Mercer County Public Water Supply District Number 1 has issued a boil advisory for a portion of northern Mercer County. Customers from the Iowa state line to Aurora Street and from Route W to Bird Avenue will be under the boil advisory until further notice.
The manager of a Wilbur-Ellis Company processing facility in Texas pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a multi-million dollar conspiracy to sell adulterated ingredients to pet food manufacturers, for which the company has already paid more than $4.5 million in restitution. William Douglas Haning, 48, pleaded guilty before U.S. Chief District Judge […]
For a 17- or 18-year-old, procrastination often comes easy. Yet digging in and getting the work done is what helped Trenton FFA member Teresa Yoder become a national finalist in the agricultural processing proficiency award area. T.K.’s Processing is a 50/50 joint venture Yoder owns with her mom. The supervised agricultural experience project came about […]
To further assist in combatting the national opioid epidemic, Hy-Vee, Inc. announces it has purchased and will install drug take-back receptacles by Nov. 7, 2019, in all 276 Hy-Vee pharmacy locations throughout its eight-state region to provide customers a secure place to dispose of unused medications, including controlled substances. The availability of drug take-back receptacles […]
The co-founder of US Wellness Meats is the 2019 Missouri Livestock Symposium Person of the Year. Lifelong Lewis County farmer and businessman John Wood earns the honor for lifelong work to raise cattle on grass and market specialty meats says University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist Zac Erwin. His work makes a significant economic impact […]
A Romanian national, who was arrested with her son at a bank ATM with dozens of re-encoded gift cards that contained stolen credit and debit card information, was sentenced in federal court for her role in a skimming operation at several local banks. Loredana Baceanu, 31, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Beth Phillips […]
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has notified Trenton Municipal Utilities (TMU) of the official results from the most recent round of testing for lead in drinking water. The tests, which were conducted at 40 Tier One locations, showed a continued reduction in lead levels. The system tested below the Environmental Protection Agency’s 90th percentile […]
Daviess County Public Water Supply District Number 2 will have an interruption of service for some customers starting Wednesday morning, October 9, 2019, at 9 o’clock. The outage will affect customers living west of Midway Avenue and north of Route DD and may last until Thursday. Those customers will be under a boil advisory until […]
Like many girls raised on farms in the 1970s, Marcia Moreland learned to cook, clean and iron. Men and boys in the family tended to farm duties. It was no different at school. FFA was for boys. FHA and home economics classes were for girls. Today, Moreland owns and manages Moreland Farms in Barry County. […]
Trenton Municipal Utility staff will begin flushing the distribution system beginning Monday, October 7th, 2019, with the process continuing during the month of October. Crews will begin flushing the area west of the railroad tracks and will continue flushing various areas inside the city limit. According to TMU, this is a semi-annual requirement of the […]
Hy-Vee has temporarily suspended the sale of all over-the-counter Zantac brand and Topcare brand ranitidine products. This action is being taken out of an abundance of caution due to a recent industry-wide product alert from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that ranitidine products may contain a low level of nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), a probable […]
Beginning September 30, 2019, the Trenton Municipal Utilities Water Treatment Plant will begin utilizing free chlorine, or a free chlorine conversion, in its water system. This procedure entails feeding free chlorine, instead of chloramines (chlorine combined with ammonia), as the disinfectant into the water leaving the Water Treatment Plant. This will affect customers of Trenton […]
Young people in Missouri 4-H participate in programs that help them develop the skills they need to succeed in their lives and careers. This fall, local Tractor Supply Co. stores continue their long-standing partnership with 4-H for the 2019 Fall Paper Clover campaign to let more youths experience 4-H’s youth-led, hands-on programming. From Oct. 9 […]
Spickard Mayor Alan Tharp reports the precautionary boil advisory has been canceled for the City of Spickard. The advisory was put into place Thursday due to cleaning of the water tower. Sullivan County Public Water Supply District Number 1 has lifted a precautionary boil advisory for Sullivan County Rural Water customers. The advisory affected Route […]
Union Electric Company d/b/a Ameren Missouri (Ameren Missouri) and Farmers’ Electric Cooperative (Farmers’) have filed a joint application with the Missouri Public Service Commission seeking Commission approval of a third addendum to a previously approved electric territorial agreement. The Commission approved a territorial agreement between the two electric service providers in September of 1998. In […]
Grundy County Public Water Supply District Number 1 has issued a precautionary boil advisory due to main water line leak repair. The repair was made in the area of Route W and Southwest 20th Street. The affected area includes Highway 6 to the Grundy-Livingston County line and the Thompson River to the Grundy-Daviess County line. […]
The deadline for registering with FEMA for disaster assistance has passed, but that does not mean FEMA is leaving. The agency continues working with the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency on the recovery process for this year’s spring and summer severe storms and flooding. Recovery officials encourage Missouri residents who registered for disaster assistance […]
Hy-Vee, Inc., in partnership with Pinky Swear Foundation, a national charitable organization that supports children with cancer and their families, announced today that its register roundup event raised more than $100,000 across Hy-Vee’s more than 260 stores. The annual Hy-Vee Pinky Swear Register Roundup took place from August 1-18 to give customers the opportunity to […]
Rural water customers in northeastern Grundy County have been placed on a precautionary boil water notice as of Wednesday night. According to the Grundy County Public Water Supply District office, customers affected are within the area from Route NN, east to the Sullivan and Grundy County line. The north boundary for the advisory is the […]
A couple of extra line items were included on August utility bills for Trenton Municipal Utility customers. An average residential water user had a $3.00 water primacy fee and an 80 cent sewer connect fee. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources charges the fees every August. Two percent of the primacy fee goes to the […]
