The Missouri Public Service Commission denied an application filed by Grain Belt Express Clean Line, LLC. The application sought Commission authority and a certificate of convenience and necessity to construct, own, operate, control, manage and maintain a high voltage, direct current transmission line and associated facilities within eight Missouri counties. Those counties were Buchanan, Clinton, […]
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Unemployment rate in 5 area counties above state average
Five area counties have unemployment rates above the state average of three point eight percent. Grundy County is just a shade below that figure, coming in at three point seven percent for June based on 179 persons unemployed out of a civilian labor force of 4,800. The June rate is lower than May when Grundy […]
Public Service Commission sets public hearing schedule in Grain Belt Express case
The Missouri Public Service Commission will hold local public hearings in December in a case filed by Grain Belt Express Clean Line LLC (Grain Belt Express). Grain Belt Express seeks a certificate of convenience and necessity to construct, own, operate and maintain a high voltage, direct current transmission line and associated facilities within Buchanan, Clinton, […]
Missouri Public Service Commission sets intervention deadline for Grain Belt Express
The Grain Belt Express Clean Line LLC otherwise known as the Grain Belt Express has filed an application with the Missouri Public Service Commission seeking a certificate of convenience and necessity to construct, own, operate, and maintain a high voltage, direct current transmission line, and associated facilities within Buchanan, Clinton, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Randolph, Monroe […]
Unemployment number from July for north Missouri
Grundy County’s July unemployment rate climbed to five and a half percent. That’s up from a rate of four point six percent noted in June. The latest rate which is nearly one percentage point higher represents 267 persons on unemployment out of a civilian labor the state lists as 4865. Rates among area counties for July range […]
Separate rollover accidents injure Unionville, Cameron residents
Separate rollover accidents yesterday afternoon in Putnam and Clinton Counties injure drivers from Unionville and Cameron. Ten miles west of Unionville, the highway patrol reports a car driven by 43-year-old Deanna Henry of Unionville was eastbound when it twice went off Highway 136 and overturned. Ms. Henry was taken by a medical helicopter to University Hospital in Columbia […]
Green Hills unemployment rates for June 2016
Most area counties continue to have unemployment rates that are less than the state average of four and a half percent. Linn County is the highest for this area with a rate of seven and a half percent. Over 400 persons are on unemployment in Linn County as of the month of June – the latest month available Sullivan […]
Meetings announced for those interested in foster parenting
A public meeting on foster parenting is coming up early next month in Trenton. Healthy Families, Cornerstone, presents an introduction to foster parenting on Tuesday, August 2nd. The free 6 o’clock evening meeting is scheduled at First Baptist Church in Trenton. Organizers say the meeting involves information, no obligation on the part of anyone attending. […]
MoDOT scheduled road work in north Missouri July 11 through 17
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the North Missouri region planned for the week of July 11 – 17 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, bridge deck washing, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs and other road […]
May unemployment rates for north Missouri
The latest unemployment rate for Grundy County is nearly steady with the previous month. The May rate was four point one percent – based on 211 unemployed out of a civilian labor force of over 51 hundred workers. For April, the Grundy county rate came in at four point two percent with 217 unemployed. This year’s rate for […]
Five arrests, two for DWI, made across Harrison, Caldwell, Clinton Counties
The Missouri Highway Patrol reports five arrests across northwest Missouri since late Tuesday morning. The first in the rash of arrest occurred on Tuesday night at 10:30 in Harrison County, where 44-year old Sheldon C. Rucker of Eagleville was taken into custody on a charge of misdemeanor driving while intoxicated. Rucker was taken to the Harrison […]
Drug arrests made in Clinton and Daviess Counties in past 24 hours
Authorities in Clinton County have taken 22-year Tesia K. Speaks of Queen City, Missouri into custody in an arrest from early this (Thursday) morning. The Highway Patrol reports that Ms. Speaks is facing preliminary charges of felony possession of a controlled substance (identified as methamphetamine), felony unlawful use of a weapon, and possession of drug […]
Unemployment rates in north Missouri generally remain below state average
Most of the area counties have unemployment rates that are below the state of Missouri average of four point three percent. Grundy county’s rate for April is four point two percent. It’s based on 217 persons unemployed out of a civilian labor force of over 52 hundred. The latest rate is a reduction from five […]
Local Election Results: Republicans vote Trump, Democrats split
Grundy Countians favored Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump in the Democratic and Republican Presidential Primaries Tuesday. The nearly 39 percent voter turnout was far greater than previous presidential primaries for Grundy County in 2012 and 2008. Among 491 Democrat votes, Bernie Sanders received 262 and Hillary Clinton had 219. (Sanders was favored 53.4% to Mrs. […]
MoDOT road work schedule for North Missouri
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the Northwest Missouri region planned for the week of Feb. 29 – March 6 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, brush cutting, guardrail repairs and other road work conducted throughout […]