VFW Post 919 will present a Memorial Day Flag Raising Ceremony and rifle salute at ten o’clock Monday, May 28, at the Grundy County Museum. Bob Chenoweth, a Korean War veteran and past president of the museum will provide brief patriotic comments. Seating will be provided and the public is encouraged to arrive early. The […]
Representatives of the Princeton Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars will be at the Princeton Cemetery this weekend to offer graveside flags. The VFW will be present at the cemetery Friday through Monday, – May 25th through May 28th, – during the hours of 8 in the morning until 6 o’clock in the event.
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the North Missouri planned for the week of May 7 – 13 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, shoulder work, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs, litter pick up […]
Drivers on Route 129 south of Green City will have a much smoother ride after next week. Contractors from Herzog Contracting Corp. of St. Joseph, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, begin resurfacing Route 129 between Route H and Route 6 on Monday, May 7. The project should take one week to complete. Crews […]
The Trenton City Council last night took votes on three ordinances, passing one of them on a split vote to enact a leash law. The council heard presentations from four citizens on topics like downtown Christmas lights; a property lien the city holds following demolition of a house; cable television reception in the lake Trenton area; […]
Third District State Representative Nate Walker of Kirksville is calling for a review of all public funds used in the construction and maintenance of National Football League facilities. A Republican, Walker thinks the league is disrespecting the U.S. flag, the country, and the state by allowing recent protests during the national anthem. Walker says the […]
The Trenton Police Department is the recipient of a United States flag that was flown July 4th over the 548th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The flag and a certificate of authenticity were presented to the police department by Staff Sergeant Jeb Walker for continuous support of police officers Walker and Kris […]
The North Mercer School is hosting a flag retirement ceremony the afternoon of November 10th at 2:45 at the school. Anyone with an unusable flag may take it to the school or contact Greg Frost at North Mercer. The flag retirement ceremony on November 10th is open to the general public.
“Flag the Technology” helps farmers and pesticide applicators reduce errors and limit off-target herbicide drift, says University of Missouri Extension weed scientist Kevin Bradley. University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service developed the program in 2011. Growers in Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana are adopting the technology to bring awareness to herbicide drift. Farmers or applicators […]
Under sunny skies, light winds, birds chirping, and approximately 75 people watching, VFW Post 919 at Trenton conducted a flag raising ceremony and rifle salute Monday morning, Memorial Day, to officially open up the Grundy County Museum properties for this season. While VFW members were hoisting the U.S. flag out in front of the Baker one-room school, […]
There’s a display of flags this Memorial Day surrounding the Grundy County Courthouse in Trenton. Each flag pole has a brass tag, with a Veterans name on it. The flags were set out by members of the Trenton Kiwanis and Trenton Lions Club. It’s flag display practice that is done on many holidays as long as weather […]
For six innings on Sunday night, it was a prototypical Royals performance, with strong pitching, spectacular defense, and an offense hunting and pecking out runs for a 4-0 lead over the New York Mets. In a rematch of the 2015 World Series, the Mets made the Royals sweat late, but clutch pitching from Luke Hochevar […]
