Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will issue $9.4 million in grants to provide enhanced training, outreach, and technical assistance to underserved and veteran farmers and ranchers. This funding is available through the USDA’s Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Program (also known […]
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Audio: Governor Mike Parson promotes gas tax hike proposal
Governor Mike Parson is traveling the state this week to focus on infrastructure needs. Tuesday morning he made a stop in the St. Louis-area. The Governor spoke at the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry Workforce 2030 Conference. His speech centered around Prop D, which will be on the November ballot. If approved, […]
Several area communities receive 2018 Missouri Community Betterment Awards
Missouri Community Betterment (MCB) honored 19 communities, nine youth groups and 10 community leaders at their 55th Annual Conference held in Columbia, Mo. on Oct. 15, 2018. Nearly 200 volunteers, community leaders and youth from across the state were in attendance to celebrate community and economic development efforts, network with each other and connect with […]
Newtown-Harris Board of Education approves school trips
The Newtown-Harris R-3 Board of Education at its meeting Monday evening approved school trips. One was the National FFA trip to Indianapolis, Indiana where FFA members Nathan and Matthew Wells, Hannah and Sarah Garcia, Emily Otto, and Lillian Fordyce presented the trip itinerary and budget. The other trips approved were for the band to go […]
Trenton R-9 School District moving closer to building performing arts center
The Trenton R-9 School District continues to move closer to the possibility of a performing arts center being built and several renovations to district buildings. Superintendent Dan Wiebers reported to the Board of Education Tuesday evening that the district received nine requests for qualifications for architectural services, which was more than he expected to receive. […]
Grundy R-5 School District announces early dismissal of classes on October 18
The Grundy County R-5 School District will have an early out on Thursday, October 18, 2018. The high school in Galt will dismiss those days at 12:30 with the elementary school in Humphreys will dismiss at 12:40. Parent-teacher conferences will be October 18th from 1 to 6 o’clock and no school will be held for […]
Audio: Hartzler on committee negotiating Farm Bill differences, says SNAP worker requirements main roadblock
West-central Missouri Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler says there are still issues standing in the way of the farm bill reaching committee agreement. Hartzler, a Republican serving as a farm bill conference committee member, says the primary disagreement is the food stamp benefit work requirements favored by House Republicans. The Farm Bill has expired, however, […]
Trenton R-9 Board of Education to meet October 9th
The Trenton R-9 Board of Education will discuss requests for qualifications for architectural services the district received at their next meeting. The board will meet at the district office Tuesday evening, October 9th at 5:30. Other items on the agenda include grants, a Missouri School Boards Association update, special education, and testing program evaluations, standards-based […]
Harrison County man granted change of venue on child molestation, rape and incest charges
A Hatfield man facing child molestation, statutory sodomy, statutory rape, and incest charges has been granted a change of venue in Circuit Court Division One. Court information shows the venue for 41-year-old Michael John Welling was changed from Harrison County to Grundy County. Online information indicates a pre-trial conference is scheduled December 13th. Welling has […]
Families and Friends of the Developmentally Disabled board to meet October 8th
The Families and Friends of the Developmentally Disabled in Grundy County will discuss an amendment or changes to policy and procedure regarding personnel policies at its meeting next week. The meeting will be at the east entrance of the Grundy County Courthouse in Trenton Monday, October 8th at 6:30 in the evening. Old business includes […]
Audio: SNAP wants Missouri Governor Parson to get involved in clergy investigation
An organization that provides support for victims of sexual abuse is calling on Missouri’s governor to insist that Attorney General Josh Hawley use subpoena powers to expand a statewide clergy sex abuse inquiry. The Survivors Network for Those Abused by Priests (SNAP) will hold a press conference at the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson […]
Katrina Oneal is Sunnyview Employee of the Month
Sunnyview Foundation Inc. announced the employee of the month from resident and family nominations. The Employee of the Month for September 2018 is Katrina Oneal. Katrina has been an employee with Sunnyview for 15-years and works in the residential care apartments. She received an employee of the month parking spot and a $25.00 check from […]
NCMC Financial Aid Director elected to Missouri Financial Aid Executive Board
Kimberly Meeker, Financial Aid Director at North Central Missouri College, has been recently elected to serve as the 2019 Secretary for the Missouri Association of Student Financial Aid Personnel (MASFAP) twelve member executive board. Kimberly has worked in the NCMC Office of Financial Aid for six years and currently is in her third year as […]
Missouri Unclaimed Property Auction earns over $200,000 for account owners
The Unclaimed Property Auction earned $205,963.96 for account owners, $20,000 more than the last auction. The auction was held in Columbia at the Hilton Garden Inn Conference Center on September 13 and 14. Thousands of items were up for bid including old coins and currency, jewelry, sports memorabilia and a variety of other items. The […]
Spickard Board of Education approves $4,850 in expenditures
The Spickard R-2 Board of Education approved the Professional Development Plan for 2018-2019 at its meeting Monday evening with $4,850 in expenditures. A field trip to Papa Charlie’s Pumpkin Patch for October 23rd was also approved. The board heard the Annual Secretary of the Board Report. Four board members will attend the Missouri School Boards […]
Missouri’s 2018 unclaimed property auction set for September 13-14 in Columbia
Missouri State Treasurer Eric Schmitt has announced the 2018 Unclaimed Property Auction will be held September 13 and 14 at the Hilton Garden Inn Conference Center in Columbia. An auction preview will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 12. The auction will begin at 9:00 a.m. on both Thursday, September 13 […]
Grundy R-5 Board of Education regular meeting canceled
The Grundy County R-5 Board of Education’s regular meeting scheduled for Wednesday, September 12 has been canceled. A special meeting by conference call will be held at the high school in Galt Wednesday afternoon at 1 o’clock. Any patron interested in attending the special meeting is asked to come to the high school office at […]
NCMC to hold informational meeting for those interested in traveling to Ireland, England and Scotland
An informational meeting will be held for anyone interested in traveling to Ireland, England, and Scotland with the North Central Missouri College Traveling Pirates. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 19, 2018, at 5:00 p.m. in the Sugg conference room at the Ketcham Community Center on the campus of NCMC. Travelers will be […]
Missouri Department of Labor launches new web portal to promote workplace safety & health
The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations Division of Labor Standards has launched a new tool that will give Missouri businesses faster access to resources that help them develop safer and healthier workplaces while saving money on lost time and workers’ compensation insurance costs. On Thursday, September 6, at the Governor’s Conference on Economic […]
Audio: Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill on Judge Kavanaugh Nomination
(Missourinet) – Missouri’s senior senator says she’s seen things in the Senate Judiciary Committee’s confidential documents that cause her concern about U-S Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill held a conference call with Missouri reporters Thursday morning. McCaskill says she’s concerned about the process and a “lack of transparency” involving Judge […]