The Pleasant View R-6 Board of Education has accepted a bid for technology updates this summer. Quality Network Solutions is to be a paid more than $23,000 for the updates which include new wiring and as well as adding access points. The board approved a cooperative agreement with the Laredo district for a track program. […]
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Princeton R-5 Superintendent Jerry Girdner clarifies wage schedules for next school year
The Princeton Board of Education has approved wage schedules for the next school year for certified and non-certified staff. A news release from the district said they were approved with no changes, however, Superintendent Jerry Girdner today clarified that means there’s no change to the teacher base salary of $30,000. Teachers will be given a […]
Princeton Board of Education approves contracts for next school year
The board approved teaching, administrative, athletic, and activities extra-duty contracts for the next academic year. The board approved the resignation of junior high school football coach Dave McCumber. The board approved the hourly pay rate for The parents as teachers position at $15.00 an hour for the next school year. Contractors will return to the […]
Trenton R-9 Board of Education addresses salary schedules
The 2019-20 salary schedule was adopted during a meeting last night of the Trenton R-9 Board of Education. The schedule follows the requests submitted last month by the salary and welfare committee; and endorsed by the superintendent. Superintendent Dan Wiebers reported the increases noted for the salary schedule will cost more than $177,000 which is […]
Financials for TMU, wastewater and water departments among reports heard at Trenton City Council meeting
Among reports given during Monday nights’ Trenton City Council meeting, City administrator Ron Urton said bids are sought for abatement and demolition of three city-owned buildings at 17th and Lulu. Bids are due at city hall by April 3rd. Structures are described as being in the way of the proposed new 17th Street Bridge. Urton […]
Trenton City Council votes “No” on loaning money to wastewater department
The much-discussed financing of the proposed headworks project at the Trenton sewer plant took another turn Monday night. The City Council, on a vote of three in favor and four against, defeated a motion that would have allowed the electric department to loan $2,000,000 to the wastewater department. The motion to make the transfer, with […]
Missouri Natural Resources Conservation Service sets April 15 application deadline to apply for easements
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service has set an April 15 deadline to apply for wetland and agricultural land easements in Missouri. NRCS provides technical and financial assistance to help private landowners, tribes, land trusts and other groups protect valuable lands through easements. The Agricultural Conservation Easement Program focuses on restoring and protecting wetlands as […]
Central Service and Supply to build manufacturing facility in Macon
Central Service and Supply, Inc., an advanced manufacturer headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, has announced the selection of Macon, Missouri, as the location of their new advanced manufacturing facility citing access to talent and logistical advantages as main reasons for their choice. “We are extremely excited to expand into Missouri,” Adam Nolan, Vice President of […]
Missouri Department of Agriculture opens entries for annual “Focus on Missouri Agriculture” photo contest
The Missouri Department of Agriculture today launched the 10th annual Focus on Missouri Agriculture photo contest, asking Missourians to share the unique stories and images of agriculture through photographs. The contest, which runs through June 14, is an opportunity for amateur photographers across the state to submit their best images of Missouri agriculture. That image […]
Quail Forever invites outdoor enthusiasts to State Habitat Convention
Quail Forever invites landowners, hunters, and conservation enthusiasts to their 6th annual State Habitat Convention. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from and visit with wildlife professionals and chapter leaders as well as learn what makes Quail Forever one of the nation’s most successful conservation organizations. The event will be held at the Hilton […]
Missouri man sentenced for $4.7 Million cattle investment fraud scheme
A Clinton, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for a $4.7 million investment fraud scheme in which he defrauded 92 investors who believed they were purchasing cattle for resale at a profit. Cameron J. Hager, 43, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner on Tuesday, March 5, 2019, to eight years […]
Cheryl Hamilton named Wright Memorial Hospital Employee of the Quarter
Cheryl Hamilton, a licensed practical nurse at Saint Luke’s Mercer County Clinic in Princeton, was honored as the hospital’s Employee of the Quarter for first quarter 2019. Steve Schieber, Chief Executive Officer, presented the award to Hamilton at a ceremony held in her honor on March 7. The Employee of the Quarter Award recognizes an […]
Shooting accident injures Chillicothe man
The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office investigated a shooting accident west of Chillicothe Wednesday. Sheriff Steve Cox reports a Chillicothe man said he was going to buy a semi-automatic handgun from a relative but went into the country to test fire the gun before purchasing it. There was a problem with a round in the chamber […]
Missouri Soybean Association District Director election results
The leadership team for the Missouri Soybean Association welcomes a new farmer-leader following this month’s district director elections. Russell Wolf, a farmer from Tipton, was elected to the Association’s board of directors during the District 5 meeting February 18 in Marshall. He joins his fellow board members in guiding the organization’s policy, advocacy and membership […]
Tax return preparer fraud makes IRS’ 2019 ‘Dirty Dozen’ list of tax scams
The Internal Revenue Service has included tax return preparer fraud on its “Dirty Dozen” list of common tax scams for 2019 and offered tips to help taxpayers avoid unscrupulous tax preparers. With the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the most sweeping tax reform legislation in more than 30 years now in effect, some taxpayers may […]
Trenton Park Board approves date for Chillicothe Mudcats baseball game
The Trenton Park Board approved a date for the Chillicothe Mudcats baseball team to play in Trenton last Wednesday evening. The game will be played at Burleigh Grimes Field July 10th. Mudcats General Manager Doug Doughty reported this year’s team includes Logan Eickhoff from North Central Missouri College and Brett Pearson from Carrollton. Doughty said […]
Audio: House votes to increase poaching fines in Missouri
It’s cheaper for a non-Missourian to come into the state, poach an animal, and pay the fine for that than it is to buy an out-of-state hunter tag. The Missouri House has voted to change that. The House voted to send to the Senate House Bill 260, which would increase the fines for poaching wild turkeys, […]
Audio: $600k settlement reached between state and Missouri corrections worker
A Missouri Department of Corrections employee has won a $600,000 settlement from the state after she alleged male co-workers at two state prisons regularly harassed her. The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports the taxpayer-funded payout, approved in January, included just over $297,000 to prison caseworker Jennifer LaFleur and more than $303,000 to attorneys […]
High nitrate in hay can, and is, killing beef cows in complex ways
Two years of abnormal weather changed plant growth, which changes livestock digestion and in the end, cows die. The words “it’s very complex” kept popping up in a University of Missouri emergency teleconference of state and regional MU Extension specialists. This winter farmers find groups of cows dead, often falling on newly unrolled baled hay. […]
Trenton City Council tables request from Green Hills Animal Shelter
After 45 minutes of discussion between the Trenton City Council and the Green Hills Animal Shelter last night, the council voted to table a request from the animal shelter which was seeking an increase on their next contract. The decision to table was approved six to one after City Administrator Ron Urton reported two other […]