Fifteen individuals with disabilities attended the first cooking class of the year for the Families and Friends of the Developmentally Disabled of Grundy County on Thursday. FFDD Executive Director Kayla Graham says students learned how to make a healthy, easy, and cost-efficient snack. The class made lunch meat rollups with dressing and cheese and decorated […]
The 13th Annual Polar Plunge at Lake Viking will be held this month to raise funds for Special Olympics Missouri. The clubhouse at Lake Viking will open the morning of February 23rd at 9:30 for registration. Children 10 years old and younger can participate in a Peewee Plunge at noon. A Parade of Costumes is […]
Two women were arrested by police Saturday as a result of alleged altercations in Trenton that authorities say injured two other individuals. Three felony counts were filed against both 29-year-old Kelly Jean McClure of Trenton and 29-year-old Colby Marie Jackson of Wheeling. The charges were filed Sunday by new Grundy County Prosecuting Attorney Kelly Puckett. […]
North Central Missouri College has earned the 2019-2020 Military Friendly® School designation by Victory Media. Each year, the list of Military Friendly® Schools is provided to veterans and their families, helping them select the best college, university, or trade school to receive the education and training needed to pursue a civilian career. “NCMC is proud […]
Aging in Place Livingston County is hosting a Needs Day on Wednesday, January 23rd from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Livingston County Health Center, located at 800 Adam Drive. Area residents 60 and over who aren’t linked with services, or their caregivers, should benefit from three agencies on hand to get questions answered, […]
The Families and Friends of the Developmentally Disabled in Grundy County will hold an election of officers at a meeting next week. The meeting will be held at the east entrance of the Grundy County Courthouse in Trenton Monday evening at 6:30. The agenda includes reports on transportation, the Grundy County Learning Center, Hope Haven […]
The Trenton Cinema will hold a free showing of the animated movie Arthur Christmas Saturday. Doors will open at 9 o’clock that morning, and showtime is at 9:30. Jim and Maggie Bush own the Trenton Cinema. Jim Bush says Arthur Christmas explains how Santa delivers gifts in the short time he has. Maggie Bush says […]
The Trenton Police Department reports three individuals sustained injuries and a driver was cited as the result of a three-vehicle accident at Ninth and Main streets in Trenton last week (Wednesday, December 12th). Pickup truck driver 48 year old Andrew Wayne Osborn and sport utility vehicle driver 41 year old Dereck Allen Coursen as well […]
A new facility for the Green Hills Women’s Shelter is nearly complete in Trenton. Volunteer Coordinator Sarah Sager says the goal is to be moved into the new 8,500 square foot building by the end of January. The bigger building will allow the shelter to double its capacity from 10 to 21 beds. There will […]
Auditor Nicole Galloway has released her review of the state’s home and community-based services program to assist disabled and elderly Medicaid-eligible Missourians. The report examined the effectiveness of recent cost-saving measures approved by the legislature and recommended continued improvement to processes for determining and authorizing individual need. The Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) […]
North Missouri Solid Waste Management District Region B Planner Ann Hamilton has written a letter urging the Trenton City Council to reconsider its recent decision concerning the city’s curbside recycling program. The city council last week voted six to one against continuing curbside recycling. Hamilton says Hope Haven Industries provided the Solid Waste Management District […]
Longtime Trenton educator and author Thomas Virgil Brown died Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, in Trenton of natural causes. He was 94. Mr. Brown, Tom to his family and many friends, was born Aug. 9, 1924, on his parents’ farmstead just north of Melbourne in Harrison County, the son of Thomas Armfield Brown, a state legislator, […]
