The latest unemployment rates among area counties range from Linn County at three point six percent down to two point one percent in Livingston County. All other area counties are in between that range including Grundy County at three point two percent in April – the most recent month available from the Division of Employment […]
The highway patrol reports a 53-year old Kansas City, Kansas man was arrested Sunday morning in Caldwell County on a Johnson County, Kansas warrant accusing him of dangerous drugs. Frederick Cunningham was taken to the Caldwell County Detention Center. A 23-year old northwest Missouri resident, Dani Hughes, was arrested early Sunday in DeKalb County. Hughes […]
The highway patrol reports an Odessa man was hurt when the car he was driving hit the rear of a tractor-trailer unit that was stopped on Highway 116 in Caldwell County. Reports indicate visibility was obstructed at the time of the crash. Sixty-nine-year-old David Bannister of Odessa was taken to Liberty Hospital with serious injuries. […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in North Missouri for the week of June 10 – 16. Continued flooding may cause schedule changes in some of the planned work. There may also be moving operations throughout the region such as pothole patching, […]
Governor Mike Parson has announced Missouri has requested the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) participate in joint Preliminary Damage Assessments across a total of 56 counties – almost half the 114 counties in the state – in response to tornadoes, severe storms, and worsening flooding. The joint teams will survey the damage that began with […]
The Missouri Public Service Commission has unanimously approved a request filed by Invenergy Transmission LLC, its parent company Invenergy Investment Company, Grain Belt Express Clean Line, LLC, and Grain Belt Express Holding LLC. The request authorizes Invenergy to acquire ownership of Grain Belt. The commission voted five to zero and determined allowing Invenergy to acquire […]
Many roads in Northeast Missouri are flooded this Wednesday morning due to the rains that fell Tuesday evening. Here is a complete listing by county from the MoDOT website of roads closed in Northwest Missouri as of 5:00 am, May 29, 2019. These road closures may change as waters recede so please check the […]
The Highway Patrol reports several arrests in area counties on Friday and early Saturday morning. Twenty-six-year-old Sara Service of Blythedale was arrested in Worth County and accused of speeding 16 to 19 miles per hour over the posted speed limit, owner operating motor vehicle without financial responsibility, and operating a motor vehicle on a highway […]
The highway patrol reports a liberty resident, 27-year old Jacob Spencer, was arrested late Saturday night in Caldwell County and accused with felony first degree tampering with a motor vehicle, felony assault on law enforcement, and misdemeanor counts of resisting arrest, driving while revoked, and careless and imprudent driving. Two excelsior springs residents, 18-year old […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in northern Missouri region for the week of May 27 – June 2. MoDOT will halt temporary lane closures throughout the state to accommodate an increase in traffic due to the Memorial Day holiday. Most temporary […]
A Hamilton man accused of molesting a child over the course of several years, who entered a guilty plea in Division One of Caldwell County Circuit Court in April, was sentenced Wednesday. Jamey Keith Stone was sentenced to a facility to be determined by the Missouri Department of Corrections for a period of 15 years […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in the North Missouri region for the week of May 20 – 26. Continued flooding may cause schedule changes in some of the planned work. There may also be moving operations throughout the region such as […]
The Assistance League for the Veterans Home in Cameron invites the public to attend the first ever Taste of Jazz and Country to benefit Cameron VA nursing home, veteran residents. The event will begin with a jazz group performance at the Fun Farm Pumpkin Patch of Kearney June 7th from 6 to 10 o’clock. The […]
Three people were injured early Tuesday evening in a Caldwell County, two-vehicle, accident approximately one-half west of Hamilton. The crash involved a sport utility vehicle westbound on Highway 36 and a pickup northbound on Route P. All three were taken by ambulances to the Cameron Regional Medical Center. The highway patrol listed injuries as minor […]
Two people from Polo were arrested Monday afternoon in Caldwell County. Taken to the Caldwell County Detention Center were 36-year-old Corey Carr and 31-year-old Amanda Houghman. The highway patrol reports Corey Carr is facing potential charges that include felony resisting arrest, felony property damage, and a probation and parole felony warrant alleging violations. Carr also […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in north Missouri region for the week of May 13 – 19. Continued flooding may cause schedule changes in some of the planned work. There may also be moving operations throughout the region such as pothole […]
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows that turkey hunters checked 36,231 birds during Missouri’s 2019 regular spring turkey season, April 15 through May 5. Top harvest counties were Franklin with 785 birds checked, Texas with 729, and Callaway with 672. Young turkey hunters harvested 2,546 birds during the 2019 spring youth season, […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in northern Missouri for the week of May 6 – 12. Continued flooding may cause schedule changes in some of the planned work. There may also be moving operations throughout the region such as pothole patching, […]
Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap study shows the food insecurity rate for Grundy County is 14.7%. The childhood food insecurity rate is 20.4%, which is the highest of the 15 Northwest Missouri counties. The study by the country’s largest hunger relief organization also shows 46,910 individuals are food insecure in the 19-county service area […]
The highway patrol reports three people from Caldwell County were killed, including the driver, when a fiery crash occurred Tuesday afternoon in rural Ray County. Pronounced dead at the scene were 24-year-old Kara Frisch of Polo, 26-year-old Andrew Fleming of Polo, and 42-year-old Bradley Ahart of Kingston. Kara Frisch was driving eastbound on Ray County […]
