The Princeton R-5 Board of Education will review premiums and proposals for health insurance next week. The board will meet on May 9th at 5:30 p.m. Other items on the agenda include bid approval for a school bus, approval of summer school handbooks, a ball field relocation update, a summer surplus auction, and approval of […]
Bright Futures Trenton has partnered with Cub Scout Pack 23 and Boy Scout Troop 97 to host the Gym Shoe Dash. The effort collects gently worn gym shoes to be recycled and offered at the Bright Futures Trenton Back to School event in August. A permission form is to come home this week for Rissler […]
State Budget Director Dan Haug announced that net general revenue collections for April 2022 increased 40.8 percent compared to those for April 2021, from $952.9 million last year to $1.34 billion this year. Net general revenue collections for 2022 fiscal year-to-date increased 9.4 percent compared to April 2021, from $8.80 billion last year to $9.63 […]
Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the Patrol is joining other National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Region 7 states in a Slow Down, Move Over enforcement campaign. Troopers from Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska hope this campaign reminds drivers to obey speed limits and to move over for […]
The new Lewis Creek Bridge on Linn County Route 139, approximately 1 mile north of Meadville, is now open after closing for replacement in February. This marks the fourth bridge completed as part of the Fixing Access to Rural Missouri (FARM) Bridge Program, a design-build contract that will replace 31 poor condition bridges across northern […]
A bridge rehabilitation project will soon close Harrison County Route A. The project, led by contractors from Emery Sapp & Sons, Inc., working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, will replace the deck of the Route A bridge over Interstate 35 at Exit 99, between Bethany and Eagleville. The project will impact traffic on both […]
Both the state and Congress have taken small steps closer to legalizing recreational pot. An effort to legalize adult-use marijuana has cleared a step towards getting on the statewide ballot. The campaign called Legal Missouri 2022 says it has more than 325,000 signatures ready for Sunday’s deadline. The Sec of State will require […]
The Grundy County Commission met with residents of townships and the ambulance director on May 3rd. Jefferson Township resident David Hogan discussed road conditions following recent rainfall. Amy Keiderling and Keith Larson of Taylor Township and Ed Arnold discussed tourism opportunities and funding sources for related projects. Ambulance Director Sara Porter gave an update on […]
A $20,000 donation from Mosaic Foundation – Albany will support the expansion and renovation of Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph, Cancer Care. In recognition of their generosity, commemorative signage in the form of a plaque will be placed near the basalt water feature located in the Heckman Family Healing Garden. The funds will be […]
The United Way of Grundy County is seeking organizations for the 2022-2023 funding year. United Way organizations are required to participate in fundraising and attend seven of nine United Way yearly meetings. Any organization wanting to apply for membership must provide a tax-exempt letter or number, a brief overview of the organization, Grundy County demographics […]
On the north side of the Chillicothe square is a small park where buildings once stood. The area is called “the Silver Moon Plaza.” Grant money is being used to enhance the location. Other communities may wish to apply for similar funds from T-Mobile Communications. The host of the American Countryside radio program, Andrew McCrae […]
The Virgil and Susanne Walden Family donated $150,000 to the Wright Memorial Hospital Foundation in 2021. Foundation Spokesperson Dave Bain says the money was used to construct a maintenance building. The building is south of the Wright Memorial Hospital near the U. S. Highway 65 exit to the North Central Missouri College Barton Farm Campus. […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest on May 3rd of an Amazonia man who allegedly stole a pickup truck in January. Twenty-eight-year-old Brandon Lewis Earleywine was extradited from Andrew County and has been charged with felony stealing a motor vehicle, a watercraft, or an aircraft. Bond was set at $2,500 cash only, and […]
The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a fugitive from Novinger, who had a no-bond warrant on multiple felony offenses, including two counts of first-degree attempted murder. Fifty-year-old Kenneth Leon Potter was arrested at a residence in Connelsville on the morning of May 4th. Potter has also been charged with two counts each […]
On Monday, May 2, 2022 police officers from the Trenton Police Department were called to the Hy-Vee Food Store at 1617 E. 9th Street for two subjects that were asked to leave the property by management but refused. Officers contacted the two subjects but one of the subjects still refused to leave the property. Officers […]
Jarren Sears from Hale, MO, a North Central Missouri College graduate, was honored by the Missouri Community College Association for being named to the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) All-Missouri Academic Team. This honor is bestowed on the state’s top community college students. “Jerren’s leadership is apparent within the classroom and in his community,” said Maryellen […]
Several Green Hills communities have been nominated for the Missouri Humanities Small Town Showcase 2023. Trenton, Hamilton, Green City and Macon are in the running to be in the Featured Five communities. Information on each nominated community and voting are available at mohumanities.org. Voting will end July 1st at 11:59 at night. An individual may […]
Smithfield Foods will host a hiring event on Thursday, May 12. The food company will offer qualifying walk-in candidates on-the-spot interviews for hundreds of available hourly positions across its facilities, farms, and distribution centers at the Princeton and Milan locations in this area. In-demand job openings include production, material handler, animal care, transportation, and maintenance […]
In the nation’s fifth execution of 2022, convicted double murderer Carman Deck is dead after Missouri’s (Tuesday evening’s) lethal injection. Joey Parker served as a witness to the execution. He was pronounced dead at 6:10. Twenty-six years after James and Zelma Long were murdered execution-style in their DeSoto, Missouri home, their killer met […]
Educators and labor leaders are voicing concerns about a bill in the Missouri Legislature. It’s being called the “Parents’ Bill of Rights” but critics say parents already have their rights within the public school system, and warn these measures might only serve to burden educators. The bill would require written permission from parents for kids to attend […]
