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1 dead, 1 injured in crash northwest of Cameron

A Monday morning two vehicle crash northwest of Cameron has claimed the life of one person and seriously injured another. The highway patrol said 49-year-old Marsha Fairbanks of Maysville was fatally injured and pronounced dead at the scene by the DeKalb County Coroner. The other driver, 31-year-old April Benedict of Cameron, was taken by emergency […]

Direct TV

Possible Direct TV scam in DeKalb County

The DeKalb County Sheriff is reporting a possible scam in the communities of Stewartsville and Clarksdale. Sheriff Andy Clark reports that a man and a woman are soliciting door to door claiming to represent Direct TV, however, after contacting the company, Direct TV denies any association with the couple. Sheriff Clark says details on the […]

Unemployment

Unemployment rates in north Missouri

Grundy County’s unemployment rate went up slightly during May when compared to April. The latest information from the division of employment security shows the Grundy County rate at three point nine percent last month. That’s based on 190 persons unemployed out of a civilian labor force of nearly 49 hundred in Grundy County. The three […]

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MoDOT to begin resurfacing two roads in north Missouri

The Missouri Department of Transportation will begin resurfacing projects on two area roads. Contractors from Herzog Contracting Corporation will begin work on Route 190 from Route U in Livingston County to Route 6 in Daviess County Friday. The contractor will close the road in two-mile sections starting at Route U and working north to Route […]

Cameron Missouri Police

Cameron Police Department reports 3 arrests

The Cameron Police Department reports it arrested a Cameron man in connection with a report of a stolen vehicle in the 500 block of North Walnut. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department and Cameron Police arrested 39-year-old Justin Lamb, who was in possession of the stolen vehicle in the Walmart parking lot Tuesday. He was arrested […]

Accident

2 hurt in DeKalb Count crash near Union Star

Two drivers were injured last night in a traffic accident four miles east of Union Star in DeKalb County. The highway patrol reports 60-year-old Jana Williams of Bonnets Mill, Missouri received moderate injuries and was taken by ambulance to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph.  The driver of a van, 15-year-old Dakota Goucher of King City, received minor […]

Road Closed Barricade

MoDOT to close Route J in DeKalb County

The Missouri Department of Transportation says Route J in DeKalb County is to be closed just north of Gridley Road Saturday from noon until about 4 o’clock. The road closure is part of a wind farm project in western and central DeKalb County and includes large cranes moving across various roads in connection with wind […]

Officers cleared in DeKalb County shooting

(St. Joseph News Press) – MAYSVILLE, Mo. — Charges will not be filed in the November shooting of a DeKalb County man after a prosecutor completed his review of a Missouri State Highway Patrol investigation into the incident. Prosecutor Eric Tate said Monday no charges will be filed against any of the four officers in […]