Views: 0(Missouri Independent) – Facing a looming shortage of beds caused by rapidly rising COVID-19 cases, healthcare providers in Springfield are asking the state to set up temporary hospital beds so existing hospital space can be dedicated to caring for the most severely ill. The alternate care site would treat patients stable enough to be […]
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Trenton Area Ministerial Alliance assists residents with utility bills and rent
Views: 4The Trenton Area Ministerial Alliance helps Grundy County residents with paying utilities and sometimes rent. Tenth Street Baptist Church Pastor Ron Ratliff says the Good Samaritan Fund was started about 10 years ago. He explains the Trenton Area Ministerial Alliance will help in the best way and as much as it possibly […]
Results from Livingston County Fair Poultry Show
Views: 0Results have been released from July 13th’s Poultry Show at the Livingston County Fair. For bantam breeding, Addison George had the best of class champion male rooster. Yoo Jung Lee had the bantam hen one year and older champion female and supreme champion overall female. For chicken breeding, Rayanna Harris showed the chicken hen […]
Trenton Park Department accepting bids for roof repair
Views: 0The Trenton Park Department is accepting sealed bids for roof repair at the Rock Barn. Bids should be marked “Sealed bid for rock barn roof repair” and returned to the City Clerk’s Office at the Trenton City Hall by July 27th at 3 p.m. Questions can be directed to Park Superintendent David Shockley at […]
Endangered fish, leaching ash ponds: Environmental groups oppose Missouri coal plant permit
Views: 0(Missouri Independent) – For years, Lisa Zerbe said she biked, rode horses, and ran near Ameren Missouri’s largest coal-fired power plant in Franklin County because she “naively believed” state environmental regulators were protecting citizens from pollution. Now, she won’t. “It is truly a disheartening feeling of betrayal from an agency in my younger years […]
Missourians need to make their voices heard about the future of the farm and food system
Views: 0This article is a commentary. The views expressed in this article are those of the author, Tim Gibbons, and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of KTTN/KGOZ Radio, management, or staff. (Missouri Independent) – Missouri Rural Crisis Center recently sent in comments to the Biden Administration and USDA in response to their […]
Eighth-annual Missouri Farm Bureau tractor cruise registration now open
Views: 2Missouri Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture is holding its eighth annual Keep Missouri Farming Tractor Cruise on July 17, 2021. Tractors will travel through Atchison County on a 38-mile loop. The event will begin and end at Liles Enterprises, 31792 State Highway W, Fairfax, MO 64446. “The Foundation Tractor Cruise is one of the […]
2020 “Focus on Missouri” Agriculture Photo Contest winners announced
Views: 0 A breathtaking photo featuring a glimpse into the life of a Missouri cattle rancher is the Best in Show for the 2021 Focus on Missouri Agriculture Photo Contest, hosted by the Missouri Department of Agriculture. The photograph, submitted by Holly Brown of Webb City, Mo., was chosen from nearly 900 photos submitted by […]
Grundy County Health Department reports on COVID Delta Variant, breakthrough cases and spread of COVID by water
Views: 0As of June 29th, 16 breakthrough cases of COVID-19 had been reported in Grundy County since vaccination began in the county. One of the 38 active cases on June 29th was a breakthrough case. Health Department Administrator Elizabeth Gibson says that is about typical for breakthrough cases. Two thousand four hundred eighty-four […]
Galt Community Fair set to run July 8 through July 11
Views: 0The Galt Community Fair will be held from July 8 through 11, 2021 with a theme of “Welcome Back.” Activities will include the Galt Fire Protection District Ladies Auxiliary selling hamburgers, hot dogs, and sides at the fire station on July 8 from 5 to 8 o’clock in the evening. Farm mechanics shop work by […]
Wheels and Wine Car Show results announced
Views: 0Seventy-one vehicles registered for the Wheels and Wine Car Show at the Black Silo Winery of Trenton on June 27. Carl Jones’s 1973 Ford Bronco was named Best of Show and Charity’s Choice. One hundred percent of the entry fees, raffle proceeds, and money from Lance Otto’s pulled pork tent will benefit Life Options […]
Grundy County Emergency Manager reports most damage from last week’s storm occurred near Laredo
Views: 0Grundy County’s Emergency Management Director Glen Briggs says further review shows an area east of Laredo sustained the most significant storm damage from high winds and/or one “possible” tornado in parts of Grundy County last Thursday night. The probable tornado path, which Briggs commented on Monday, has not yet been officially confirmed by the […]
Former American Legion building in downtown area to be demolished
Views: 0The owner of an aging downtown Trenton building plans to have it torn down rather than making repairs. Scott Weldon spoke Monday evening to the Trenton Building and Nuisance Board regarding the former American Legion building at 103 East 10th Street. The building board, at their meeting last month, placed it on the nuisance […]
‘A highway away’: Delta variant, low vaccine rates cause COVID spike across Missouri
Views: 0(Missouri Independent) – Kendra Findley had thought the Springfield area had seen the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic in December — a month when cases regularly surpassed 200 a day and that saw a record 98 residents die of the virus. Looking back, that was when the Alpha variant, first identified in the U.K., […]
Hy-Vee now holds Guinness World Records title for largest serving of pancakes
Views: 0The big event took place in Blue Springs, Missouri, where Hy-Vee broke a Guinness World Records title for the largest serving of pancakes. The event marks the launch of the company’s new “Best Breakfast in America” menu. All 13,000 pancakes were donated to Harvesters – The Community Food Network, which is the regional food […]
Audio: Grundy County Emergency Management Director Glen Briggs on the paths of tornados during Thursday night storms
Views: 4Grundy County Emergency Management Director Glen Briggs reports there appears to have been two different tornado paths in Grundy County during storms the night of June 24th. He says one started at the south edge of Tindall and went east for about a mile and a half. The other path started near 37th and […]
Missouri Senate set to debate dueling bills extending tax crucial to Medicaid funding
Views: 0After about three hours of testimony Thursday, the Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee approved two bills to extend medical provider taxes vital to funding the state’s share of Medicaid. The first bill brought up for a vote would extend the taxes for five years, limit the types of contraceptives available to women on Medicaid and block Planned Parenthood […]
Missouri man arrested while attempting to sell stolen guns pleads guilty to illegal firearms
Views: 0 A Missouri man pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing two firearms that he stole from a car and attempted to sell outside a nearby hotel. Edward J. Kelly Jr., 39, of Independence, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes to one count of being a felon in possession of […]
Hy-Vee store director named National 2021 Store Manager of the Year
Views: 0Hy-Vee, Inc. announces that Brandon Lampkin, a 31-year veteran of Hy-Vee and store director at the 180th and Q Hy-Vee in Omaha, has been named 2021’s Store Manager of the Year by the Food Industry Association. This marks the second year in a row a Hy-Vee store director has been chosen for this national […]
Blunt congratulates 16 Missourians accepted to service academies
Views: 0U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) congratulated Missourians who accepted appointments to attend U.S. military service academies, including the U.S. Air Force Academy, the U.S. Military Academy (West Point), the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, and the U.S. Naval Academy. The following 16 individuals were nominated by Blunt: Aubrey Nicole Boatwright of Aurora Jackson Wesley Brawner […]