Next week is Severe Weather Awareness Week and National Weather Service Meteorologist Ryan Cutter says that the purpose of the week is to encourage the public to think about the severe weather that could occur in the area, including thunderstorms, flooding, hail, and tornadoes, and what they should do in a severe weather event. Grundy […]
The Grundy County Soil and Water Conservation District will hold its annual Customer Appreciation Day Luncheon next week. The event celebrating 51 years of conservation efforts in Grundy County will be held at the Barton Farm Campus Lager Laboratory Building in Trenton March 9th from 11 o’clock in the morning to 1 o’clock in the […]
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 […]
Candidate filings began Tuesday for multi-county districts in this area. A 7th district state representative race is shaping up between Republican Rusty Black of Chillicothe and Democrat Dennis VanDyke of Marceline. Both have to be nominated by their parties in the August primary election. After the first day of filings, Republican Danny Busick of Newtown […]
The North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees approved purchasing a tractor and fitness equipment as well as renovation costs at its meeting Tuesday evening. Agriculture Instructor Rustin Jumps recommended the purchase of the new John Deere tractor to be added to the fleet at the Barton Farm Campus. It was purchased from Sydenstricker Implement […]
More district-level candidates have filed for the August Primary election. Henry Robert Martin of Kansas City and Winston Apple of Independence have filed as Democrats for Sixth District U. S. Representative. Republican Sam Graves of Tarkio filed for re-election for the Representative position. Republican Dan Hegeman of Cosby filed for reelection for 12th District State […]
Candidate filing begins today subject to the August primary election in Missouri with county candidates filing at their respective courthouses beginning at 8 o’clock this morning. As of just before 6:30 this morning, waiting to file for a Grundy County office were four incumbents: Presiding Commissioner Rick Hull, County Clerk Betty Spickard, Associate Circuit Court […]
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 […]
Candidate filing begins Tuesday, February 27, 2018, subject to the August Primary Election in Missouri. Area courthouses will be the location for candidates to file if they are seeking a county-wide office. For Grundy County, this includes the offices of presiding commissioner, county clerk, associate circuit court judge, clerk of the circuit court/recorder of deeds, […]
The Linn County Soil and Water Conservation District will hold a Board of Supervisors election next week. The election will be held at the United States Department of Agriculture office at 121 Pershing Road in Brookfield September 20 from 11 o’clock in the morning to 6 o’clock in the evening. Customer appreciation will also be held […]
Former Seventh District State Representative Mike Lair of Chillicothe died Tuesday at the age of 71. Lair was first elected State Representative in November 2008, representing Missouri’s 7th District which included all or portions of Caldwell, Carroll, Clinton, and Livingston counties. He was re-elected in 2010, 2012 and 2014, and served until he reached term […]
The Grundy County Nursing Home District has held a public hearing on the tax levy, then the board set the rate at .1439 on the $100 of the assessed valuation. The Missouri State Auditor’s office proposed the tax rate for the district. The previous rate was .15 cents on the $100 of assessed valuation. Board […]
The Mercer County Fire Protection District, Medicine Creek Fire Protection District, and Mercer Fire Protection District responded to Smithfield Badger Farm 5 for a hog confinement fire on Tuesday, March 28. Mercer County Fire reports the fire went through the roof in the office portion of the facility when crews arrived at the scene of […]
The Maysville school district reports Instructor Rodney Thomas has been placed on administrative leave from his job as a junior high math teacher and a coach with the wrestling program. The 39-year-old Thomas was arrested on multiple alleged sexual contact accusations and related charges in DeKalb County. A statement from the Maysville school indicates Thomas has […]
The Grundy County R-5 School District will conduct Preschool age and Kindergarten screenings and kindergarten enrollment by appointment in April. The appointments will be held in the Galt Christian Church the morning of Friday, April 7th from 8 to 11 o’clock. Screenings will be for children ages three to five and children must turn five […]
A Resident of Galt, Cynthia Lynn Gott, died late Saturday night at the University of Kansas medical center in Kansas City. She was 55 years old, had operated the Galt Cafe since 1995 and was an EMT with the Galt Fire Protection District. Surviving relatives include her father Bob Gott of Galt; brothers Ben and […]
Trenton R-9 Board of Education has approved a baseball field user agreement for two years; and a summer school contract for three years. For use of the Burleigh Grimes baseball field, Trenton R-9 will pay $200 per day, on game days only, to the Trenton Park Department which includes a one-time field preparation and rental. […]
The Chillicothe School District reports a first-day enrollment of 1813 students. That number is down 60 compared to last year with the decrease attributed to one of the largest graduating classes at Chillicothe this past Spring, followed by a kindergarten class this school year that’s smaller than any of the grades. Kindergarten has an enrollment […]
The Trenton R-9 School District had a first-day enrollment of 1098 students, which is down 16 students compared to opening day last year. The 8th grade is the largest class with 101 students, the first grade is the smallest class reporting 65 students. The Kindergarten class has 68 enrolled with all other grades at Trenton […]
Trenton High School has announced registration and I-Pad orientation schedule for the upcoming school year. The schedule shows Freshmen on Monday night from 6 until 8 o’clock, with Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors Tuesday night. Sophomores are scheduled from 5 until 6:30, Juniors 6:30 until 8, and Seniors from 8 until 9:30. All are to report […]
