The 2019-20 salary schedule was adopted during a meeting last night of the Trenton R-9 Board of Education. The schedule follows the requests submitted last month by the salary and welfare committee; and endorsed by the superintendent. Superintendent Dan Wiebers reported the increases noted for the salary schedule will cost more than $177,000 which is […]
The much-discussed financing of the proposed headworks project at the Trenton sewer plant took another turn Monday night. The City Council, on a vote of three in favor and four against, defeated a motion that would have allowed the electric department to loan $2,000,000 to the wastewater department. The motion to make the transfer, with […]
The Trenton City Council will consider five ordinances next week regarding several agreements and one contract at a meeting at Trenton City Hall Monday night, March 11 at 7 o’clock. The ordinances would approve agreements with M and M Utilities for work on the Eighth Street waterlines from Kumler to Rural Street and for work […]
The Trenton Kiwanis Club will host its first Trivia Night in April to fund community service activities in the area. Teams of six to eight members at least 18 years old can participate in the event billed as a “Stroll Through the Decades” at the Black Silo Winery of Trenton April 6th. Doors will open […]
A representative from Google and other experts in various fields will give presentations at the North Central Missouri Business Facilitation’s North Missouri Business Expo in Trenton later this month. The event to help entrepreneurs and small business owners with tactics and strategies to establish or grow their businesses will be held at Cross Hall on […]
The deadline to register to vote for the April 2nd Municipal Election is next week. Residents of Grundy and Livingston counties can register to vote at their respective county clerk’s office during regular office hours through March 6th. The Livingston County Clerk’s Office will be open that day until 5 o’clock. Residents can also change […]
The Gallatin Board of Aldermen held a public hearing Monday evening and later approved an ordinance during a regular meeting adopting and enacting new codification of the city’s ordinance book. The ordinance conformed with State Statute and updated various zoning regulations. City Clerk Hattie Rains says no major changes were made to Gallatin City Code. […]
Discussion on several topics dominated a 90-minute meeting last night of the Trenton City Council. Action was taken on just two items and approval was given by the seven council members present to a resolution for reimbursement to the city of over $54,000 in expenditures made since July on the new asphalt plant project. The […]
Five individuals with Trenton addresses were arrested recently on various drug-related charges. Each is to appear Tuesday in the Associate Division of the Grundy County Circuit Court. Fifty-one-year-old Misty Lynn Miller-Smith, who was arrested on Thursday, faces charges of delivery of a controlled substance with alleged intent to distribute methamphetamine; as well as unlawful possession […]
Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture is giving funding priority in a key grant program for applications to address opioid misuse in rural communities. “The opioid epidemic is dramatically impacting prosperity in many small towns and rural places across the country,” Hazlett said. […]
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 Princeton Chamber of Commerce will have a ribbon cutting and monthly meeting on Thursday, February 14th. The ribbon cutting will be held at 12 noon at Fernwood Retreat, the location of the former Sonrise Christian Home. Princeton Chamber President Kelly Bertrand reports the large building, erected in 1921, has been remodeled and available for bookings such […]
The North Missouri Sportsman’s Alliance is sponsoring its annual free deer antler scoring day Saturday, March 16, at the Elks Lodge in Chillicothe. “We will again be providing certified Pope & Young and Boone & Crockett and Missouri Big Bucks scorers for area hunters,” said Steve Shoot, president of the NMSA. “This is free to […]
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 […]
The North Central Missouri College baseball team will be hosting their annual “Winter Warm-Up” on Saturday, February 9, 2019. The day will begin with a clinic for high school and other youth coaches held on the NCMC campus. Current NCMC players will accompany signees for the 2019 class as they sit in on clinic sessions […]
A free guided hike will be held at Crowder State Park west of Trenton Valentine’s Day. Interested individuals can meet park staff at the tennis court parking lot the afternoon of February 14th at 4 o’clock prior to the hike on Red Bud Trail. Park Resource Manager Anna Persell says the hike will be about […]
A program meant to educate landowners and tenants on Missouri Farm Leases will be held February 12, 2019, at the Harrison County Extension Office, located at 1505 Main, Courthouse Basement, in Bethany. The course will be instructed by a team of MU Extension Agricultural Business Specialists via live-stream and will be held from 6:00 to […]
Missouri consumers received an additional $16.2 million from their insurance companies in 2018, thanks to the work of the department’s Consumer Affairs Division and Market Conduct Section. “One of our primary responsibilities is to protect Missouri consumers and ensure they are treated fairly by insurance companies,” said Chlora Lindley-Myers, Director of the Missouri Department of […]
There’s bipartisan support in the state legislature to focus on shifting the criminal justice system away from mass incarceration. Freshman Republican Representative Louis Riggs of northeast Missouri’s Hannibal says he’s looking forward to GOP Governor Parson’s leadership on the issue. Riggs of Hannibal says alternatives to incarceration are important. Riggs sits […]
The Missouri Department of Corrections has announced a new plan that, if approved by the General Assembly, will help address two chronic department issues: a staffing shortage and low employee wages. The department plans to consolidate Crossroads Correctional Center (CRCC) and Western Missouri Correctional Center (WMCC), both in Cameron, Missouri. The plan calls for moving […]
