Grain Belt Express

Public Service Commission once again denies Grain Belt Express application

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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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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.  […]

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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 […]

Two arrested on drug charges in Daviess County

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 […]

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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 […]

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 […]