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 […]
Daviess County Public Water Supply District Number 2 will perform a water main repair south and east of the Harbor Avenue and Highway YY intersection Thursday, March 1, 2018. Service is expected to be interrupted from 9 o’clock in the morning to 6 o’clock in the evening. A boil advisory will be in effect through […]
The North Daviess R-3 School was put on lockdown Monday while law enforcement officials investigated a possible threat. The Daviess County Sheriff’s Office reports a juvenile was taken into custody for questioning and authorities noted the investigation is continuing. It was 7:20 Monday morning when the Daviess County Sheriff’s Office said it received a phone […]
The highway patrol reports a farm accident this morning in northwestern Daviess County has claimed the life of a man from McFall. 64-year-old Victor Morgan was pronounced dead at the scene on private property one mile north of Pattonsburg. An investigating officer reported Morgan had loaded a hay bale and due to excessive weight on the […]
County unemployment rates are at their lowest levels in a number of years. According to the Division of Employment Security, the Grundy County rate for October was two point one percent. That’s a full percent lower than the rate noted in September (3.1%). And the latest rate is down almost two percentage points from a […]
An investigation by the Chillicothe Police Department, the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office, and the Missouri State Highway Patrol resulted in the arrest of a 35-year-old Chillicothe man on drug charges. The police department reports a Livingston County search warrant was executed in the 200 block of East Bridge Street in Chillicothe after a report of […]
A federal jury found an Albany farmer innocent on eight counts of loan application fraud August 28. A Kansas City, Missouri grand jury originally indicted 60 old Ryan Ruckman on the eight counts in February. He was accused of defrauding the government $800,000 through loan applications. Ruckman owned and operated farms in the Missouri counties […]
Five area counties have unemployment rates above the state average of three point eight percent. Grundy County is just a shade below that figure, coming in at three point seven percent for June based on 179 persons unemployed out of a civilian labor force of 4,800. The June rate is lower than May when Grundy […]
A single vehicle accident Tuesday, north of Jamesport, has claimed the lives of four young adults from Trenton, three of them are siblings. The highway patrol listed the accident location as one half mile west of the Daviess – Grundy County line on Highway 190. The report notes none of the occupants was using a […]
The Missouri Public Service Commission granted Summit Natural Gas of Missouri, Incorporated a certificate of convenience and necessity to construct, own, operate, maintain, and manage a natural gas distribution system. The distribution system would be in Barry, Daviess, Laclede, Lawrence, Pettis, Stone, Taney, and Webster counties. Summit noted that the area is developed and currently […]
The Community Action Partnership of North Central Missouri will award up to nine $750 continuing education scholarships available to residents of Caldwell, Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Linn, Livingston, Mercer, Putnam, and Sullivan counties. Applicants should be or plan to be full-time students, live in an income-qualified household based on federal Community Services Block Grant poverty guidelines, […]
Deer hunting season has come to an end across Missouri. Statewide, the number of deer killed is down about ten thousand when compared with the 2015-16 deer season. The department of conservation reports nearly 264,000 were killed during the 2016-17 season. The most occurred in Franklin county which had nearly 5,300. Howell was next in […]
The most recent unemployment rate for Grundy county is four percent. That’s based on 202 persons on unemployment out of a civilian labor force of about five thousand (5,048) The figures are for October, the most recent information available from the Missouri Division of Employment Security. The numbers are nearly identical to the Grundy County figures from one […]
Preliminary data from Missouri Department of Conservation shows deer hunters in Missouri harvested 96,131 deer during the opening weekend of the November portion of the fall firearms deer season. Among the Green Hills, the top county for deer kills was Harrison with just over one thousand. (1,009) Linn and Sullivan counties are close behind at […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the north Missouri planned for the week of Nov. 14 – 20 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs and other road work conducted […]
A portion of Route O in Daviess County will close today, Oct. 26, 2016. Local crews from the Missouri Department of Transportation will close Route O between Route 6 and Oval Road for a culvert replacement from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., weather permitting. During this closure, motorists will need to use an alternate route.
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the north Missouri region planned for the week of Oct. 17 – 23 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs and other road work […]
Tourism and economic development efforts are described as continuing for areas along Highway 6 in Daviess, Grundy, and Sullivan counties. In that regard, meetings are scheduled November 2nd in Trenton. Persons from each of those counties developed a promotion plan involving the Stronger Economies Together initiative. The plan is under review by federal officials in […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the north Missouri region planned for the week of Oct. 10 – 16 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs and other […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the north Missouri region planned for the week of Oct. 3 – 9 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs and other road work […]
