The gates at Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge will once again open to the public on Saturday, March 3, 2018, at 6 AM. The Refuge is closed annually from late October to the first Saturday of March to allow for undisturbed habitat for migrating and wintering waterfowl. Once spring arrives the place becomes a Refuge […]
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Candidate filing for August primary begins Tuesday
Candidate filing begins Tuesday, February 27, 2018, subject to the August Primary Election in Missouri. Area courthouses will be the location for candidates to file if they are seeking a county-wide office. For Grundy County, this includes the offices of presiding commissioner, county clerk, associate circuit court judge, clerk of the circuit court/recorder of deeds, […]
Most Missouri schools close during frigid weather, some in hardest hit areas tough it out
School districts across Missouri are closed today because of excessively cold weather. After much of the state received one-to-three inches of snow on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, temperatures began to dive and continued to drop overnight Tuesday morning. Wind chill values reached minus-10, and in some cases, minus-25. The only part […]
Area driver exam stations to close for meeting
Several driver examination stations will be closed October 11th for a mandatory meeting. Closings that day will include the driver examination stations in Chillicothe and Bethany. Highway Patrol Troop H Commanding Officer Captain James McDonald says normal testing hours will resume October 12th.
Exit 92 on I-35 at Bethany to close one ramp for work
Routine pavement work planned for next week will close one ramp on Interstate 35 at Exit 92 in Bethany. The ramp from southbound I-35 to U.S. Route 136 at Exit 92 will close Wednesday, Sept. 13 from approximately 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. so local maintenance crews from the Missouri Department of Transportation may complete […]
Route N near Braymer to close for maintenance
Routine maintenance work will close Route N east of Braymer this week. On Wednesday, April 12, local maintenance crews from the Missouri Department of Transportation will close Route N for a culvert replacement between Route A and the Mud Creek Bridge. The road will be closed from approximately 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., weather permitting. […]
Ketcham Center to close Saturday
The Ketcham Community Center on the North Central Missouri College campus in Trenton will be closed for three hours Saturday. It will be closed from noon to 3 o’clock for the Missouri National Guard’s 548th Transportation Company’s military send off. The ceremony will be held at the Ketcham Center and starts Saturday afternoon at 1:30.
Eastbound U.S. Route 36 to close near Hamilton
U.S. Route 36 will close daily after the first of the year in Hamilton as crews from the Missouri Department of Transportation will close all lanes of eastbound U.S. Route 36 at Route 13 for bridge maintenance. The road will be closed from approximately 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 pm. Monday through Friday, weather permitting, beginning […]
Route V in Daviess County to close September 9 for culvert replacement
A portion of Route V in Daviess County will close Friday, Sept. 9, 2016. Local crews from the Missouri Department of Transportation will close Route V between Quarry Road and Quick Avenue for a culvert replacement from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., weather permitting. During this closure, motorists will need to use an alternate route. […]
Several roads remain closed due to flooding in Carroll, Daviess and Livingston Counties
Drier conditions allowed several Northwest Missouri routes to reopen after closing yesterday due to high water. Routes in Carroll, Daviess, and Livingston counties remain closed, however. Situations can change quickly, especially during flooding. Motorists are reminded to stay alert and to not drive through any water over the roadway. It only takes six inches of […]
2 Missouri police academies close due to low enrollment
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Two police training courses in northwest Missouri have been canceled because of low enrollment. The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office and Missouri Sheriff’s Association joined forces to offer the Basic Law Enforcement Training academies in Chillicothe and Kirksville. They were set to begin in August. The St. Joseph News-Press reports (http://j.mp/2aEOQPN […]
Coroner’s initial report on Elizabeth Jeannoutot-Lafolette and daughter Shannon inconclusive
Grundy County Coroner Dewayne Slater says an initial, or preliminary autopsy report, is inconclusive regarding the deaths of a Trenton woman and her young daughter over the weekend at Trenton. Slater said officials will await the results of toxicology tests. He noted it may take at least two months before toxicology results become available for […]
Wine walk and “Tunes Under the Moon” coming up Friday night in Chillicothe
Main Street Chillicothe and downtown merchants host a “Wine Walk” and “Tunes Under the Moon” concert on Friday evening in downtown Chillicothe. The wine walk runs from 4 to 8 o’clock. The public can sample local Missouri wines for $15.00 by visiting participating merchants. Participants will receive an engraved glass for the sampling, and to […]
Wheeling man cited for speeding 107 mph: The cost of speed, it’s more than a ticket
It happened Wednesday, April 27 as a Livingston County Sheriff deputy was on Highway K near Liv 261. The deputy checked a vehicle on radar at 107 mph in a 55 mph zone. The driver from Wheeling, Missouri was stopped, cited for the high speed and posted bond for the violation. The driver is scheduled […]
Free sports physicals to be offered May 4 and May 11
Wright Memorial Hospital and the Grundy County Health Department are once again working together to offer sports physical exams for all area students planning to participate in athletic/cheerleading activities during the 2016-2017 school year. Free sports physical exams will be offered on May 4 and May 11 from 3 – 5:30 p.m., at Wright Memorial […]
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 […]
Trenton City Council Meeting Report for Monday, February 22, 2016
The Trenton City Council’s finance committee meets several times during preparations for the city budget for the fiscal year beginning May 1st. That’s also the case this year, with two more meetings announced for Wednesday, February 23, and Friday, February 26, both at noon. Trenton mayor nick McHargue, during last night’s city council meeting, said […]