The Drought Monitor Map for this week shows abnormally dry conditions have expanded in Northern Missouri since last week. The map is based on conditions as of October 5th and was released October 7th. All of the Green Hills area is experiencing abnormally dry conditions, except for northeast Putnam County. Other Northern Missouri counties with […]
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Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Take-Back Day is October 23
Law enforcement will collect unwanted prescription drugs during the Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Take-Back Day. Medications will be collected at various locations on October 23, 2021, from 10 to 2 o’clock. Area locations in Missouri include the Adair County Sheriff’s Office, Richmond Police Department, and Gower Police Department. Locations in Iowa include the Appanoose County Sheriff’s […]
Livingston, Mercer, and Worth counties among those in Green Hills region with lowest unemployment rates
Missouri Division of Employment Security figures indicates Livingston, Mercer, and Worth counties are among those with the lowest unemployment rates for August 2021, the most recent month available. Worth County has the second-lowest unemployment rate for Missouri at two percent. Only Osage county has fewer unemployed, a one-point nine percent. Mercer County’s rate is two […]
Missouri Livestock Symposium keynote speaker, Dr. Frank Mitloehner, to speak on cows and climate change
Dr. Frank Mitloehner, University of California-Davis professor and air quality extension specialist will be the keynote speaker on Friday evening December 3rd at the 22nd annual Missouri Livestock Symposium, says Garry L. Mathes, chairman. The Missouri Livestock Symposium returns to an in-person event on December 3 and 4, 2021 at the William Matthew Middle School […]
Unionville resident injured in rollover crash; driver later arrested for leaving the scene of an accident
A Unionville resident was injured in a rollover accident two miles west of Kirksville. Twenty-four-year-old Harley Dockery received moderate injuries and was taken by a private vehicle to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. Dockery was a passenger in a truck driven by 23-year-old Riley Stewart of Novinger who wasn’t injured. A trooper said the […]
Missouri Highway Patrol reports the arrest of two on Saturday
The highway patrol reports a 19-year old Antioch, Illinois teenager was arrested early Saturday evening, September 11, 2021, in Harrison County. Elkanah Gahimaand was accused of felony counts of resisting arrest by fleeing creating a substantial risk of injury, tampering with a motor vehicle, and possession of burglary tools. Gahima also was accused of misdemeanor […]
Resurfacing projects to begin soon in Mercer, Grundy, and Linn counties
A resurfacing project will begin soon on Route Y in Mercer and Grundy counties and Route E in Grundy and Linn counties. The Missouri Department of Transportation has contracted with Magruder Paving, LLC to complete the project, including multiple other routes (see below). The contractor plans to begin Wednesday, Sept. 15, with resurfacing on Route […]
Missouri Department of Conservation reminds deer hunters to get harvested deer sampled for Chronic Wasting Disease
With deer hunting in Missouri opening for archery season on September 15 and firearms portions in the coming months, the Missouri Department of Conservation wants hunters to know key information about chronic wasting disease. MDC will be holding mandatory CWD sampling during the opening weekend of firearms season and voluntary CWD sampling all season for […]
July unemployment rates for Green Hills area counties
July 2021, unemployment rates for this area range from two percent in Mercer County up to four point nine percent in Clinton County. At two percent, Mercer County has the second-lowest jobless rate in the state; only Scotland County is lower at one point eight percent. The July unemployment rate average for Missouri is three […]
Kirksville man injured in crash on Potter Trail
The Highway Patrol reports a Kirksville man sustained moderate injuries in an accident involving a sports utility vehicle three-quarters of a mile west of Kirksville on Thursday morning, August 26. An ambulance transported 44-year-old Joseph McKim to the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. McKim drove the SUV west on Potter Trail before it ran […]
Two people injured in crash on Highway 63 in Adair County
Two people were taken to hospitals following an accident involving two pickup trucks on Tuesday afternoon in rural Adair County on Highway 63, one mile south of Millard. Seventy-three-year-old Jackie Yardley of Glenwood received serious injuries and was flown by medical helicopter (Air-Evac) to University Hospital in Columbia. Also injured was a passenger in another […]
Kirksville woman crashes three-wheeler on Highway 63
The Highway Patrol reports a Kirksville woman sustained serious injuries when she lost control of the three-wheeler she drove one-half mile south of Kirksville. An ambulance took 55-year-old Cynthia Partin to the Northeast Regional Medical Center of Kirksville. The crash happened on Friday, August 13, 2021, as the three-wheeler traveled north on Highway 63 before […]
Unionville man drowns at Thousand Hills State Park
The Highway Patrol reports a Unionville man has drowned at Thousand Hills State Park near Kirksville the afternoon of August 9 after he voluntarily left a pontoon boat in an attempt to rescue another swimmer. Sixty-four-year-old Steven Puckett was taken to the Travis Noe Funeral Home. Puckett went under the water at Forest Lake and did […]
Patrol reports arrest of five in Adair County on drug and weapon charges
The Missouri State Highway Patrol on Tuesday reported the arrests of five Kirksville adults on multiple counts involving drugs and other violations in Adair County. Forty-one-year-old James D. Wilhite Junior of Kirksville has been charged with eight felonies. There’s one count of felony drug trafficking; four counts of possession of a controlled substance; two counts […]
Unemployment rates vary across northern Missouri counties
Grundy County’s unemployment rate in June is about in the middle of the rates for area counties. The Missouri Division of Employment Security reports Grundy Countys’ unemployment rate is 4.2%, based on 185 unemployed out of a civilian labor force of 4,400 workers. The June rate for Grundy County is seven-tenths of a point higher […]
Woman and child from Novinger injured in crash near Kirksville
The Highway Patrol reports a woman and a boy from Novinger sustained minor injuries when a pickup truck struck a minivan two miles west of Kirksville on Friday afternoon, July 23. A private vehicle took the minivan driver, 31-year-old Samantha Sthole, and her seven-year-old passenger to the Northeast Regional Medical Center of Kirksville. No injuries […]
Adair County becomes “COVID-19 Hotspot” according to Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry have created COVID-19 Hotspot Advisories in light of the rapidly rising case counts in north-central and southwest Missouri, including Adair County which confirmed another 11 cases bringing their case count to 2670. The Hotspot Advisories are designed to keep […]
Kirksville man drowns at Thousand Hills State Park
A Kirksville man drowned Wednesday afternoon at the Thousand Hills State Park in Adair County. Thirty-two-year-old Nathan Stafford was swimming in the deeper end of a swim beach area of Forest Lake when he went underwater and did not resurface. The body was recovered, and Stafford was pronounced dead by the Adair County Coroner just […]
Special Olympics Missouri celebrates 50 years
Special Olympics Missouri is celebrating 50 years this year and kicking off its Sponsor an Athlete campaign. Sponsorships make it possible for Special Olympics North Area to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in 18 Olympic-type sports for individuals with mental disabilities in 27 counties. Those counties include those in the Green Hills area […]