Farmers Bank of Northern Missouri is hosting a Scare Away Cancer—Battle of the Branches Scarecrow Contest to recognize October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Each Farmers Bank branch has decorated its location with pink fall décor. Each is also conducting a fundraiser to support a local cancer awareness group. Marketing Director Cindy Roy says funds […]
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Princeton Board of Education approves bus routes, hears update on ball field relocation plan
The Princeton R-5 Board of Education approved school bus routes and heard an update on the ball field relocation plan on the evening of Tuesday, October 13th. A news release reports the Princeton Ball Association and Princeton School District are working to relocate the softball and baseball complex from its current location in the lower […]
Missouri University of Science and Technology gets $300 million donation
Today is a historic day for the Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) and the state. St. Louis businessman Fred Kummer and his wife June have donated $300 million to a foundation supporting the university he graduated from in 1955 as a civil engineer. According to a press release from the school, the […]
Winner’s Choice Raffle to benefit Missouri 4-H
The Missouri 4-H Foundation will hold a winner’s choice raffle to benefit Missouri 4-H. Three lucky winners will be drawn Tuesday, Dec. 15, to win the 2019 Missouri State Fair Grand Champion Ham or half of the 2020 Missouri State Fair Reserve Grand Champion Steer. “Proceeds from the raffle will benefit the Missouri 4-H Foundation’s […]
Grundy County Commission approves additional CARES Act funding
The Grundy County Commission approved CARES Act funding the morning of Tuesday, September 15th. The Community Food Pantry of Grundy County was pre-approved for $35,000 for a walk-in cooler. The food pantry is an entity under the Grundy County Senior Tax Board. Distributions totaled $1,091.70 for the Families and Friends of the Developmentally Disabled for […]
Missouri Department of Conservation offering CWD sampling; encourages Share the Harvest
With deer hunting in Missouri opening for archery season on Sept. 15 and for firearms portions in the coming months, the Missouri Department of Conservation wants hunters, landowners, and others to know key information about chronic wasting disease (CWD) and the Department’s related efforts to limit the spread of CWD in Missouri deer by finding […]
Mercer Homecoming activities slated to begin September 3, 2020
Various activities are planned for Mercer Community Homecoming next weekend. The “Don’t Stop Believin” themed event will begin in Mercer the evening of September 3rd with a cake stand at 6 o’clock. Activities will include Boston Boswell and a cornhole tournament at 7 o’clock as well as the DDR Band at 7:30 and 9 o’clock. […]
Fish fry and hog raffle to be held at Grand River Multipurpose Center in Chillicothe
The Grand River Multipurpose Center of Chillicothe will hold a fish fry and hog raffle. Mark Sykes and others will cook fish for the drive-thru only event on the evening of September 11th. Pickup times will be 5, 6, and 7 o’clock with tickets in advance costing $10 and tickets at the door will be […]
Serve Mercer County addresses 16 projects during latest event
Fifty-nine volunteers worked on 16 projects during the Serve Mercer County workday Sunday, August 23rd. In Mercer, volunteers worked on the Mercer Christian Church and power washed an elderly resident’s home. They also did work in two yards and repaired roofs. A local doctor hung draperies in a dialysis patient’s living room. In Princeton, a […]
Spickard R-2 Board of Education sets tuition rate for upcoming school year
The Spickard R-2 Board of Education set the tuition rate for 2020-2021. On the evening of Monday, August 17th, Superintendent Doctor Kristi Weldon reports it was set at $3,600, with each additional student at $1,000. There was a motion to approve having a school nurse part-time at the school Mondays and Fridays. Sonoco Plastics of Chillicothe […]
Grundy County Farm Bureau Annual Meeting to feature Missouri Department of Agriculture Director Chris Chinn
Missouri Department of Agriculture Director Chris Chinn will be featured at the Grundy County Farm Bureau Annual Meeting next month. Farm Bureau members and their families are invited to the Fellowship Hall at the First Christian Church of Trenton on the evening of September 3rd at 6 o’clock. The meeting will also include county board […]
Andrew County recognized as model program for their exemplary support of breastfeeding mothers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded Andrew County, Missouri, with the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children Loving Support Award of Excellence for exemplary efforts in supporting breastfeeding WIC mothers. These awards were part of USDA’s National WIC Breastfeeding Week, celebrated August 1-7. Breastfeeding provides countless benefits to both babies and […]
Audio: Missouri State Fair in Sedalia focusing on 4-H and FFA youth this year
The 2020 state fair in west-central Missouri’s Sedalia will be a youth livestock show only, due to COVID-19 concerns. The 11-day fair begins Thursday and runs until Sunday, August 23. State Fair Director Mark Wolfe says Missouri 4-H and FFA members will receive an invaluable agriculture education experience in Sedalia. “I think we’re going to have […]
Spickard Board of Education sets date for preschool screenings; hires 1st and 2nd-grade teacher
The Spickard R-2 Board of Education accepted bids for windows and propane the evening of Monday, July 20th. Superintendent Doctor Kristi Weldon reports Quality General Construction will install five new windows in the library for $1,010. Ferrellgas’s bid for propane was accepted for 91 cents per gallon. The board hired Cassie Holcer as a first […]
How you can assist the victims of the Cedar Ridge Apartments fire
The Princeton Chamber of Commerce has provided additional information on local needs stemming from Sunday’s fire at the Cedar Ridge Apartments east of Princeton on Highway 136. Chamber President Kelly Bertrand says plans are to open the Cow Palace on Tuesday. July 21, 2020, as a place to gather items for families who were displaced […]
9th annual Red Cross blood drive in memory of Zach Cupp set for August 1, 2020
For the ninth consecutive year the American Red Cross is teaming up with family and friends and Marceline Fire and Rescue to host a blood drive in memory of Zach Cupp on Saturday, Aug. 1 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Walsworth Community Center, 124 Ritchie, in Marceline. In August 2012, Zach Cupp was […]
Hy-Vee partners with Kellogg’s and Keurig Dr Pepper to help feed hungry kids this summer
Hy-Vee, Inc., in partnership with Kellogg’s and Keurig Dr. Pepper, announced its End Summer Hunger campaign to provide food for children and families in need. During the month of July, for every qualifying purchase at a Hy-Vee grocery store, one meal will be donated to Feeding America food banks in Hy-Vee’s eight-state region. The program […]
Bright Futures Trenton recruiting for back to school event
Bright Futures Trenton is recruiting hair stylists for its Grundy County Back to School Event. Shoes and hygiene items are also being collected for the event August 13th from noon to 7 o’clock. A specific location or locations have not yet been announced for the Back to School Event. Bright Futures Trenton reports additional hair […]
GRM Networksd donates $750 to Mercer County Food Pantry
GRM Networks has donated $750 each to area food pantries through the cooperative’s Community Improvement Grant Program. Five food pantries in the cooperative’s operating area received the grants. From Missouri, they include the Harrison County Food Pantry in Bethany and the Mercer County Food Pantry in Princeton. In Iowa, the food pantries receiving grants are […]
Audio: Ameren Missouri announces program to help customers pay off their utility bill balances
Missouri’s largest electric utility has announced an additional $3.5 million program to help customers pay off their utility bill balances, during the coronavirus outbreak. Ameren Missouri vice president of customer experience Tara Oglesby says they want to support all of their customers in need. “Having this money that we have and being able to help […]