The Winston R-6 School District has released a Return to Learn Plan for students and staff for the 2020-2021 school year. Superintendent Doctor Brian Robinson says the purpose of the plan is to create a safe return to classroom instruction. The plan can be altered during the school year. Winston R-6 worked with the Daviess […]
U.S. Attorney Tim Garrison announced that 97 arrests have been made by local and federal law enforcement officers in less than two weeks since the launch of Operation LeGend. “This is the impact of a targeted initiative to reduce violent crime, carried out by local and federal law enforcement working together,” Garrison said. “Many of […]
Eleven residents in the Kansas City, Missouri, and St. Joseph, Missouri, areas have been added to a federal indictment that now charges a total of 25 defendants for their roles in a $4.1 million drug-trafficking conspiracy that distributed more than 520 kilograms of methamphetamine over three years. Bobbie Lynn King, 51, and Patricia Gail Nelson, […]
The Caldwell County Health Department reports the county has a total of 34 COVID-19 cases, which is an increase of two. Twenty-eight cases are confirmed, and six are probable. Eight cases are active, and 25 have recovered. There has been one COVID-19-related death in Caldwell County. The Linn County Health Department’s bi-weekly report shows one […]
The Families and Friends of the Developmentally Disabled-Senate Bill 40 in Grundy County-Board of Directors will hold a public hearing on the property tax rates proposed by the group. The hearing will be in the conference room on the first floor of the Grundy County Courthouse in Trenton on the evening of August 10th at […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in the North Missouri region for the week of August 3 – 9. All road closures and planned roadwork may be viewed on the Traveler Information Map at http://traveler.modot.org/map/. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in […]
The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office has released information concerning recent investigations and incidents. Investigation continues by multiple agencies in reference to auto thefts of pickup trucks in northern Missouri. Two-Saint Joseph men were arrested including 36-year-old Nicholas Glen Newton has been charged with the felonies of tampering with a motor vehicle—first degree and possession of a […]
Missouri Main Street Connection Inc. (MMSC) presented downtown revitalization awards on July 30, 2020, recognizing revitalization excellence during the annual Evening of Excellence Virtual Ceremony on Facebook Live. MMSC is a statewide non-profit organization designed to help Missouri communities preserve their historic commercial districts through economic revitalization. MMSC currently provides services and training to over […]
Rapid Removal is following the national response set forth by waste haulers in the country regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. The haulers are suspending weekly bulky item pick up and cleanups due to the ability of the virus to live on the surface of items. Rapid Removal notes suspending those services minimizes sanitation workers’ exposure to […]
The Milan Old Timers Annual Rodeo will be next week. Gates will open at the Sullivan County Expo Fairgrounds in Milan the afternoons of August 7th, and 8, 2020, at 4 o’clock. Registration for mutton bustin’ will start at 6 o’clock for the first 20 children. The C. R. McKellips Rodeo Company, Incorporated rodeo will begin […]
The Coronavirus and influenza are similar in that they are respiratory illnesses, spread in similar ways, and caused by viruses. However, Elizabeth Gibson with the Grundy County Health Department says they are different in other respects. One difference is that there is a vaccine for the flu, but there is not currently for the Coronavirus. […]
A Columbia, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing firearms and methamphetamine. Matthew Alan Eads, 38, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough to 15 years in federal prison without parole. Eads was sentenced as an armed career criminal due to his prior felony convictions. On Jan. 7, 2020, Eads […]
