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Three injured in two-vehicle crash near Osborn

Three people received moderate injuries in a two-vehicle accident on Sunday afternoon two miles west of Osborn. Inured were one of the drivers, 49 year old Shelly Morgan of Gallatin as well as two passengers, 35 year old Brandy Shull-Bayte and 26 year old Jessica Eddy, both of Plattsburg. They were taken by ambulances to […]

Head-On Collision or crash

Four injured in head-on crash east of Novinger

Four people received varying degrees of injuries when two vehicles collided on Highway 6 early Monday evening two miles east of Novinger. A passenger in an eastbound car, 32 year old Ralph Saavedra of Unionville received what the highway patrol called serious injuries. That car was driven by 21 year old George Marshall, also of Unionville, […]

City of Trenton Website

Election results certified, new council members sworn in, mowing of property not owned by city all topics of Trenton City Council meeting

Election results were certified by ordinance and the oaths of office were given to four newly-elected city councilmen. Sworn in at the city hall ceremony were Councilman Kevin Klinginsmith in First Ward; Marvin Humphreys in Second Ward; Dave Mlika in Third Ward; and Duane Urich in Fourth Ward. They join four holdover members. The council […]

ATV Accident

ATV catches fire after crashing west of Mercer

Two Iowa residents were hurt west of Mercer when an all-terrain vehicle traveled off a country road, hit a ditch, overturned onto its passenger side, catching fire. A passenger, 18-year old Johnathan Akes of Des Moines, was taken to Wayne County Hospital in Corydon, Iowa with serious injuries. The driver, a 16-year old Indianola boy, […]

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Kirksville man injured in crash near Brashear

A Kirksville man was hurt Friday afternoon when the truck he was driving was hit from behind by another truck west of Brashear. Sixty-one-year-old Steven Casey was taken to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville with minor injuries. The driver of the other vehicle, 20-year old Kale Webber of Kirksville, was not reported hurt. The […]

18-Wheel truck big rig

Big rig overturns on I-35 in DeKalb County

The driver of a tractor-trailer truck was injured Thursday night when the truck traveled off Interstate 35 and overturned in southern DeKalb County. The 53-year-old driver from Des Moines, Iowa, Ali Muxamedbooriye, received serious injuries and was taken by ambulance to the Cameron Regional Medical Center. The southbound tractor-trailer traveled off the east shoulder and […]

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Cameron teen injured in two-vehicle crash

A Cameron teenager was injured in a two-vehicle crash late Thursday morning one mile north of Cameron. Seventeen-year-old Landon Swavey was taken by an ambulance to the Cameron Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. A truck driven by 38-year-old Cody Taylor of Stewartsville was northbound on Route EE when it allegedly made a left turn […]

Police Chase

Two Brookfield residents fleeing from police crash on Jewel Drive

Two residents from Brookfield, described by the highway patrol as fleeing from police, were injured in a single-vehicle accident Thursday afternoon in Linn County. The driver, 42-year-old Christopher Wilson, received serious injuries and passenger, 28-year-old Alisha McCollum, received minor injuries. Both were taken by ambulance to the Pershing Memorial Hospital. The sports utility vehicle was […]

Trenton R-9 School District

Trenton Board of Education presented updates on summer sports and activities including graduation

The Trenton R-9 Board of Education heard updates on summer sports and activities as well as graduation last (Tuesday) evening. Trenton High School Principal Kasey Bailey, THS Assistant Principal John Cowling, and Athletic Director Wes Croy created the tentative schedule for summer sports and activities. It involves no sports or activities practices or contests in […]

Vehicle Crash

Warrenton teen demolishes van in Linn County crash

A teenager from Warrenton, Missouri was taken to Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe with minor injuries after the van he was driving went off a lettered route in Linn County. Nineteen-year-old Jase White was driving the van when it was demolished after it went off the left side of Linn County Route C and overturned. […]