Trenton Rotary Club officers and committee chairmen have been approved for 2022-2023. Officers include President Michael Ormsby, President-Elect Jackie Soptic, Secretary Elizabeth Gibson, Treasurer Amy Lewis, and Ex-Officio Brian Upton. Board members are Diane Lowrey, Tom Witten, Ormsby, Gibson, Soptic, and Chris Hoffman, Scott Sharp, Don Purkapile, and Savannah Fogle. Chairmen include Soptic and Megan […]
The Princeton R-5 Board of Education will consider approval of Missouri Public Entity Risk Management insurance renewal and an audit report from Conrad and Higgins. The board will meet in the high school library on December 13, 2021 at 5 pm. Other items on the agenda include a review of the COVID-19 Return to Learn Plan, […]
The Trenton R-9 Board of Education will consider approval of an audit next week. The board will meet at the school district office on December 14, 2021, at 5:30 pm. Other items on the agenda include the Safe Return to In-Person Instruction and Continuity of Services Plan, election filing dates, revisiting a policy, the John T. […]
The Putnam County Health Department in Unionville will hold a walk-in influenza vaccine clinic on December 13th. Residents from six months old to 64 years old can receive a shot from 8:30 to noon and 1 pm to 3:45 pm. No appointment is needed. The flu vaccine will be administered for free. The Putnam County […]
The Grand River Valley Choir and Orchestra will have a winter concert on December 11, 2021, with “Joy to the World” to be performed in the Trenton High School Performing Arts Center at 3 pm. Doors will open at 2:30. Choir Conductor Linda Arnold: Orchestra Director Buddy Hannaford acknowledges that most of the […]
Volunteers are being sought to help plant willow tree stakes at the site of the streambank stabilization project near the Thompson River Bridge on Highway 6 near Trenton. Spokesperson Chris Hoffman says anyone can help with the work, which will start December 11th at 8 o’clock in the morning and is expected to be done […]
As the countdown continues for the 17th annual NCMC Foundation-sponsored High School Holiday Hoops the Holiday Hoops committee would like to thank the many individuals who help make the annual event a success. The event tips off Saturday, December 18, 2021, at the Ketcham Community Center on the campus of North Central Missouri College. Again […]
Trenton Police arrested 68-year-old Roger Dale Hudson following an incident on Wednesday, December 1. Hudson is charged with a misdemeanor of disorderly conduct. Bond is $250 and he’s scheduled for the city of Trenton municipal court Tuesday. Police information Hudson allegedly had refused to leave the Eastgate Dollar General Store. Court information noted his intoxicated […]
Charges have been filed against A Trenton man following an investigation last week by the Trenton Police Department. Twenty-four-year-old Isaac James Wattenbarger faces three felony counts: 1st-degree harassment, 1st-degree stalking, and 2nd-degree assault. Bond is $35,000 cash with Wattenbarger to appear December 14th in Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court. Wattenbarger is accused of causing […]
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports a deputy responded Saturday to the 4000 block of Livingston County Road 424 because of a person who was injured from a falling tree. An investigation showed a chain saw was being used to cut a tree, and the tree had fallen and struck the 55-year-old victim. Chillicothe Department […]
A public hearing is scheduled next week at the Courthouse in Trenton to amend the Grundy County budget. County Clerk and Budget Officer Betty Spickard will hold the hearing at 9 am on December 14, 2021. County commissioners are to be present. The hearing is to include general revenue funds for the Thompson River Bank […]
Vocal music students at Trenton High School participate in holiday concerts on two consecutive nights, December 12th and 13th. Vocal music instructor Tyler Busick reports “A Christmas Vesper” will be Sunday, December 12th at the First Baptist Church in Trenton. It’s a 5 o’clock presentation of the Trenton Area Ministerial Alliance and the Trenton high […]
The Livingston County Library is holding its annual Mini Christmas tree decorating contest. Those interested in entering the contest are asked to bring your decorated tree, no more than 24 inches tall, to the Library at 450 Locust Street through December 11th. “We would love to have a small forest of festive trees to beautify […]
The Grand River Audubon Society will meet Wednesday night, December 8, 2021, at the Mildred Litton Building near Chillicothe. The program will feature the upcoming Christmas Bird Count which is scheduled for December 18th. This is a nationwide bird count that helps understand how different species are declining or increasing in certain areas. The Wednesday […]
Twenty-one COVID-19 cases have been added for Daviess County since November 30th. The health department reports 1,128 total cases. Of the 50 active cases, 17 involve residents 20 to 39 years old, 15 involve those 19 or younger, 10 involve those at least 60, and eight involve residents 40 to 59. Ten of the active […]
The Linn County Health Department in Brookfield will offer adult blood draws only by appointment on December 17th. Tests to be offered from 7 to 10 o’clock that morning include CMP, lipids, CBC, PSA, A1C, TSH, thyroid panel, vitamin B12, and vitamin D. Each test will cost $5 to $15. There is a $10.00 draw […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in North Missouri for the week of December 6 – December 12 All road closures and planned roadwork may be viewed on the Traveler Information Map. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in some of the […]
The Trenton Rotary Club held its Christmas party at The Space in Downtown Trenton on December 2nd. A meal was catered by Smoked Iguana BBQ. Special guests included former Rotary Exchange student Stefan Falge, Trenton High School freshman Sophia Currie, who is applying to participate in the Rotary Exchange program, and her mother and former […]
Twelve COVID-19 cases have been added for Grundy County since the health department’s update on the morning of December 1st. Health Department Administrator Elizabeth Gibson reports a total of 1,859 cases through December 1st. There have been 30 new cases this week. The number of active cases increased by nine to 36. Grundy County’s positivity […]
A Christmas Parade will be held in Gilman City on December 18, 2021. Lighted all-terrain vehicles and floats are welcome in the parade. Entries will meet at the school at 3 pm and the parade will begin at 4 pm. The parade route will start at the school continuing to Fisher Avenue, up to Main […]
