With wind energy growing increasingly common and more wind turbines dotting the landscape – especially in northwest Missouri – the threat to eagles and other birds is an increasing concern to conservation organizations and others. Birds have been hurt and killed after encountering the massive blades and air currents of wind turbines. The Missouri Department […]
Kenny Roberts, Chief of the Grundy County Rural Fire Protection District reports trash being burned spread into bottom ground and burned approximately 20 acres of a field in northwest Grundy County. The location was on the Ronnie McClure property north of Brimson where Roberts said trash was being burned and the fire got out of […]
The Trenton R-9 Board of Education will meet Monday night, February 13 for what Superintendent Daniel Gott calls a work session. He said no action will occur. The public announcement is that the board will be together from 5:30 until approximately 8 pm Monday, February 13th at the R-9 district office on Normal Street in […]
Trenton Cub Scout Pack 23 held its Pinewood Derby Sunday at the activities building of the First Christian Church. First Place Winners: Cole Beverlin in Tigers Clayton Glidewell in Wolves Michael Shuler in Bears Eli Todd for Webelos. Second Place Winners: Toby Lickteig in Wolves Cooper Eaton in Bears Kayler Adams in Weblos Third Place […]
The Grundy County Senior Citizens Services Board has announced the local entities receiving a portion of tax money. Board Secretary Diana Hoppe reports that organizations submit Request for Funding Applications each year. The board of directors then decides which entities to approve and what percentage of funding they will receive. Money comes from a local […]
February is Earthquake Awareness Month, and the Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance continues to encourage Missourians to consider earthquake insurance as a part of their disaster planning and financial recovery plans. Each year, DCI produces an Earthquake Insurance Market Report to track earthquake insurance coverage in at-risk areas of the New Madrid Seismic Zone. The amount […]
A northeast Missouri accident on Sunday afternoon injured one person. Forty-four-year-old William Pflum of Gibbs, Missouri received moderate injuries and was taken by ambulance to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. The accident happened on Adair County Route V. at Sweet Pea Lane as the truck, driven by 76-year-old Virgil Rusk of Brashear, had slowed […]
When Tyler Haerr started college at Kansas State University, he had no plans of going back to his family’s farm in Taylor, Missouri. As the fourth-generation farmer got closer to graduation, the opportunity to get back to the family farm was one that he simply could not pass up. “When I went off to school, […]
Missouri’s public defender system is woefully understaffed, according to Mary Fox, Director of the State Public Defender Office. She told a House budget subcommittee last week that some Missouri counties don’t have ANY public defenders: “Currently in our Kennett, Missouri office, which is down in the Bootheel, we have run out of attorneys. […]
Missouri has been selected to participate in a national initiative aimed at increasing employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities. The U.S. Department of Labor tapped Missouri, along with nine other states and Washington, D.C., to take part in the National Expansion Employment Opportunities Network (NEON) initiative with the goal of increasing competitive integrated employment (CIE) […]
(Missourinet) – Language has been removed from a wide-ranging anti-crime bill that would have banned minors in Missouri from possessing firearms. It would have applied to anyone under 18 not accompanied by someone at least 21 years old. The bill’s sponsor, Republican Lane Roberts of Joplin, supported the ban, telling a House committee […]
Nine Texas individuals were arrested in Houston on criminal charges related to their alleged involvement in the unlawful distribution of 1.5 million opioid pills and other controlled substances. According to court documents, Kent Lyons, 52, of Houston; Roquel Turner, 47, of Manvel; and Traunce Alfred, 43, of Baytown, are charged with illegally distributing controlled substances, […]
(Missouri Independent) – A farmer-advocacy organization says record-breaking increases in the price of eggs isn’t being caused by inflation or avian flu, as claimed by egg companies, but by price collusion among the nation’s top egg producers. In a letter sent to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week, the organization Farm Action accused the […]
(Missouri Independent) – A report from a patient advocacy group found the future of medical cannabis in the states is hazy unless costs are decreased, product safety standards are improved, and civil rights are strengthened for patients and prescribers. Americans for Safe Access issued its annual State of the States report on Thursday. The organization, a nonprofit, […]
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small unveiled the Rural Data Gateway, a new resource to make the Department’s data for rural projects easier to access for its partners and people living in rural communities. The Rural Data Gateway will help USDA better target resources to the people who need them […]
With program rules in effect, the Division of Cannabis Regulation within the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has reviewed requests and now approved 335 of the state’s licensed medical marijuana facilities to convert their license to a comprehensive license (adult-use and medical). Approved facilities include 207 dispensaries, 72 manufacturers, and 56 cultivation facilities. Facility […]
A man from St. Louis County, Missouri was arrested Friday on a federal charge of receiving child pornography. Christopher D. Cotton, 32, appeared in U.S. District Court in St. Louis later Friday and pleaded not guilty. He was indicted this week. The indictment alleges that Cotton used electronic devices to receive multiple videos and images […]
A doctor admitted on Friday that he diluted methadone that was dispensed in a St. Francois County, Missouri methadone clinic in 2021. Dr. Sunil G. Chand, 59, pleaded guilty in front of U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk to one count of adulterating a drug with the intent to defraud or mislead. He admitted that […]
The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office reports a man was found dead after being trapped inside a grain bin on February 3rd. The man was identified as 61-year-old Bryan Reckrodt. The Putnam County E-911 Center received a report in the afternoon of a man trapped inside a grain bin about three-quarters full of soybeans on a […]
A Keosauqua, Iowa resident was killed Saturday in a logging accident in northeastern Putnam County. The Putnam County Sheriff’s Department said the Amish man, 25-year-old Alvin Bontrager, was struck by a large tree limb as he was cutting timber for logs. The accident happened north of Livonia near 135th Street. The Putnam County E911 telecommunication […]
