A controlled burn of grass in Spickard got out of control Saturday afternoon when the wind picked up and resulted in a vacant house catching fire. According to Jesse Richmond of the Spickard Fire Protection District the owner of the house, J.R. Roberts, told firefighters to let the structure burn. Richmond said Roberts had planned […]
A grass fire Saturday burned about 15 acres on Highway 146 near Crowder State Park. Grundy County Rural Fire Protection District firefighters were on the scene about 40 minutes. The fire was described as a controlled burn that got out of control.
The Chillicothe Police Department plans to participate in a statewide law enforcement effort Thursday, April 12 to encourage seat belt usage. Chillicothe police Sergeant Jeremy Stephens said motorists should be prepared for increased “Click It or Ticket” enforcement. Sergeant Stephens said the department is reminding the public that seatbelts can, and do, save lives.
A Chillicothe teen was injured Friday afternoon when the pickup truck he was driving overturned on a county road west of Chillicothe. Sixteen-year-old Brendon Nelson was transported by private vehicle to Hedrick Medical Center with moderate injuries. The accident happened two miles west of Chillicothe on Livingston County Road 236 when the eastbound pickup went […]
A Kirksville man was hurt when the sports utility vehicle he was driving went off a road hitting a sign and a tree Southwest of Kirksville. Fifty-five-year-old Thomas Ireland was taken to Northeast Regional Medical Center with moderate injuries. The accident happened Friday afternoon nearly five miles southwest of Kirksville on Route N. The patrol reports […]
Trenton Middle School has selected students of the month for the character trait sense of humor. Students of the month are fifth graders Matty Schultz and Hunter Smith, sixth-grade students Katelyn Clark and Derrick Brown, seventh graders Ivy Foster and Anthony Sanchez, with eighth-grade students including Kierston Webb and Riley Walker.
The North Central Missouri College Foundation is honored to announce the naming of a new endowed scholarship. The Mundell Memorial Thank a Farmer Agricultural Scholarship has been established by Brenda (Mundell) Harmon in memory of her late parents, Junius and Lou Mundell, lifelong residents and farmers in Linn County, Missouri. This scholarship will be awarded […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in North Missouri planned for the week of April 9 – 15 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, litter pick up and […]
The Missouri Department of Conservation reports 33 new cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) have been found following the testing of 24,486 free-ranging Missouri deer through its 2017-2018 sampling and testing efforts. The new cases were from the following counties: Adair (3), Cedar (1), Franklin (4), Jefferson (1), Linn (7), Macon (3), Perry (1), Polk (3), […]
FFA members from across the state will meet in Columbia, April 19-20, at the 90th Missouri FFA Convention to honor fellow members for outstanding achievements, conduct association business, elect new officers and participate in leadership workshops. RISE is the theme for this year’s annual convention, which is expected to attract more than 8,000 students and guests […]
Nine Seabees were assigned to a Crane Crew to lift an HH-60L Black Hawk Medevac helicopter in preparation for transport in Gulfport, Mississippi, April 3, 2018. The lift, done by Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1’s Alfa Company Crane Crew, was a new experience and provided the crew with a valuable training opportunity. “This is […]
A Linn County teenager has pleaded guilty to making a terrorist threat against the Meadville School. The charge is a misdemeanor. Seventeen-year-old Keith Donald Herring of rural Linneus Thursday in the Associate Division of Linn County Circuit Court. Online court information shows, a plea agreement was accepted which led to the suspension of the imposition […]
A planned shoulder improvement project in Linn County is now scheduled to begin April 16. Contractor crews from Capital Paving and Construction, LLC, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, will improve the shoulders, replace guardrail, and repave the shoulders of the ramps at the Route 5/Route U interchange near Marceline. The shoulder and guardrail […]
Weather is once again pushing the start date for resurfacing projects on Route J in Carroll County and Route H in Livingston County. Contractors from Herzog Contracting Corp. of St. Joseph, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, hope to begin resurfacing the two roadways on April 11, but the current forecast for next week […]
Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft has chosen former Livingston County Library director Robin Westphal to be Missouri’s State Librarian, beginning Monday, April 9. The State Library is a division of the Missouri Secretary of State’s office. “We are excited to bring Robin back to Missouri to help lead the State Library,” Ashcroft said. “She brings […]
The Livingston County Sheriff is informing area residents of a new scam taking place. A citizen who had applied for an online job was told the position was work-at-home and a company representative informed the person that they needed to pay over $1,100 for the computer and software to perform the work. When the resident […]
Two Braymer residents were injured when, according to the highway patrol, the trucks they were driving collided near a hillcrest Thursday afternoon. The accident location on Catawba Road is five miles to the northwest of Braymer. The highway patrol described injuries as serious for 39-year-old Christopher Waters and moderate for 40-year-old Kevin Leakey. The report […]
The bell for the April 17 tax return deadline tolls for thee. But don’t panic, says University of Missouri Extension personal financial planning specialist Andrew Zumwalt. Income tax extensions are easy to file and give filers some breathing room. You can get an automatic six-month extension of time to file from the Internal Revenue Service. To […]
About 71-percent of Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program providers have not had their federal eligibility requirements verified by the Missouri Department of Social Services. State Auditor Nicole Galloway tells Missourinet an annual audit shows the department continues to fail at checking on the federal funding eligibility of hospitals, doctors, and other providers. […]
Missouri Farm Bureau President Blake Hurst says it’s hard to remember a “more potentially calamitous week for U.S. agriculture.” He’s responding to President Trump’s second round of tariffs on Chinese imports and China’s proposed tariffs on American goods, including soybeans, pork, beef, aircraft, and automobiles. President Trump says the U.S. tariffs are meant […]
