The Trenton Building and Nuisance Board and City Council will meet next week. The Building and Nuisance Board will discuss several properties at the Trenton City Hall on April 26th at 6 p.m. The meeting will be on Zoom at us02web.zoom.us/j/88439856846. Of the properties to be discussed, three are listed under the declaration of a […]
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Bill banning trans students from sports teams by gender wins support of Missouri House
(Missouri Independent) – After hours of fierce debate that spanned the course of two days, the Missouri House on Wednesday signed off on a prohibition on transgender students participating on the sports teams that match their gender identity. The provision, offered as an amendment by Rep. Chuck Basye, R-Rocheport, to House Bill 1141 was adopted by a vote […]
USDA invests $35 million in rural water, energy, and biofuel infrastructure in Missouri
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Missouri Acting State Director D Clark Thomas announced the agency is investing $35,046,000 in critical infrastructure that will help rural Missouri communities build back better and stronger while prioritizing climate-smart solutions and environmental stewardship. USDA is making the investments under the Water and Environmental Program, the Rural Energy for […]
Missouri State Highway Patrol to implement “Operation P.R.O.T.E.C.T.” on April 26, 2021
Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, would like to make the public aware of the Operation P.R.O.T.E.C.T. (Patrol Response Operation To Enforcement of Construction zone Traffic) enforcement projects scheduled for Monday, April 26, 2021, and Wednesday, April 28, 2021. The projects are part of a joint effort with the Missouri […]
2021 Century Farm application deadline extended to June 1
In recognition of the Missouri Bicentennial, University of Missouri Extension will extend this year’s Century Farm application deadline to June 1. “With our partners the Missouri Farm Bureau and the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, we want to be sure every eligible farm family has an opportunity to apply in this special […]
Agenda for next meeting of North Central Missouri Mental Health Center Board of Directors includes services for incarcerated individuals
The North Central Missouri Mental Health Center Board of Directors next week will discuss agency services eligible to be provided to incarcerated individuals. The meeting will be held at the mental health center of Trenton and on Zoom on April 27th at 4:30 in the afternoon. The Zoom meeting ID will be 99535808670, and the […]
Audio: Life Options Green Hills provides free and confidential services; Diaper Drive to benefit organization set to kick off April 26
Life Options Green Hills Pregnancy and Health Center of Trenton provides free and confidential services to residents in the nine-county Green Hills area. Services include pregnancy testing, limited first trimester ultrasounds, and pregnancy, prenatal, and parenting education. Executive Director Rachael Brothers says the center also provides a fatherhood education program. She explains that […]
Head-on crash injures two on Route VV
Two Northwest Missouri drivers were injured when their vehicles met head-on Tuesday morning on a rural route in Nodaway County. Taken by EMS to Mosiac Life Care in Maryville were 37-year-old Elizabeth Shelley of Albany and 63-year-old Derri Wandfluh of St. Joseph. Both vehicles were demolished in the accident at 10:20 am on Route VV […]
Brookfield man facing charges of assault and armed criminal action
A Brookfield resident accused of swinging a broken bottle at another person in the 300 block of Sanford Street in Brookfield on April 19 faces charges. Twenty-year-old Gabriel Michael Donovan has been charged in Linn County with the felonies of second-degree assault and armed criminal action. A probable cause statement from Brookfield Police Officer Austin Lucky […]
National Weather Services issues Winter Weather Advisory for northern Missouri
We are into April; however, it is not unheard of to have winter weather this late into spring. Keep in mind, that area forecasts are subject to change depending on the track of the system that will affect the area. FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING According to the weather service, […]
Audio: Friends of the Library to host book sale at Grundy County Jewett Norris Library
The Friends of the Library will host a book sale at the Grundy County Jewett Norris Library in Trenton next week to raise funds for library services and needs. The sale will be in the Hoover Theater of the library from April 19th through 24th. Hours will be Monday through Thursday from 9 to 5 […]
Purdin couple facing narcotics charges and endangerment of a child after execution of search warrant
Two Purdin residents face several drug-related felony charges after the execution of a narcotics-related search warrant in the 500 block of Third Street in Purdin on April 15th. Forty-three-year-old Valerie Raglenda Coke and 37-year-old Donald Michael Morris have been charged with first-degree endangering the welfare of a child involving drugs, first offense, possession of a […]
Audio: United Hog Systems withdraws permit application to build CAFO in Livingston County
United Hog Systems, LLC has withdrawn its permit application to build a concentrated animal feeding operation in northern Livingston County. Presiding Commissioner Ed Douglas says the Livingston County Commission got word April 14th from the Department of Natural Resources. Douglas explains United Hog originally applied for a CAFO in February 2020 but withdrew that application. […]
Senior City Incorporated and the Grundy County Nursing Home District to hold annual meetings
Senior City Incorporated and the Grundy County Nursing Home District will hold their annual meetings next week. Both organizations will include an election of officers and be in the conference room at Sunnyview Nursing Home and Apartments of Trenton on April 20th at 4 o’clock in the afternoon. The Nursing Home District’s annual meeting is […]
Audio: Serve Mercer County volunteers set to tackle projects this Saturday, April 17
Volunteers will lend a “helping hand” this Saturday when Serve Mercer County works on projects on behalf of the elderly, those who are ill, or unable to do the work themselves. First Baptist Church Pastor Abner Neill said that Serve Mercer County allows several organizations and individuals to work together on projects to benefit the […]
Multiple committee meetings for city of Trenton to be held on April 19
Several Trenton city committees will meet at the Trenton City Hall on the evening of April 19th. The Administrative, Economic Development, and Finance committees will each hold an election of a chairman. The Administrative Committee meeting will start at 6 o’clock. The Economic Development and Finance committee meetings will follow. The Trenton Utility Committee will […]
Jury trial set in Daviess County for wife of former Chillicothe Police Chief
A jury trial has been scheduled in Daviess County for the wife of former Chillicothe Police Chief Richard Knouse. A jury trial is set for October 7th and 8th for 53-year-old Laieloni Kay Knouse of Chillicothe. A pre-trial conference is set for September 2nd. The case was transferred from Livingston County in September. Laieloni Knouse […]
Gallatin Board of Aldermen swear in new board members, address numerous items on agenda
The Gallatin Board of Aldermen approved several ordinances and a resolution on April 12th. One resolution declared the results of the April 6th Municipal Election. Others authorized entering into contracts with Mike Walker for cemetery mowing and Rodell Sperry for mowing service at Dockery Park. The resolution established an interfund transfer amount to pay for […]
Work on Thompson River Bridge begins on Thursday
The Thompson River Bridge on Route 190, just west of Chillicothe, will narrow beginning tomorrow, Thursday, April 15, for completion of a bridge rehabilitation project. The bridge was rehabilitated last year as part of Gov. Mike Parson’s $351 million Focus on Bridges program, which will repair or replace 250 bridges across the state. The bridge, […]
Main Street Chillicothe announces date for annual Wine Walk and Concert
Main Street Chillicothe will hold the Annual Wine Walk and Concert next month. The wine walk will be on May 14th from 4:30 to 7:30. Check-in will be at Main Street Chillicothe at 514 Washington, and participants will be given a wrist band and a map. The SoulRoot band from Holt Summit will perform at […]