Unemployment

Grundy County tops highest unemployment rate in Green Hills

A state report for April shows Grundy County to have the highest unemployment rate by percentage among the Green Hills counties.  The Division of Employment Security reports Grundy County’s unemployment rate is four point one percent for April which is based on 197 receiving unemployment out of a civilian labor force of 4,849 workers. By comparison, […]

Big Rig Crash

Crash on I-35 injures Iowa couple

The Highway Patrol reports two individuals sustained injuries when their car struck a tractor-trailer about nine miles south of Pattonsburg at12:30 am Monday morning. Thirty-one-year-old Ray Williams of Davenport, Iowa was northbound on Interstate 35 when he began to overtake the northbound tractor-trailer driven by 39-year-old Arash Ordobadian of Coralville, Iowa. The car crossed the […]

Road Closed Barricade

Route O in Daviess County to close for resurfacing

Motorists in Daviess County need to be aware of a resurfacing project which will close Route O this week. Wednesday, May 16 through Friday, May 18, local maintenance crews from the Missouri Department of Transportation will close Route O for resurfacing. The road will be closed from approximately 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day, weather […]

Gavel in courtroom

Jameson man, who’s 4-year-old son was injured in crash, makes court appearance

A preliminary hearing has been continued for a Jameson man charged with the felonies of driving while intoxicated: serious physical injury and first degree endangering the welfare of a child, serious physical injury. Online court information shows 29-year-old Andrew Adkison appeared in Daviess County Circuit Court Wednesday. His attorney moved for the preliminary hearing to […]

Bridge Closed Sign

Honey Creek bridge in Daviess County to be replaced

Located just south of Gallatin on Route 13, the bridge over Honey Creek has been a pathway for motorists since 1934. A replacement project to bring the Daviess County bridge up to current standards will be led by contractors from L.G. Barcus and Sons, Inc., working with the Missouri Department of Transportation. Crews plan to […]

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Iowa man hurt in Daviess County crash

An Iowa man was injured late Monday night in Daviess County when the southbound car he was driving ran off the right side of 220th Street, north of Beacon Avenue, struck a fence then a shed, coming to a stop against the shed. Fifty-four-year-old Charles Bradshaw of Jefferson, Iowa received minor injuries. Bradshaw was taken […]

Unemployment

Unemployment rate remains steady in North Missouri

Grundy County’s unemployment rate in the first quarter of this year has remained steady at three and a half percent. The March rate, the latest month available from the state, shows Grundy County had 165 individuals on unemployment. The civilian labor force was listed as 4,707. The Grundy County unemployment rate in February was three […]

Missouri State Highway Patrol

Iowa man arrested in Daviess County

The highway patrol reports an Iowa man was arrested Saturday afternoon in Daviess County. Twenty-two-year-old Mohamed Traore is accused of felony possession of a controlled substance, speeding, and not having a valid driver’s license. Traore was transported to the Daviess-DeKalb Regional Jail.

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Crash North of Cameron on I-35 kills Kidder woman

The highway patrol reports the death of a woman when the truck she was driving, hit the rear of a semi truck, two miles to the north of Cameron, causing her truck to overturn.  Thirty-two-year-old Constance Huff of Kidder was pronounced dead just after midnight by the DeKalb County Coroner. Huff’s truck and the semi […]