The Grundy County Commission will discuss the streambank stabilization project and insurance next week. The commission will meet with the Howe Company and Binder Irrigation at the courthouse in Trenton on October 19 at 9 a.m. regarding streambank stabilization, Aaron Ambrose with Connell Insurance at 10 o’clock, and Darrell Decker with United Healthcare Insurance at […]
The Families and Friends of the Developmentally Disabled in Grundy County will review grant applications next week. The organization will meet at the east entrance of the courthouse in Trenton on October 12, 2021, at 6 p.m.in the evening. Applications are to be reviewed from Indian Creek Equine, Hope Haven, The Gifted Group, and Camp […]
The Grundy County Commission is accepting bids for a 2008 Chevrolet Impala and a 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe. Sealed bids, marked “SEALED BID,” will be accepted in the county clerk’s office in the courthouse in Trenton until October 26th at 8:30 in the morning, at which time they will be publicly opened. The county commission reserves […]
The Livingston County Commission will hold a salary commission meeting next week as well as discuss a disaster declaration and planning and zoning. The salary commission meeting will be at the courthouse in Chillicothe on October 5th at 10:30 in the morning. A conference call with the Federal Emergency Management Agency is on the agenda […]
The Grundy County Commission on September 21, 2021, received an update on funding of the streambank stabilization project near the Thompson River Bridge on Highway 6. Jackie Soptic with the Grundy County Industrial Development Corporation reported she discovered the Missouri Department of Transportation approved funding of $120,980 and sent a letter to the commission in December […]
The Harrison County Extension Council will host a large pumpkin contest at the Harrison County Fall Festival on the Bethany Square. Extension Field Specialist in Agronomy Andy Luke says pumpkin weigh-in will be on the west side of the courthouse on September 25 from 8 to 10 am. Cash prizes will be awarded for the […]
The Grundy County Commission will discuss projects and hold a bid opening next week. The agenda for the meeting at the courthouse in Trenton on September 21st includes Jackie Soptic and Chris Hoffman with the Grundy County Industrial Development Corporation at 8:30 in the morning regarding the Streambank Stabilization project, a bid opening for courthouse […]
The Chillicothe Kiwanis Club will hold its Kids Day Parade on September 18, 2021. Children 15 years old and younger can participate and line up on the north side of the courthouse at 9:30 am with the parade starting by 10 am and will travel two blocks in the downtown area. A spokesperson says there […]
The Livingston County Commission plans to hold an executive session next week to discuss employees and/or personnel. The executive session is scheduled to be at the courthouse in Chillicothe on September 21, 2021, at 10 am. Presiding Commissioner Ed Douglas also plans to attend a Green Hills Regional Planning Commission meeting in Trenton on September […]
A Dawn man who allegedly tried to flee from a judge’s order in Livingston County on September 8th was returned to the judge. Sheriff Steve Cox reports 60-year-old William Schneiter was in court on bond for two alleged charges of felony possession of controlled substance, and the judge directed him to submit to a drug […]
(Missouri Independent) – Kevin Strickland was hopeful Thursday was going to be his first step towards freedom after 40 years in prison. A new law that went into effect on Aug. 28 gave Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker a legal avenue to free Strickland, who she says is innocent and wrongly incarcerated. But opposition […]
A poker run and a 50-50 raffle are among events Saturday, September 11, 2021, during a fundraiser for the Trenton Area Chamber of Commerce. The 180-mile poker run is open to motorcycles plus what promoters call classic, custom, and other fund vehicles. Stops are planned at five locations. Chuck Jones discusses the route, with stops […]
The Livingston County Commission will meet with a representative of Congressman Sam Graves next week. Local issues will be discussed with Mitchell Rice at the courthouse in Chillicothe on September 7th at 11 a.m. The agenda includes an executive session at 10 o’clock that morning for employee and/or personnel matters.
The Grundy County Commission plans to review bids next week for the Streambank Stabilization project near the Thompson River Bridge on Highway 6. Shannon Howe with the Howe Company is to meet with the commission at the courthouse in Trenton on Tuesday, August 31, 2021, at 11 a.m. It is anticipated Natural Resources Conservation Service […]
The Grundy County Commission, on August 24, accepted a concrete bid from Joe Devorss for concrete work at the courthouse in Trenton. Grundy County Clerk Betty Spickard reports the work on the east side of the courthouse will cost $26,640, and the work on the north side will cost $9,400. The work will include six-inch […]
Grundy County netted $10,181 from the annual delinquent tax sale held Monday morning at the courthouse in Trenton. Collector-Treasurer Barbara Harris reported 19 properties were purchased out of approximately 90 that were offered. The list of sold properties includes 11 at Leisure Lake, four within Trenton Township, and two each in Franklin and Wilson townships. […]
Approximately 90 properties are to be offered when the annual delinquent tax sale is held Monday morning, August 23, at the Grundy County Courthouse. The sale, open to the public, begins at 10 o’clock. Of the 92 properties, more than half are at Leisure Lake in Madison township, which has 51. Others to be offered […]
Grundy County is requesting “Letters of Qualifications” from interested engineering firms to guide the future replacement of nine rural bridges. A packet listing the bridges and construction requirements is available at the Grundy County Clerks’ office in the courthouse. Letters of qualifications are due by 3 pm September 10, 2021, to the Grundy County Clerk […]
The Grundy County Commission made an appointment to the Serve Link Board on August 17th. Phyllis Jackson was appointed to replace L. D. Gibson, who resigned. County Clerk Betty Spickard reports Jackson will serve the 2021 to 2024 terms. The Grundy County Commission tabled a bid involving concrete work planned at the courthouse’s north entrance […]
A Missouri State Representative’s federal court trial has been moved to June 2022. The trial for Nixa Republican Tricia Derges was scheduled to begin Monday at a federal courthouse in southwest Missouri’s Springfield. Don Ledford, with the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Western District of Missouri, says a witness suffered a stroke and […]
