The Grundy County Health Department’s Annual School Health Fair will be held on Tuesday, August 6 from 4-7 pm at First Christian Church, 1700 Princeton Road, in Trenton. The event is open to all Grundy County students entering kindergarten through 12th grade, including homeschooled children aged 5-18. Area providers will offer health screenings: Dr. Andy […]
The Grundy County Health Department in Trenton will offer rapid Hepatitis C Virus Antibody testing next month. The Hepatitis C testing will be done in the office August 22nd by appointment and costs $20. The tests require a finger stick to collect a blood sample, and results are known in 20 to 40 minutes. A […]
Many activities are planned for the Livingston County Fair in Chillicothe which kicks off Friday, July 5, 2019, and runs through July 19th. The activities will begin with a truck and tractor pull at the Livingston County Fairgrounds Friday evening, July 5th at 6:30. Saturday’s activities will include an archery shoot at 10 o’clock and […]
The Kirksville Daily Express, KTVO-TV, KIRX-AM, KRXL-FM, KTUF-FM, KLTE Bott Radio, Cable One, Rehoboth Baptist Church and the St. Louis Cardinals are once again teaming up with the American Red Cross to help save lives at an important time of year. The 29th annual Kirksville Media Blood Drive will be held Thursday, July 25, from […]
Staff from Crowder State Park west of Trenton will present facts about cold-blooded animals that can be found at the park next month. The Cold Blooded Animals program will be held at the campground amphitheater the night of July 13th from 8:30 to 9:30. Facts will be shared about snakes, frogs, toads, and fish. Participants […]
Sunnyview Nursing Home and Apartments reports it will host a blood drive next week and then an open house two weeks later. The community blood center will set up Wednesday, June 26th at Sunnyview. The blood drive hours are from 2 until 6 o’clock and appointments can be made online. Those signing up online are […]
Injured Trenton Police Officer Jasmine Diab reports via Facebook that she’s feeling grateful for the citizens who came to her aid Friday afternoon at Winston after being shot while transporting a prisoner in Daviess County. A photo of Jasmine and two of the men was posted to the Helping Jasmine Diab Facebook page. The police […]
The Mercer County Health Department of Princeton will hold an open lab day next month with lower than usual fees for tests. No appointments are necessary, and no doctors orders are needed to participate in the open lab day at the health department on the morning of July 12th from 8 to 10 o’clock. A […]
Two men have been sentenced in federal court this week for their roles in a drug-trafficking conspiracy that led to the kidnapping and torture of an Independence, Missouri, man. Gerald L. Holmes, also known as “Jerry” or “Joker,” 27, and Richard M. Phoenix, also known as “Snake,” 77, were sentenced in separate appearances before U.S. […]
Early breeding allows lactating cows to be put on grass at peak quality and quantity when the nutritional need of cows is highest. Researchers at the University of Missouri’s Foremost Dairy Research Center near Columbia are the first to use the Double Ovsynch timed artificial insemination (AI) protocol with a grazing dairy herd. This year […]
Aurora Packing Company, Inc., a North Aurora, Illinois, company, is recalling 62,112 pounds of raw beef products due to possible E. coli contamination just days before the Memorial Day holiday weekend, according to a Thursday announcement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. The products were packaged on April 19 and shipped across […]
Netflix watchers can catch Murder Mystery and new seasons of Black Mirror, Designated Survivor and Jessica Jones in June. The streaming site has released a list of the movies, TV shows, comedy specials and documentaries coming and going next month. Here’s the full list of what’s being added and what is leaving Netflix […]
The Grundy County Health Department of Trenton will offer Hepatitis C virus antibody testing to observe Hepatitis Awareness Month in May. Rapid Hepatitis C testing will be done May 17th at a cost of $20.00 The health department reports that Hepatitis C is an infection of the liver, and most individuals infected develop a chronic […]
The Grundy County Health Department of Trenton plans to hold several events in May and June. One of the events is a barbecue for Public Health Month in the health department’s back parking lot Friday, April 26th from 11:30 to 1:30. Health Educator Abby Oberman says Hy-Vee will grill meat during the event. The barbecue […]
The Pleasant View R-6 Board of Education approved increasing the base pay of certified teachers at its meeting Tuesday evening. The base pay will increase $1,000 to $30,000 and a six percent raise was approved for all non-certified hourly employees as well as a five percent increase on extra duty contracts. The board approved a […]
Thompson Farm, Spickard, makes a home for beef reproduction research from the University of Missouri. That doesn’t protect it from harsh weather of hot droughts and frigid calving season faced by all beef farms recently. Weather cut beef herd size and boosted costs for labor and feed, farm manager Jon Schreffler told a meeting of […]
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. […]
On Friday, February 1, 2019, the FCCLA and FFA sponsored a blood drive for high school students and staff at the Chillicothe High School Performing Arts Center. The Community Blood Center staff registered 31 volunteers and collected 15 units of blood. The FCCLA and FFA members assisted the Community Blood Center staff with set-up, registration, […]
Aging in Place, an initiative of the Livingston County Health Center is hosting an event on Wednesday, February 27th at 10 a.m. in their classroom, to educate area residents about things they can do to help improve their own outcome in emergency situations. Jonathon Nolan, Firefighter/Paramedic at the Chillicothe Fire Department, will be presenting a […]
On top of dealing with harsh winter weather in feeding cows, cattle farmers must guard against too much nitrate in poor-quality hay. “Just from cases we’ve confirmed, I know of 150 cows dying in the last month,” says Tim Evans, head toxicologist at the University of Missouri Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory. High nitrate, mostly concentrated in […]
