The Muddy Creek Bridge on U.S. Route 136 has been closed for replacement since October 2017. The contractors from Boone Construction Company of Columbia, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, have continued working through the cold, snow and ice all winter to replace the original bridge that was built in 1929. The contractors are […]
The Department of Conservation will host a “Family Outdoor Night,”free of charge, at the S.M. Rissler Elementary School gymnasium the evening of March 22nd from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Families are invited to bring the kids for a free night of outdoor fun in the gym. Activities will include archery shooting, a fishing game, […]
The Princeton City Council approved a service contract Thursday evening for a performance at the Calamity Jane Days Car Show. The service contract was approved for Mike Homedale for the Nace Brothers. The council discussed Rapid Removal’s contract, which expires May 6 and will accept bids for trash removal. Bids are due by the next […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Maysville woman sustained moderate injuries in a one-vehicle accident two miles south of Winston Friday night. Twenty-year-old Dakota Hutchings traveled south on Irwin Road and drove through the intersection with Valley Road before her car ran off the south side of the road. The car then struck a fence and […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Saint Joseph woman sustained moderate injuries as a result of her sports utility vehicle running off the road seven miles west of Unionville Friday night. Twenty-five year old Cayce Salgado traveled east on U. S. 136 when the vehicle ran off the right side of the road, struck the end […]
Pleasant View R-6 alumni will return to the school to compete in an alumni versus alumni basketball game to raise money to fund educational field trips and school improvements. The alumni game will follow a faculty and staff versus students basketball game. Both will be held at the Pleasant View gym the evening of March […]
The Jamesport Tri-County Board of Education approved a funding request by the National Honor Society Thursday evening. The approval of the request allows the National Honor Society to hold cake walks at the fifth and sixth-grade basketball games. After an executive session, it was announced the board accepted board member Brandon Hoover’s resignation. The board […]
The Grundy County Commission is seeking bids for CART rock and lawn mowing. The CART rock is to be used for township and Road and Bridge needs with sealed bids accepted until the morning of March 20th at 9 o’clock. The lawn mowing is for locations at the courthouse, courthouse annex, and the law enforcement […]
The GEC Community Foundation, Incorporated is accepting grant applications to assist schools and organizations with education, health, and rural development. Grants are available to eligible entities in the Grundy Electric Cooperative’s 12-county service area which include Harrison, Mercer, and Grundy counties as well as portions of Linn, Livingston, Daviess, Gentry, Putnam, and Sullivan counties in […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in North Missouri planned for the week of March 12 – 18 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, shoulder work, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs and other road work […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Trenton man for trespassing. Thirty-seven-year-old Bobby Dean Morgans the Second was arrested for misdemeanor first-degree trespassing February 20th. He is currently an inmate in Grundy County. Bond was set at $2,500, and he is scheduled to appear in Associate Division of circuit court Tuesday, March […]
With the announcement of a conditional agreement between ConAgra and Nestlé for the purchase of the plant in Trenton, there is anticipation as to how many employees will be needed to fill positions when Nestlé assumes operations. Completion of the agreement is targeted for May of this year and is subject to satisfaction of terms, […]
Nestle announced today that it has reached a conditional agreement with ConAgra Brands to purchase ConAgra’s factory building in Trenton as well as its cooked-before-canning process line. Economic Development Consultant Phil Tate is a former interim director of the North Central Missouri Development Alliance assisted the alliance in finding an industry to use the ConAgra building. […]
The Trenton R-9 Board of Education will meet Tuesday, March 13, 2018, at the Trenton High School/Middle School media library at 5:30. The agenda includes salary schedules, a student request for a waiver from board policy, 2018-2019 tuition, the addition of a first-grade teacher position, the Teacher of the Year, the announcement of make up […]
WDAF-TV meteorologist Joe Lauria talked weather for more than two hours Thursday evening in Trenton. Much of Lauria’s presentation was geared towards the upcoming severe weather season and for individuals who serve as storm spotters. At the completion of the presentation, the Fox 4 meteorologist talked about the importance of storm spotters and the general […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Bethany man sustained minor injuries when his vehicle rear-ended another about one mile north of Cameron Thursday night. Thirty-two-year-old Jason Gray traveled north on Interstate 35 when his hatchback struck the rear-end of a northbound car, driven by 19-year-old Fausto Vargas of Salinas, California. Both vehicles came to a controlled […]
On Saturday, March 17th, Special Olympics Missouri North Area and Norty’s will be holding the 5th Annual Shamrock Run in St. Joseph. The 5K run/walk will take place prior to the St. Patrick’s Day Parade at 11:00 am; Race will begin on 11th & Grand and will wind down the parkway to Noyes to Frederick […]
The University of Missouri Extension is accepting applications for the Northeast Missouri Livestock Person of the Year award. The individual who receives this award must have made a significant contribution to the livestock industry in northeast Missouri and/or beyond. Eligible applicants can be livestock producers, agribusiness or agency personnel, or agriculture researchers. Long-time supporters of […]
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox says the sheriff’s office has received several reports in the last few days about persons vandalizing the Wheeling Post Office’s lobby. He notes the reports involve the lobby being trashed, items being destroyed, and the United States flag being taken down. Cox says evidence suggests those responsible are juveniles. He […]
The Grundy County Soil and Water Conservation District will celebrate 51 years of conservation efforts in Grundy County with its annual Customer Appreciation Day Luncheon today. A free lunch will be served at the North Central Missouri College Barton Farm Campus Lager Building in Trenton from 11 o’clock this morning until 1 o’clock this afternoon.
