The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in North Missouri region planned for the week of May 14 through the 20th 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 […]
United States Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has announced the appointment of a Bethany man to serve as Administrator of the U. S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency. Richard Fordyce will lead a network of more than 2,100 counties and 50 state FSA offices. He currently serves as the State Executive Director for FSA in […]
One of multiple programs the Community Action Partnership of North Central Missouri provides is the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Executive Director Aaron Franklin says that LIHEAP assists families by paying utility bills. He says the agency began the winter portion of the program in November. The agency was able to make a one-time […]
GRM Networks selected six students to receive $5,500 in scholarship money. Kali Forbach of Bethany will receive a $1,500 scholarship, Madyson Williams of Laredo and Mikayla Mattson of Conception Junction will each receive $1,000. Dereck Bowman of Bethany and Eva Savage of Lamoni, Iowa will receive $750 and Audry Briggs of Eagleville will receive $500. […]
The Trustees of the GEC Community Foundation, Inc. met April 13, 2018, and awarded 14 grants totaling $6,461. All grants are funded by member donations called Operation Round Up where members voluntarily round up their utility bills each month to fund grants to eligible entities. Education grants were awarded to Grundy County R-V School District, Humphreys; Trenton […]
Members of the Sheriffs’ Offices of DeKalb and Clinton County as well as the Cameron Police Department arrested several subjects in and around the Cameron area Tuesday stemming from a joint narcotic investigation. The Cameron Police and Emergency Management reports subjects were charged in DeKalb and Clinton counties. Fifty-one-year-old Robert Parkison and 41-year-old Cayla Parkison, […]
The Missouri Department of Transportation was contacted about traffic congestion on U.S. Route 136 in Bethany. Traffic engineers thought a new type of signal could alleviate some of the issues. To ensure their idea was the best solution, they conducted a traffic study. That study prompted the restriping of the eastbound lanes of U.S. Route […]
The Missouri State Fair Foundation Youth in Agriculture committee selected a student from Bucklin to receive a $2,500 scholarship. Audrey Martin will receive the Sydenstricker John Deere of Missouri/Sydenstricker Angus Genetics supreme scholarship during the annual State FFA Convention in Columbia April 20th. Thirty-five other state 4-H and FFA members who are seeking higher education […]
An accident in Harrison County early Sunday afternoon involved people from Mesa, Arizona. The highway patrol reports 48-year-old Michael Hall was driving southbound on I-35 when he lost control on the snow-covered highway. The car went off the west side of the road where it struck a ditch. Vehicle damage was moderate. A passenger, 61-year-old Rebecca […]
A Kansas woman was hurt Saturday evening south of Bethany when the car she was driving hit a deer on Interstate 35. Fifty-six-year-old Monica McCormick of Eureka, Kansas was taken to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany with moderate injuries. The accident happened six miles south of Bethany on I-35 when the southbound car hit […]
A detention officer at the Daviess-Dekalb Regional Jail of Pattonsburg has been arrested in one county and charged in two counties with felony sexual misconduct with a prisoner or offender by a probation/parole officer or employee of a jail, prison, or correctional facility. Online court information shows 27-year-old Michael Allen Byrd the Second of Bethany […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Bethany woman sustained minor injuries when her car overturned five miles north of Mount Moriah Monday evening. Twenty-seven-year-old Christine Christman traveled north on Route B when her vehicle ran off the east side of the road. She reportedly overcorrected, causing the car to cross the center line and run off […]
A Missouri state trooper was involved in a shooting this morning in Daviess County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said it all started shortly after 10:30 this morning in Harrison County when the sheriff notified the patrol of a theft in progress at a residence in Ridgeway. Harrison County Sheriff Josh Eckerson reports suspects pulled a […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has presented awards to 18 Missouri school districts to replace 40 older diesel school buses which collectively adds up to $745,000. From this area, South Harrison R-2 School in Bethany received a $40,000 award to replace two of its older diesel-powered school buses. Nationally, more than $8.7 million is being […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Bethany man sustained minor injuries when his vehicle rear-ended another about one mile north of Cameron Thursday night. Thirty-two-year-old Jason Gray traveled north on Interstate 35 when his hatchback struck the rear-end of a northbound car, driven by 19-year-old Fausto Vargas of Salinas, California. Both vehicles came to a controlled […]
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources will provide a free pesticide collection event in Bethany. All Missouri farmers and households may bring items to Orscheln Farm and Home in Bethany the morning of March 24th from 8 o’clock to noon. Accepted items will include unwanted pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, rodenticides, de-wormers, fly tags, and fertilizers […]
Beginning the second week of March, contractors from Chester Bross Construction Company of Palmyra, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, will begin a bridge deck replacement on Harrison County Route EE over Big Muddy Creek located 0.1 miles south of Route M. The bridge will close the morning of March 12 and will remain […]
Candidate filings began Tuesday for multi-county districts in this area. A 7th district state representative race is shaping up between Republican Rusty Black of Chillicothe and Democrat Dennis VanDyke of Marceline. Both have to be nominated by their parties in the August primary election. After the first day of filings, Republican Danny Busick of Newtown […]
More district-level candidates have filed for the August Primary election. Henry Robert Martin of Kansas City and Winston Apple of Independence have filed as Democrats for Sixth District U. S. Representative. Republican Sam Graves of Tarkio filed for re-election for the Representative position. Republican Dan Hegeman of Cosby filed for reelection for 12th District State […]
GRM Networks has announced three recipients of the Fourth Quarter Community Grant Program. Hope Royale of Bethany received $500 to help fund the Community Easter Pageant, which is an event encouraging fellowship from churches in several communities. The Lamoni, Iowa Community Center received $500 to help purchase new appliances and improve the facility for use […]
