The Laredo Board of Aldermen approved an ordinance on November 14th that revised the customer water rate. City Clerk Ashley Bonnett reports the new rates for residential and commercial customers include water usage for the first 1,000 gallons, or a fraction of that, which will be billed at the base rate of $49 inclusive per […]
The City of Trenton reports it has been made aware of a scam involving calls that claim to be from Trenton Municipal Utilities. The city advises that the calls come from an automated system that tells customers their bills are delinquent and to press a button to pay or leave information. The city asks residents […]
GRM Networks has donated $500 to each of the 26 elementary and high schools in its coverage area. Chief Executive Officer Mitchell Bailey says “schools play a vital role in their communities,” and GRM recognizes “the value of education institutions.” He adds that when GRM donates to schools, “it is an investment in our future […]
The Missouri State Fair and the Youth in Agriculture Committee are accepting applications for Youth in Agriculture scholarships for Missouri high school seniors graduating in 2023. The application form can be found at this link on the Fair’s website. Applications should be submitted to the Missouri State Fair and must be postmarked by February 1, […]
The Trenton Police Department’s next Coffee with A Cop will be held on November 16th. The event will be at Landes Oil at 1841 East 28th Street from 7 to 9 a.m. Community members can introduce themselves to and talk with members of the Trenton Police Department. Attendees can ask questions about the department, special […]
The Highway Patrol reports two Cameron men sustained serious injuries when a pickup truck lost control on an ice-covered road and overturned near Saint Joseph Tuesday morning, November 15th. A Peterbilt tractor-trailer truck was also involved in the accident. The pickup driver, 31-year-old Casey Burnett, and his passenger, 36-year-old James Lillard, were taken by ambulance […]
A holiday fair, Christmas parade, and Christmas lighting are some of the activities planned for Cameron’s Festival of Lights. The Historical Preservation Society and The Old School of Cameron will present the event on November 26th. The schedule for the “Welcome to Whoville”-themed event starts with the holiday fair at the old school from 10 […]
A Bethany man is to be taken to the Department of Corrections after an arrest on November 14th for an alleged absconder parole violation. The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports 36-year-old Kenneth Talley violated his parole involving residency, by allegedly failing to provide his address to an officer, and reporting and directives, for allegedly failing […]
The Gallatin R-5 Board of Education will discuss liability and property insurance renewal on November 16th. The board will meet in the high school library at 6 pm. Other items on the agenda include a special education report, snow removal, the April election, a procurement policy update, Safe Defend proposals, and public comment including Amy […]
Nine agriculture students from North Central Missouri College participated in the Missouri Professional Agriculture Student Organization (PAS) State Conference hosted by Missouri State-West Plains in West Plains, MO. Students competed in career development contests, participated in leadership seminars, and toured Journagan Ranch in Mountain Grove, MO. Participants also had the opportunity to be entertained by […]
The Laredo R-7 Board of Education approved insurance renewal and a snow removal bid on November 14th. The Missouri United School Insurance Council insurance will have a premium of $13,635. The snow removal bid was from Cayden Bowe for $130 for the main parking lot and $20 for the north lot. The board hired Tammy […]
United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development will make an announcement about a funding application made by the North Central Missouri Regional Water Commission. The announcement will be made at the Milan Community Center on November 28th at 11 am. The regional water commission does not know the details of the announcement, however, the regional […]
A northwest Missouri man was killed in an accident Monday night in Nodaway County. Thirty-three-year-old Jesse Christian of Burlington Junction was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident in Wilcox, Missouri. It’s an unincorporated community about six miles northwest of Maryville. The driver of another vehicle, 22-year-old Dillon Mendez of Maryville, received serious injuries […]
A single-vehicle rollover accident on Monday morning in western Adair County has injured a Greencastle resident five miles west of Novinger. Seventy-one-year-old Robert Wernert was taken by an ambulance to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville with moderate injuries. The westbound pickup traveled off Highway 6, struck a tree, overturned, and was demolished. Wernert was […]
(Missourinet) – Scammers are getting more aggressive and creative in their attempts to steal your money. St. Louis-based Ameren Missouri is warning its customers of several new scams underway: Scams include posing as Ameren employees and threatening to disconnect service unless they make an immediate payment, usually through a cash app or prepaid […]
(Missourinet) – Missouri’s flu cases are on the rise. Information from the Missouri Department of Health shows lab-positive flu cases jumped to more than 1,700 in the latest week’s data, compared to the previous week’s roughly 900 recorded flu cases. Most cases are in eastern and northwest Missouri. The flu is particularly hitting […]
(Missouri Independent) – The U.S. Supreme Court sided Monday with the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, denying a request from Arizona Republican Chairwoman Kelli Ward and her husband to block the panel from obtaining their cellphone records. The court’s two-paragraph order ends Kelli and Michael Ward’s federal suit to block the […]
(Missouri Independent) – A federal appeals court on Monday issued a nationwide injunction indefinitely blocking the Biden administration’s student debt relief program in response to a challenge by six GOP-led states. The unanimous ruling by the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis came after the six states — Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, and South […]
A federal grand jury in Topeka, Kansas, returned a three-count indictment charging former Kansas City Police Department detective Roger Golubski and three other men – Cecil Brooks, LeMark Roberson, and Richard Robinson – with conspiring, decades ago, to hold young women in a condition of involuntary sexual servitude. Brooks, Roberson, and Robinson are also charged […]
A request was made Monday night for the Trenton City Council to consider a financial pledge to go toward a potential grant that would fund numerous directional (or way-finding) signs for Trenton. The Missouri Department of Economic Development will be accepting tourism grant applications for ARPA funds which is the American Rescue Plan Act. But […]
