North Central Missouri Fair

Galt Community Fair begins tonight

Events begin tonight at the Galt Community Fair. The list includes a spaghetti supper from 5 to 8 o’clock at the fire station in Galt. The supper is sponsored by the Galt Fire Protection District Ladies Auxiliary. Dodge ball games will be played by children in grades Kindergarten through third as well as fourth through […]

Grundy R-5 School

Grundy R-5 Board of Education adopts budget, hires 2

The Grundy R-5 Board of Education members have adopted the 2017-18 budget which is showing that a deficit is projected for the one year period. Revenues are anticipated to top $2,400,000 while expenditures are listed at $2,476,000 which leaves a $74,000 deficit. With the fiscal year ending today, Grundy R-5 Board at their meeting Thursday night […]

Grundy County Law Enforcement Center

Grundy County Sheriff reports 2 arrests

The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports two unrelated arrests. Thirty-six-year-old Bobby Morgans of Trenton was arrested for probation violations of weapons, reporting and directives, and special conditions. His bond is $25,000 cash only, and he is scheduled for Division One of circuit court May 11. Morgans was originally charged with distribution of a controlled substance. […]

Grundy County Law Enforcement Center

Grundy County Sheriff reports 3 arrests on Tuesday

The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports three unrelated arrests on Tuesday. Seventeen-year-old Mann Joseph Pitman of Laredo was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, except 35 grams or less of marijuana. His bond is set at $10,000 cash or corporate surety, and he is scheduled to appear in the associate division of circuit court […]

Governor Eric Greitens

Audio: Governor Eric Greitens travels to Galt to announce high-speed internet initiative

Governor Eric Greitens came to Galt yesterday afternoon to announce a $45,000,000 initiative to bring broadband, high-speed internet to rural Missouri including schools, businesses, and farms. The Governor said state and federal funds will finance all the infrastructure needed for broadband. After his remarks in the Grundy R-5 school gymnasium, the Governor spoke with the news media including KTTN’S […]

Grundy County Law Enforcement Center

Galt man turns himself in on domestic assault charge

The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports a Galt man turned himself in on the misdemeanor charge of third-degree domestic assault. Forty-nine-year-old Alec Noble Craig turned himself in today (Wednesday). He posted his bond, and he is scheduled for the associate division of circuit court April 11. Court documents accuse Craig of knowingly causing physical contact […]

Accident

Accident at 9th and Main in Trenton sends 3 to hospital

Three individuals were transported to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton by ambulance after a traffic accident at East Ninth and Main Streets in Trenton Monday morning. The Trenton Police Department reports 63-year-old Stanley Richardson of Galt stopped in the westbound lane on Ninth Street for a red light at the intersection when 30-year-old Casey Jones […]

House Fire

House destroyed by fire at Medicine Creek in Newtown

The Medicine Creek Fire Department responded to a house fire in the southeast corner of Newtown Thursday afternoon around 3:30. Spokesman Mike Abernathy reports the house was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived and the fire had jumped the railroad track and caught railroad ties on fire. The railroad was closed for awhile, but they allowed […]

Two file for alderman positions in Galt

Two candidates filed for the two open alderman-at-large positions in Galt. Those candidates are Jason Grindstaff and incumbent Bill Jackson. Reggie Grindstaff did not refile for another term. No one filed for the position of Mayor. The incumbent is Rosanne Bonine. Galt will propose approval of not holding an election due to the same number of people […]

Galt Aldermen hire engineering firm

At a meeting of the Galt Board of Aldermen last evening, a motion was approved to hire a Columbia company for engineering on the Galt lagoon project. McClure Engineering was hired to assist Galt in planning for the upcoming project required by the Missouri department of natural resources. The filing period has opened to choose a […]

Child Molestation Arrest

Galt man arrested on child molestation charge

A Galt resident man has been charged in Grundy County with first-degree child molestation of a person under 14-years-old on November 18th. 20-year-old Thomas Dalton was being held in the Grundy County Detention Center on $50,000 cash only bond and is to appear in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court on December 13.