at the Post Office. Each additional ounce will cost 21 cents. The discounted “Metered Mail” category for First Class Mail Letters […]
National Weather Service releases schedule of weather Spotter Training
The National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill Office will hold Spotter Talks in the listening area in February and March. Locations for the talks (as of today) include the Grundy County Courthouse in the third floor courtroom the night of February 1st at 7 o’clock, the Polo Community Building the night of February 6th at […]
Grundy County Sheriff reports arrest of man on theft charge
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Williamsburg man on a charge of theft or stealing of value of property or services less than $500. Thirty-eight-year-old Christopher Gene Keller was arrested in Cole County yesterday. He is scheduled for the associate division of circuit court January 24th. Bond is $2,500 cash or […]
North Central Missouri Mental Health Center Board of Directors to meet
The North Central Missouri Mental Health Center Board of Directors will meet at the mental health center at 1601 East 28th Street in Trenton Tuesday afternoon January 24 at 4:30. The agenda includes discussion and decision with Bruce Constant on the 2016 fiscal audit report and quarterly review of strategic goals and objectives.
Chillicothe FFA members attend Greenhand Conference on NCMC campus
Chillicothe FFA members recently attended the Greenhand Motivational Conference in Trenton, Missouri on the NCMC campus. Over 4500 first year, FFA members from more than 320 Missouri High Schools had the opportunity to learn about being positive role models, learning to get involved, making sound choices, becoming active team members and making a positive difference […]
3 file for Board of Education seats in Princeton
The Princeton R-5 Board of Education will forgo a formal vote for its three openings for the April 4 election. Only three candidates filed for the openings and are incumbents Rick Ellsworth, Larry Pollard, and Karla Meinke. They will be sworn into their three-year terms in April. A $5.8 million no-tax increase bond issue for Princeton R-5 […]
Chillicothe Emergency Services answers 2600 calls in 2016
The Chillicothe Emergency Services received about 2,600 total emergency medical services and fire calls in 2016. Chillicothe Fire Chief Darrell Wright reports 24 of those calls were for structure fires, four for outside of structure fires, 17 tree/brush/grass fires, and 15 were automobile fires. He says the Chillicothe Fire Department and Chillicothe Ambulance District has […]
Albany woman hurt in Highway 136 crash
An Albany woman sustained minor injuries when her vehicle overturned U. S. 136 west of Albany Wednesday morning. The Highway Patrol reports twenty-two-year-old Meggin Park drove west when her pickup truck went off the south side of the road. The truck struck an embankment, overturned, and came to a rest on its wheels off the […]
Cameron man hurt in crash on Highway 33
A Cameron man sustained minor injuries when he lost control of his vehicle on Route T at Missouri Highway 33 Wednesday morning. The Highway Patrol reports twenty-year-old Obia Clark traveled west on Route T when he attempted to stop. His vehicle slid across Highway 33 and off the west side of the road hitting an […]
Two file for alderman positions in Galt
Two candidates filed for the two open alderman-at-large positions in Galt. Those candidates are Jason Grindstaff and incumbent Bill Jackson. Reggie Grindstaff did not refile for another term. No one filed for the position of Mayor. The incumbent is Rosanne Bonine. Galt will propose approval of not holding an election due to the same number of people […]