Information has been released from an executive session of the Chillicothe City Council last week. City Clerk Rozanne Frampton reports the city council approved promoting paid-by-call firefighter Zach Dunn to a full-time firefighter/emergency medical technician. Katherine Hobbs, Corbin Valdez, Keagan Allen, and Andy McLean were hired as paid-by-call firefighters. McLean had submitted his resignation as […]
Mosaic Life Care was recently awarded $902K from the United States Department of Agriculture Distance Learning and Telemedicine federal grant. Funds will be used for telemedicine devices for increased access to quality health care within northwest Missouri communities. Telemedicine services will flow from the hub in St. Joseph to the rural end-user site, with equipment […]
Activities are planned in Cainsville for the annual Independence Day Celebration. The theme is “Year 14—Take 2” for the event at the Cainsville Ball Park on July 9th and 10th. That Friday’s activities will include an appreciation supper at 5 p.m. sponsored by the Farmers Bank. Free will donations will be accepted for the meal […]
Residents of De Witt and Richmond received minor injuries when two vehicles collided on Monday at a Ray County intersection for Highway 10 and Business Route 10. Twenty-one-year-old Riley Audsley of Dewitt, and a passenger in another vehicle, 54-year-old Terry Keenan, were taken by EMS to Ray County Memorial Hospital in Richmond. He was an […]
A two-vehicle accident in Clinton County, three miles east of Lathrop early Monday evening, injured a Marceline resident. Forty-year-old Amber Gulley was taken by Lathrop Fire and Rescue to the Cameron Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. Gulley was northbound on Highway 69, while a sports utility vehicle driven by 52-year-old Dietra Robinson of Polo […]
Governor Mike Parson is to be on the campus of North Central Missouri College at 4:30 Thursday, June 10, 2021, to sign House Bill 574. According to the governor’s office, the intent of that bill is to protect agriculture producers from those who seek access to facilities under false pretenses. The bill specifies the U.S. […]
Thursday’s visit to Milan by Governor Parson is to sign a House-Senate resolution that enables the state to join in a debt service arrangement supporting the construction of the East Locust Creek Reservoir. That’s the large lake proposed north of Milan to serve as a regional water supply and offer recreational opportunities. The resolution enables […]
With an influx of quarterly payments, Grundy County sales tax figures continue to be considerably ahead of the pace of one year ago. The report received today (Monday) shows the year-to-date sales tax collections of nearly $255,000 in each of three categories, general revenue, law enforcement, and the ambulance service. The figures are almost $21,000 […]
One person died on Sunday night after being injured earlier on Sunday when he and the driver of a pickup were ejected from their overturning vehicle. The Highway 36 crash happened two miles west of Brookfield at 5:30 pm. The crash claimed the life of 21-year-old Blane Heussner of Tina, who was pronounced dead at […]
An Illinois resident was injured in a single-vehicle Interstate 35 accident that occurred Sunday three miles south of Eagleville. Twenty-eight-year-old Abeke Abedi of Rockford, Illinois received minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to Harrison County Community Hospital in Brookfield. The northbound car traveled off the west side of I-35 into the median. The driver […]
A northwest Missouri accident at Parnell has injured residents of nearby Maryville and Skidmore, both of whom were occupants in a pickup that collided on Sunday with another truck. The highway patrol listed injuries as serious for the pickup driver 76-year-old William Stiens of Skidmore who was flown by LifeNet to the Mosiac Health Center […]
Trenton’s Park Board meeting is scheduled for Wednesday evening, June 9, 2021, at 5:15 at the Moberly Park shelter house. Agenda topics include a review of bids for a sign at Eastside Park and bids for the playground border at Van Meter park. Also listed are reports from the park board committees and the park […]
A Trenton man arrested Saturday by police is facing three felony and two misdemeanor counts. Bond is $30,000 cash for 33-year-old Kyle Nathan Wilson, who is to appear Tuesday in the Associate Division of the Grundy County Circuit Court. Wilson is charged with two counts of felony assault, one described as in the first degree […]
Tonight’s meeting of the Princeton City Council has been postponed by 24 hours. A lack of a quorum led to the postponement. The Princeton City Council is now scheduled to meet Tuesday evening, June 8, 2021, at 6 o’clock at Princeton City Hall.
An appointment has been added to the agenda Tuesday for the Grundy County Commission. Engineers from the Howe Company will be at the courthouse at 11 o’clock Tuesday, June 8, 2021, to discuss bridge projects for Grundy County.
The following THS students have been named to the Director’s Honor Roll for the 2021 Spring semester at Grand River Technical School. To earn a place on the Director’s Honor Roll, a student must earn all As in three hours of GRTS classes with no absences and have no Ds or Fs in other classes. […]
Even with other events in the area but with near-perfect weather on Saturday, the Trenton Police Department hosted 47 local children at the 9th Annual Cops ‘N Bobbers fishing event. Numerous fish were caught as area kids spent the morning of June 5th, 2021, fishing with the men and women of the Trenton Police Department […]
Trenton Police described damages as major when two vehicles collided at the west edge of Trenton. No apparent injuries were noted; however, one driver received a citation because of the wreck on Highway 6, near 5th Street. According to a police report, 63-year-old Jeffrey Lee Jackson of rural Trenton was southbound when he attempted to make […]
A Unionville resident received serious injuries when the vehicle he was driving overturned in northeastern Sullivan County. Twenty-three-year-old Jeramiah Summers was taken by ambulance to the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. Summers was southbound when the sports utility vehicle (Suzuki Vitara) traveled off the left side of Highway 129, eight miles south of Highway […]
Due to COVID-19, the veteran’s service officer reports all veteran’s benefits opportunities for the next two weeks have been canceled. Those opportunities include the previously scheduled visits to Milan this Friday, June 11, 2021 and to the Trenton VFW Post home on the 18th of June. In the meantime, the veteran’s service officer, Wayne Kleinschmidt, […]
