Come celebrate the small town charm and friendliness of Unionville, Missouri at Winterfest Saturday, December 3. Many activities have been planned for Winterfest and most take place around the historic downtown square. Merchants will be open late as well. Two new events have been added this year: an art show and a lighted Christmas parade. […]
CFM Insurance, Inc., a Mutual Insurance Company, recently held a special joint meeting at the home office for policyholders of Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of Grundy County and CFM to approve the Plan of Merger presented by the Board of Directors for both companies. A unanimous vote successfully finalized the affiliation between the two companies […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Missouri Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director, Mark Cadle, today announced that the deadline to submit ballots for the 2016 County Committee Elections has been extended to ensure farmers and ranchers have sufficient time to vote. Eligible voters now have until Dec. 13, 2016, to return ballots to their […]
A reminder from the Missouri Public Service Commission that they will hold public hearings in Marceline and Moberly December 8 regarding a case filed by Grain Belt Express Clean Line LLC (Grain Belt Express). Additional hearings will be held December 13th in Cameron and Faucett, December 14 in Polo and Carrollton. Grain Belt Express seeks a certificate of […]
Macon County Circuit Court Judge Rick Tucker has sentenced Melinda S. Tillitt, 39, of Shelbina, to prison terms totaling 90 years. Tillett received consecutive terms of 15 years each for five counts of statutory sodomy in the first degree and one count of child molestation in the first degree. Since at least 2007, Tillitt had sexually abused […]
A single vehicle wreck in rural Carroll County resulted in a DeWitt resident being flown to a hospital in Columbia with moderate injuries. Monday morning, 20-year-old Barry VanDeventer was northbound when, according to the highway patrol, he reportedly fell asleep causing his vehicle to travel off the left side of a county road. The vehicle […]
In western Adair County Monday afternoon, the highway patrol reports a pickup traveled off a road and struck a parked truck, then hit a fence. 47-year-old Denise Simonis of Greencastle received moderate injuries and was taken by ambulance to the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. This accident happened on Highway 149, about one mile […]
A rollover accident happened Monday afternoon five miles south of Reger, injuring Milan resident, 45-year-old Patrick Swan. Swan was taken by private vehicle to Sullivan County Memorial Hospital in Milan. The state patrol reports Swan was driving a truck, southbound on Route Z when it traveled off the right side of the road. The driver […]
A rollover accident Monday night approximately five miles north of Coffey resulted in what the highway patrol called minor injuries for a teenager from Holts Summit. 18-year-old Gage Humphrey was transported by ambulance to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany. The patrol reported the northbound vehicle Humphrey was driving ran off twice, on the east side of […]
The Trenton City Council meeting began with a closed session regarding personnel, however, no action was taken and the council held general discussion on various topics Monday night. Bids are to be sought to replace a motor in a pickup truck used by the electric distribution department. The council is to study options to dispose […]
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows young deer hunters ages 6 through 15 checked 2,944 deer during Missouri’s late youth portion of this year’s deer hunting season. Of the nearly three thousand deer harvested this past weekend: 1,149 were antlered bucks, 426 were button bucks, and 1,369 were does. The two different […]
The Grand River Valley Choir & Orchestra will begin their seventh season Saturday, December 10. GRVCO will present “A Celebration of Christmas” at 3:00 pm, at the First Baptist Church in Trenton. The doors will open at 2:30. We ask our guests not to enter the Sanctuary until the dress rehearsal is over. The choir […]
Missouri’s Department of Natural Resources has granted a permit to Trenton Farms R-E on its second application to the state for a CAFO proposed for southwest Grundy County. Trenton Farms R-E submitted its application this summer to the DNR’s water protection program. That application was made while hog farm proponents waited on the outcome of […]
The highway patrol troop at St. Joseph has released results of the traffic enforcement operation over the Thanksgiving Day weekend encompassing two heavier travel days, November 23 and 27. Interstate 29 was designated with troopers assigned a 20-mile stretch of the interstate from the Buchanan County line to the Iowa state line. Troopers also were […]
A Unionville woman was hurt late Thursday afternoon when the sports utility vehicle she was driving overturned on Highway 5 north of Unionville. 50-year old Brenda Davis was to seek her own treatment for minor injuries. The accident happened eight miles north of Unionville on Highway 5 as the southbound vehicle went off the left […]
The Princeton Chamber of Commerce is reminding the public about Christmas related activities this weekend. Christmas Around the Square will be observed on Saturday, December 3 with Santa arriving by fire truck at 5 o’clock. Santa meets with children in the basement of the Hal England Center with free cookies or donuts, and hot chocolate. […]
Officers were dispatched to a disturbance in the 2800 block of Grand Drive and arrested Tanner Young Thompson for resisting/interfering with an arrest and Nicholas Robert Plummer for resisting/interfering with an arrest. Thompson and Plummer were processed at the Police Department and released pending a court appearance. Officers were dispatched to a disturbance in the […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in north Missouri planned for the week of Nov. 28 – Dec. 4 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 conducted […]
A Chillicothe teen was hurt when she swerved the car she was driving to miss an animal on Route D south of Ludlow and the car went off the road. 17-year old Mary Rounkles of Chillicothe was taken to Hedrick Medical Center with moderate injuries. The accident happened Saturday night two miles south of Ludlow […]
A Cameron man was hurt Friday afternoon when the car he was driving was involved in an accident with a tractor-trailer unit on Interstate 35 in the Kearney area. 21-year-old Richard Furgeson of Cameron was transported to Liberty Hospital with minor injuries while the truck driver, 56-year old Jane Vega of Miramar Beach, Florida was […]
