The tax levy has been adopted for the Gallatin R-5 School District. Following a public hearing, the board of education established the levy at $4.4791 on the 100 dollars of assessed valuation. This includes $4.30 for the incidental fund and .1725 for capital projects. Following an executive session, the Gallatin board offered the position of […]
With the start of school on Tuesday, the North Harrison R-3 School District plans back-to-school activities tonight in Eagleville. Pupils from pre-school through the 6th grade are invited tonight from 6 pm until 7:30 pm. The 7th grade will have an orientation meeting at 7 pm in the school cafeteria. The all-athletes meeting is at […]
A Milan woman was arrested by the Highway Patrol in Grundy County early Sunday evening. Twenty-seven-year-old Zakiya Ali was arrested on an Adair County warrant for failure to appear in court on alleged leaving the scene of an accident, driving while her license was suspended (2nd offense), and speeding 20 miles faster than the posted […]
The annual Sale of Champions was the highlight on Saturday at the Missouri State Fair, breaking numerous records from previous sales while raising a total of $256,825 for Youth in Agriculture. Among winners from North Missouri: The Grand Champion Steer exhibited by Mikaela Rojas of New Boston weighed 1,310 pounds and sold for $12,500. The crossbred […]
As fall approaches, corn mazes will be popping up across Missouri and the rest of the country. One of the country’s premier designers is Rob Stouffer of Lee’s Summit, who owns Precision Mazes. He says it takes roughly a day to create a corn maze, barring any complications: Stouffer’s company travels across the […]
Governor Mike Parson says Missouri has its largest surplus of money in the state’s history and he wants to give some of that cash back to citizens. He has scheduled a news conference for Monday afternoon to announce his plans to ask the Missouri Legislature to cut the tax rate from the current 5.4-percent to […]
(Missouri Independent) – College students are heading back to campus following more than two years of a pandemic that led many schools to empty out for full semesters and later move to hybrid schedules in a struggle to curb the spread of COVID-19. But the attempt by colleges and universities to return to something resembling […]
The Trenton Downtown Improvement Association was the topic of a program presented at the Thursday, Aug. 18 meeting of the Trenton Rotary Club, held at the BTC Bank community room. Michael Ormsby presided at the meeting, Dan Wilford gave the prayer, Steve Taylor served as sergeant at arms and John Anthony was the program chairman. […]
The Missouri State Fair celebrated Youth in Agriculture on Saturday, Aug. 20. The annual Sale of Champions highlighted the day, breaking numerous records from previous sales raising a total of $256,825 for Youth in Agriculture. The Grand Champion Steer was exhibited by Mikaela Rojas of New Boston. Mikaela is the daughter of Bryon and Alicia […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports an Overland Park, Kansas resident was arrested late Saturday afternoon in Harrison County. 55-year-old Angela Demots was accused of traveling 104 miles an hour in a 70 zone and cutting in on an overtaken vehicle. Demots was taken to the Harrison County Law Enforcement Center. A Bethany resident, 40-year-old […]
The Missouri Department of Social Services is warning SNAP food stamp recipients of a scheme to steal login credentials for their Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards. EBT card vendor FIS Global says emails are being sent to clients impersonating them using Zix Secure messaging and free sites to mimic an FIS login page […]
The current state of the Missouri economy is getting high marks from the White House. Joey Parker tells us about the praise along with the inflation challenges. Jared Bernstein from President Biden’s council of economic advisors on our economy from the eyes of Washington, specifically the record 2.5% unemployment rate. “It’s the lowest […]
(Missouri Independent) – Colorado’s election officials, like so many across the country, faced a surge of violent threats after the 2020 election. Federal authorities are prosecuting a man who pled guilty to threatening a Colorado election official on Instagram, where he wrote: “Do you feel safe? You shouldn’t.” And Colorado police arrested a man accused of calling Secretary of […]
(Missouri Independent) – A Missouri public school employee facing federal charges for allegedly threatening an Arizona election official is “embarrassed and humbled,” his attorney said Thursday. Walter Lee Hoornstra, 50, was indicted Tuesday on one count of communicating an interstate threat, which carries a maximum prison term of five years, and one count of making […]
A Mexican national illegally in the United States has been sentenced in federal court for soliciting pornographic images and videos from an 11-year-old victim over Facebook Messenger. Alejandrino Velazquez-Hernandez, 34, of Springfield, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool on Tuesday, Aug. 16, to 17 years and six months in federal prison without […]
The Grundy County delinquent tax sale scheduled for Monday, August 22, in Trenton had 76 properties on the list as of late Friday afternoon, which is a decline of 23 properties from earlier in August when 99 were listed. The locations of the remaining properties include Leisure Lake with 35, Trenton Township with 27, Liberty […]
A Galt resident was injured east of Trenton when the car she was driving hit the rear of a sports utility vehicle that had slowed to make a right turn. Thirty-year-old Cindal Lea was taken to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton with minor injuries. The driver of the SUV, 74-year-old James Lunde of Princeton, was […]
The Grundy County Republican Central Committee has elected Becky McDonald as Chairman, David Meservey as Vice-Chairman, Becky Stanturf as Secretary, and J.A. Keuhn as Treasurer. Newly appointed committee members are Derek Rorebeck in Lincoln Township, Rob Eller of Myers Township, Don Sager and Courtney Campbell in Trenton’s First Ward, Patricia Chumbley in the Second Ward, […]
Two meetings will be held Monday night August 22 at Trenton City Hall. The Trenton Building and Nuisance Board meets at 6 pm and the Trenton City Council meets at 7 pm. Both meetings are open to the public and will be available on Zoom. There are separate identifiers for the meetings on Zoom, If […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in North Missouri for the week of August 22 – 28. All road closures and planned roadwork may be viewed on the Traveler Information Map. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in some of the planned […]
