The Trenton High School Key Club has canceled this year’s Alum on the Run due to the low number of advanced registrants. The event was scheduled to be held during THS Alumni Weekend activities Saturday, September 2. Individuals already registered for the run will receive a refund, however, you may call Kara Helmandollar at 660-359-5966 […]
The Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 944 of Chillicothe will hold its 25th Annual Breakfast Fly-In and Drive-In Saturday morning. Breakfast will be held at the Chillicothe Municipal Airport from 7 until 10 o’clock Saturday morning, August 26. The menu includes pancakes, sausage, juice, and coffee. The cost of breakfast is $4.00 for adults, $3.00 for […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in North Missouri planned for the week of Aug. 28 – Sept. 3 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs and other road work conducted […]
A sanctioned truck and tractor pull is scheduled Friday night, August 25 in Trenton. It’s the event that was postponed due to wet grounds in June when Trenton’s Gooseberry Festival was held. The Iowa Missouri Truck and Tractor Pull Association present the competition at the fairgrounds in Trenton, beginning at 7 o’clock Friday night with […]
The Wright Memorial Hospital Foundation will hold its Sixth Annual Wright Run 5k/10k in October. The event will begin and end at Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton the morning of October 7. Registration will start at 7 o’clock that morning, and the race will begin at 8 o’clock with registration to cost $25 until September […]
The Jamesport Tri-County R-7 Board of Education set its tax rate at its meeting Wednesday evening. The total rate is $4.2795 which combines the new set rate and the temporary rate. The combined rate is down $.3969 from last year. The board accepted a bid for bread from Graves as well as bids for various […]
The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office received Court orders to cause the following detainees be transported to the Missouri Department of Corrections to begin serving a sentence: David White, 54, Chillicothe Possession Controlled Substance – 2 years DOC Dylan Hulett, 19, Lock Springs Probation Violation – Distribution Controlled Substance – 15 years DOC Andrew J. […]
Before Disney starts its own streaming service, it’s bringing its A-team to Netflix. In September, Netflix users will have access to the live-action Beauty and the Beast, Hercules, Mulan, and Pocahontas (though Lilo & Stitch and The Emperor’s New Groove expire at the beginning of the month). Quick! Stream these 10 Disney movies on Netflix while you can What else is coming to Netflix […]
The Princeton R-5 Board of Education approved the proposed tax rate and rolled back the debt service levy prior to its regular meeting Monday evening. The tax levy is set at $5.0715 which a little more than three cents ($.034) lower than last year’s levy. The debt service levy was reduced to $.9532. The board […]
The North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees set its tax levy rate and adjusted the college’s budget at its meeting Tuesday evening. The tax levy rate for 2017 totals 38.36 cents per $100 of assessed valuation which is a decrease of 1.32 cents from last year’s 39.68 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. The […]
The Spickard R-2 Board of Education approved the tax rate at its meeting Monday evening. The tax rate is set at $4.1731 on the $4,610,372 of assessed valuation. The board also adopted all of the Missouri School Boards’ Association policies. It was announced that a new bus has been purchased and is ready for the […]
The National Weather Service reports that cloud cover may affect your ability to view the Solar Eclipse today in north Missouri. A complex of storms in Iowa has shifted to the Missouri/Iowa border and may provide more low and mid-level clouds than previously thought. The high clouds will still be in place so this additional […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the North Missouri region planned for the week of Aug. 21 – 27 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs and other road work […]
Hylee Thomas, a laboratory phlebotomist at Wright Memorial Hospital, was honored as the hospital’s Employee of the Quarter for second quarter 2017. Gary Jordan, Chief Executive Officer, presented the award to Thomas at a ceremony held in her honor on August 15, 2017. The Employee of the Quarter Award recognizes an employee who provides exemplary […]
The Chillicothe City Council hired a 911 dispatcher and a paramedic/firefighter during an executive session following the regular council meeting Monday evening. The council employed Shawn Gott of Trenton to fill the vacancy created by Donnie Rogers retiring. Gott currently works for the Trenton Fire Department and ambulance service. Fire Chief Darrell Wright said Gott […]
The Gallatin Board of Aldermen held a tax levy hearing and a street closing hearing prior to its regular meeting Monday evening. The tax rate totals $.6307)per $100 of assessed valuation which includes general, parks and recreation, and band funds. The board approved an ordinance adding a new article to the city code relating to […]
The Laredo Board of Aldermen set its tax levy at a hearing Monday. The tax rate totals $.9912 per $100 of assessed valuation compared to last year’s rate which was $1 per $100 of assessed valuation. The rate includes the general fund and the special street fund.
The North Mercer R-3 Board of Education set its tax levy for this year at its meeting August 8. The tax rate is $4.5043, which is up $.5358 from last year. The district’s assessed valuation increased from $510,782 last year to $17,556,640. The district attributes the rate increase primarily to the passage of the Proposition […]
The Newtown-Harris R-3 Board of Education approved meal prices at its meeting Monday night. Elementary school breakfast will cost $1.40, and lunch will cost $2.05 with the High school breakfast costing $1.50, and lunch will to cost $2.25. The prices reflect a 10 cent increase from last school year. The board approved Patty Stark as […]
The Grundy County Commission set the county’s tax levy at 18.46 cents per $100 of assessed valuation Tuesday morning, which is up by .23 cents from last year. Grundy County’s assessed valuation totals stand at $131,543,770, which is an increase of $7,531,333 from last year. The assessed valuation includes real estate, personal property, and railroad […]
