Bridge inspection crews based in Northwest Missouri work to inspect the bridges in our area. This program of inspection, repair, and maintenance of the more than 10,000 bridges across the state ensures the bridges are kept in the best possible condition for as long as possible for all those that travel across Missouri’s roadways. Specialized […]
A resurfacing project through Mercer, Grundy, Livingston, and Carroll counties is scheduled to start back up soon. The Missouri Department of Transportation has contracted with Vance Brothers to resurface approximately 83 miles of U.S. Route 65 between the Iowa border and the Missouri River as well as a small portion of Route 6 near Trenton. […]
A resurfacing project through Mercer, Grundy, Livingston, and Carroll counties is set to begin soon. Contractor crews from Vance Brothers, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, will resurface approximately 83 miles of U.S. Route 65 between the Iowa border and the Missouri River as well as a small portion of Route 6 near Trenton. […]
North Central Missouri Business Facilitation aids area businesses with development. Facilitator Stephanie Williams explains that the organization is made up of a group of individuals from Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Grundy, and Harrison counties. She says its mission is to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs, obtain the information they need, and help them move […]
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox credits the departments’ law enforcement K-9 with running after a prisoner who fled on foot while at the sheriff’s office in Chillicothe, but stopped once he saw the dog in action. 20-year-old Jeremiah Joel Bailiff of St. Louis was being finger-printed when the alleged escape from custody occurred. Bailiff had been arrested following […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in North Missouri planned for the week of February 12 – 18 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, shoulder work, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs and other road work […]
The four counties of the Third Judicial Circuit Court received awards during a late morning ceremony at the Grundy County Courthouse in Trenton. Presentations of plaques were handled by Missouri State Courts Administrator Kathy Lloyd on behalf of the Supreme Court of Missouri. Ms. Lloyd traveled to Trenton for the 11 am awards to the […]
Many Missouri counties will not be reimbursed for state prisoners housed in their jails until 2018. The Joplin Globe reports the Legislature set aside about $40,000,000 for the reimbursement program this year, but Karen Pojmann with the Department of Corrections says the state ran out of the allocated money catching up with back payments before […]
Cash rent rates dropped overall in many Missouri counties, according to a Sept. 8 report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Rates for cropland and pastureland dropped overall from the previous year, said University of Missouri Extension agriculture business specialist Joe Koenen. Koenen leads sessions on Missouri farm leases to educate landowners and tenants on […]
Former Seventh District State Representative Mike Lair of Chillicothe died Tuesday at the age of 71. Lair was first elected State Representative in November 2008, representing Missouri’s 7th District which included all or portions of Caldwell, Carroll, Clinton, and Livingston counties. He was re-elected in 2010, 2012 and 2014, and served until he reached term […]
Due to weather, two planned closures in Harrison County this week have been changed. Route Y was set to close today between E. 322nd Avenue and W. Main Street in Mt. Moriah. That closure has been moved to Wednesday, March 29, at the same location, between 7:30 a.m. and 3 p.m., weather permitting. The closure […]
Grundy is among area counties with an unemployment rate that’s higher than the state average which was four point one percent in February. For the most recent month available on a countywide basis, January rates range in the area from Linn county at seven point eight percent down to Worth County just under three percent. […]
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, […]
August unemployment rates in the area range from 9.2% in Linn county, down to 3.7% in Worth County. Statewide, the August jobless rate is 5.1%. Area counties with rates above the states’ average – besides Linn – include Sullivan at seven point four percent; Carroll at five point nine; Grundy is at five point seven […]
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Missouri Department of Conservation plans mandatory inspection of deer killed in 29 counties during the opening weekend of the November firearms season as part of the effort to battle a deadly disease. The department has established a “Chronic Waste Disease Management Zone” in northern and central Missouri for the weekend […]
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 […]
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 […]
Drivers in north Missouri will see a new face patrolling the highways and byways of Daviess and Dekalb counties. Captain James E. McDonald, commanding officer Troop H, is pleased to announce the assignment of one new trooper to Northwest Missouri. The new trooper is a member of the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s 102nd Recruit Class that […]
Travellers in Buchanan and Atchison counties need to be aware of possible delays, as in-depth under-bridge inspections are scheduled for several bridges in Northwest Missouri over the next few weeks. Crews from the Missouri Department of Transportation may close a single lane on the bridges and ramps listed below as they conduct routine under-bridge inspections. […]
For your convenience, here is a list of road work planned by MoDOT in north Missouri this week, June 27 through July 1. There may be pothole patching, bridge deck washing, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs and other road work conducted throughout the region. Many of these will be moving operations and could include lane […]
