The Missouri State Fair celebrated Youth in Agriculture Day, sponsored by the Missouri Department of Agriculture, on Saturday, Aug. 18. The annual Sale of Champions highlighted the day, raising $195,350 – the largest amount ever raised in the history of the Missouri State Fair Sale of Champions! The Grand Champion Steer was exhibited by Mackenzie […]
Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway today released a citizen-requested audit of the City of Bethany, which found that poor planning in tax increment financing projects (TIF) spearheaded by the city resulted in delays and lack of oversight. “Economic incentives can be valuable for communities, but they must be presented transparently and used effectively as part […]
Grundy County will have a new Commissioner following balloting in the primary election Tuesday and the upcoming general election in November. Phillip Ray defeated Incumbent Rick Hull and challenger Mark Moore for Presiding Commissioner of Grundy County. The vote count shows Ray with 931 votes, Hull had 603, and Moore 348. Ray wins the majority of the […]
There are few candidate races and ballot issues for today’s primary election within the nine-county, Green Hills Region. Political parties will nominate their candidates to run in the November general election. Polls are open until 7 pm tonight. The only nominating race in Grundy County is for the Republican nomination for Grundy County Presiding Commissioner. […]
The Highway Patrol has arrested two individuals in the area on allegations of driving while intoxicated. Fifty-six-year-old Murray Walker of Blue Springs was arrested in Linn County Friday night. The Patrol accused him of felony DWI—aggravated offender as well as a lane violation. He was transported to the Linn County Sheriff’s Office and released. Thirty-seven-year-old […]
A large crowd attended Grundy Electric Cooperative’s Annual Membership Meeting held August 2, 2018, at the North Mercer R-III School in Mercer, Missouri. Prior to the business meeting, over 380 members and guests enjoyed the evening meal served by the Mercer County 4-H members. Entertainment was provided by The Marks Family from Jefferson City. Members […]
The results have been announced of the North Central Missouri Fair Dairy Show. Hillary Shahan of Unionville had Champion Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Guernsey, Holstein, and Jersey. She also had the Supreme Champion Female and Reserve Bull. Caleb and Abigail Gondringer of Trenton both received blue ribbons in the Dairy Bucket Calf class. Results for the rabbit […]
An Iowa resident was injured in an I-35 accident north of Eagleville late Tuesday afternoon. Twenty-two year old Alec Breon of Oskaloosa, Iowa received minor injuries when the front of a northbound car she was driving struck a covered cargo trailer being pulled by a pickup truck. She was taken by ambulance to the Harrison […]
A boy riding a dirt bike was injured early last evening at McFall when according to the highway patrol, an animal entered the street and was struck by the dirt bike. After impact, the dirt bike overturned throwing the operator off. Fourteen-year-old Chavez Roeder of McFall was taken by private vehicle to the Harrison County […]
A Bethany resident, Wyatt Ellis, received the Frank Nowland Memorial Award at the Jamesport Junior Livestock Show. The award is presented to an individual for the outstanding livestock display at the fair and is based on showmanship, quality of animals, and the component sportsmanship and conduct. Blaine Landes of Jamesport won the Randy Minnick Memorial Award […]
A Bethany truck driver died at the scene of a wreck Thursday afternoon in rural northwest Sullivan County. Twenty-seven-year-old Clare Guernsey of Bethany was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash after the truck he was driving ran off Route E, struck the ground, and overturned. The southbound truck hit several trees and a […]
The Gilman City R-4 Board of Education awarded several bids at a recent meeting. Propane gas was awarded to MFA at $1.059 per gallon with Landes Oil and UPG also submitting bids. Bus and van fuel were awarded to Landes and MFA. The milk bid was awarded to Graves with food supplies was awarded to […]
Lacey Power with the Mercer County Fair has provided results of the fair’s Sheep, Swine, and Goat Shows. The Sheep Show competition saw Kendra Betz of Trenton with the Grand Champion Ram. The Grand Champion Market Lamb belonged to Brylee Williams of Princeton. Wyatt Vogel of Lineville received honors with the Grand Champion Ewe, Reserve […]
Grundy Electric Cooperative will host its annual membership meeting in August. All Grundy Electric member-owners are invited to attend the event at the North Mercer R-3 High School in Mercer the evening of August 2nd. Registration, a dinner, and musical entertainment by the Marks Family from Jefferson City will start at 4:30 with the business […]
The results have been released for the Mercer County Fair’s Rabbit and Poultry shows. Lacey Power with the Mercer County Fair reports that for the Rabbit Show, Sadie Butterfield of Bethany received Best in Show 4 Class, 6 Class, and Overall as well as Reserve Best in Show Overall. Mylee Francis of Princeton received Reserve […]
A local working group charged with identifying local priority resource concerns and providing input about program criteria to the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service will meet at 1:30 pm, July 26 at the USDA Service Center in Bethany. The working group is comprised primarily of representatives of various local, state and federal agencies with knowledge […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in Northern Missouri planned for the week of July 16 – 22 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, mowing, shoulder work, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs, litter pick up […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Princeton man sustained moderate injuries after he became unconscious, and the minivan he drove ran off the road about five miles east of Bethany Wednesday morning. Forty-five-year-old Glen Allen traveled east on U. S. Highway 136 when the van ran off the south side of the road at Route T. […]
A work group will meet later this month to identify local priority resource concerns and provide input about program criteria to the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Service. The meeting will be held at the USDA Service Center in Bethany on the afternoon of July 26th at 1:30. Grundy County District Conservationist Scott […]
A Rockford, Illinois woman arrested by the Highway Patrol in Daviess County Friday morning has been charged with two misdemeanors. Online court information shows 47-year-old Susan Brown has been charged with driving while intoxicated and failure to drive within the right lane of the highway with two or more lanes in the same direction. Bond was […]
