Part of Route PP was closed Tuesday night, March 29, 2022, after the Galt Fire Protection District extinguished a road tube fire. Firefighter Reta Smiley reports someone was doing a controlled burn along Route PP about two to three miles east of Route W. The fire worked its way to the road tube and halfway […]
The Gallatin Board of Aldermen on March 28th approved a bid for ordering six electric transformers. The bid from T and R Electric was for $6,060 and the vote came after Public Works Director Mark Morey requested to order the transformers to have on hand as backups. The delivery time will extend into the 2023 […]
Chillicothe and three other fire departments responded to a structure fire on Tuesday afternoon in Utica at 510 Vanson Street. The owner was listed as Richard Evans of the same address. The one-story home with a partially-covered back deck was on fire as of 2:30 Tuesday afternoon. Chillicothe firefighters noted garage and house siding had […]
The Rapid Removal Disposal facility in north Trenton is closed to the public on March 29th due to a shortage of trailer space. A spokesperson says there is a trailer shortage and that the closure will not affect trash pick-up. The phone lines are also down at Rapid Removal on March 29 as work is […]
The Chillicothe City Council will consider ordinances adopting the 2022-2023 budget for the City of Chillicothe and Chillicothe Municipal Utilities and amending the 2021-2022 budget. The council will meet in the Chillicothe Municipal Utilities meeting room on March 28th at 5:30 in the evening. The council will also consider ordinances that would accept a bid […]
Spend the morning outdoors and assist park team members and volunteers at a spring workday from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April. 9. Projects will include litter cleanup, trail work, group camp cleanup, invasive plant control, and more. Individuals, families, groups, and organizations are encouraged to volunteer. To allow team members to prepare projects, registration […]
The Missouri Department of Conservation will offer five permits to hunt bull elk in Missouri this fall with at least one permit designated for qualifying area landowners and the remaining permits for the general public. MDC will also offer 400 permits for the taking of a maximum of 40 black bears during the second Missouri […]
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 March 28 – April 3 All road closures and planned roadwork may be viewed on the Traveler Information Map. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in some of […]
The Trenton City Council will hold a public hearing for the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development Community Facility Director Program for the police and fire departments. The hearing will be at the city council meeting at the Trenton City Hall on March 28th at 7 p.m. It was previously announced the mayor and […]
An Easter egg hunt and an afternoon of fun in the park will be held Saturday, April 9 at Wallace State Park near Cameron. The enclosed shelter house will have nature displays and drawings for prizes from 1 to 3 p.m. At 1 p.m., visitors of all ages can participate in an egg-hunting adventure to […]
(Missouri Independent) – An ex-FBI agent who conducted the criminal investigation of former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens in 2018 pleaded guilty Wednesday to evidence tampering and was sentenced to a year of probation. William Tisaby, 69, was hired by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner to assist in the investigation of allegations that Greitens threatened […]
(Missouri Independent) – Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday sharpened their criticisms of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, probing her work as a public defender on behalf of terrorism suspects, the judicial sentences she has handed down for child pornography offenses, and her views of critical race theory. Jackson defended her […]
(Missouri Independent) – When the Good Samaritan Care Clinic opened in 2006 in Mountain View, only about 5% of the free clinic’s clients were eligible for Medicaid. When it closed late last year, that number had risen to 70%, Dr. John Roberts, one of the clinic’s founders, told the Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday. Medicaid […]
The Gallatin R-5 Board of Education approved the salary schedule and health insurance renewal rates. The 2022-2023 salary schedule has a base of $33,000. Board Secretary Vicki Corwin reports the base was raised from $32,200. Health insurance is through the Missouri Educators Unified Health Plan. The board approved opening a savings account and certificate of […]
(Missouri Independent) – When Missouri’s health department refused to turn over certain documents to ProPublica reporter Pamela Colloff in October 2020, she did what the attorney general’s office directs anyone to do if they believe a government agency is illegally withholding public records. She filed a Sunshine Law complaint with Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, […]
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 March 21 – 27 All road closures and planned roadwork may be viewed on the Traveler Information Map. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in some of the planned […]
The Grundy County R-5 Board of Education on March 17th accepted bids for work at the elementary school. One bid was from Kramer Contracting to replace 37 windows in the building for $46,880. It was the only bid submitted. That work is to be completed this summer. Another bid was from Wyatt Heating and Cooling […]
Grundy County Jewett Norris Library Director Theresa Hunsaker says a lot has been done at the library in Trenton since it was closed due to the pandemic and now that it has reopened. One of those things was replacing elevator boards, which took about six weeks and another was the addition of curbside service, which […]
The Trenton R-9 Board of Education took action on personnel matters in a closed session on March 17th. Mike Hostetter was hired as the Trenton Middle School assistant principal. Hostetter is currently the seventh through 12th-grade principal at Milan C-2. Superintendent Mike Stegman reports current TMS Assistant Principal Jackie Price has been transferred to an English […]
The Chillicothe City Council will hold a closed session meeting and a joint meeting with the Board of Public Works next week. The city council will discuss employees and/or personnel in the closed session at the Chillicothe City Hall on March 21st at 5:30 in the evening. The city council and Board of Public Works […]
