Missouri Department of Natural Resources

Missouri DNR awards area communities impacted by drought a total of $1M to assist with water systems

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is awarding almost $1 million to help eight community water systems in northwest Missouri counties hardest hit by drought. The department made this emergency funding available in response to Governor Parson’s Executive Order No 18-05. The funding will assist with construction projects intended to ensure drought-impacted small communities are able […]

Drought

Recent rains significantly improve drought conditions in Northern Missouri

This week’s drought map of Missouri shows fewer counties with extreme drought conditions when compared to one week ago. Portions of just five northwest Missouri counties have extreme drought continuing, They are Grundy, Livingston, Daviess, DeKalb, and Gentry. Others are near North Kansas city including parts of Jackson, Clay, and Platte. In central Missouri, extreme […]

Unemployment

Unemployment rises in area counties

Grundy County’s unemployment rate has climbed to 5.1% according to the most recent report from the Division of Employment Security.  July is the most recent month available with the county by county statistics, and it’s noted that most area counties have rates above the state unemployment level of 3.4%. Grundy County’s rate shows 227 on […]

Livingston County Sheriff Website

For the 2nd day in a row, two arrested in Livingston County while on the way to court

Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports two individuals were arrested and suspected methamphetamine, methamphetamine paraphernalia, and marijuana paraphernalia were seized, after responding to a Friday call of a suspicious activity. The suspicious activity took place near the community of Dawn, however, the vehicle soon left that area and was located by deputies at fuel pumps […]

Livingston County Sheriff Website

Kansas residents arrested on the way to court

The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office reports two Arma, Kansas residents who claimed they were on their way to a court appearance in Linn County Thursday morning have been arrested and charged in Livingston County. Forty-nine-year-old David Loren LaPiere and 33-year-old Ashley Dawn Michelle Watkins were both charged with alleged felony possession of a controlled substance. […]

Chillicothe Missouri Police Department

Two suspects identified, charges filed in Livingston County following Sunday incident

Detective Michael Smith of the Chillicothe Police Department reports two individuals have been arrested and charged in Livingston County following an incident Sunday. Smith explains officers attempted a traffic stop in the 300 block of South Washington Street in Chillicothe, but the vehicle continued west onto South Street, then south on Graves Street, and west […]

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Two Mexican nationals charged in $10 million Daviess County marijuana growing operation

Two Mexican nationals were charged in federal court for their roles in a Daviess County, Mo., marijuana-growing operation where law enforcement officers seized nearly $10 million worth of plants. Sergio Medina-Perez, also known as “Chapo,” 44, and Miguel Pulido-Maldonado, also known as “Mona,” 27, were charged in a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District […]

Missouri State Highway Patrol

Highway patrol releases details of Labor Day operations in multiple counties

The Highway Patrol office in St. Joseph has released results of the Labor Day holiday weekend impaired driving enforcement operations. The northwest Missouri troop conducted DWI saturations in eight counties: Andrew, Buchanan, Daviess, Dekalb, Grundy, Harrison, Livingston, and Nodaway. There was one driving while intoxicated arrest, 39 traffic citations, five drug arrests, and two misdemeanor […]

Missouri State Highway Patrol

Highway patrol reports arrest of Gallatin resident

The highway patrol reports the arrest of a Gallatin resident Forty-six-year-old Claudell Bruyer was arrested early Sunday in Daviess County on Clinton County felony warrants accusing her of two counts of possessing a controlled substance. She’s also accused of misdemeanor counts of unlawful possession and use of drug paraphernalia, and possessing marijuana. Bruyer was transported […]