The Galt Community Fair continues today with 4-H exhibits and quilts, crafts, flower arrangements, and garden entries must be entered for judging by 10 o’clock this morning. The lunch room with a full menu will open at 11 o’clock and a fire department demonstration will be at 6 o’clock this evening. There will also be […]
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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 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 […]
Galt Fair scheduled for July 20 through 23
Various activities will take place during the Galt Community Fair, which will be July 20th through 23rd. There will be a spaghetti supper and a dodgeball tournament for children at the fire station the night of July 20th from 5 to 8 o’clock as well as DLO from 6 to 9 o’clock. 4-H exhibits as […]
Slow pitch softball tournament slated for July 22 in Galt
A slow pitch softball tournament will be held Saturday, July 22 at the ballfield in Galt. The cost to enter is $150 per team with each team consisting of ten players including a minimum of three girls on the team. Contestants must be fourteen years of age or older to play. All proceeds go to […]
Cable contractor to bury cables in Galt vicinity
A GRM telephone sub-contractor plans to bury cables around Galt. A pre-construction meeting to inform the public of work will be held at the Galt Fire Station the morning of May 18 at 11 o’clock. Residents will be able to ask questions about the process.
Audio: Mariah Fox lands role as FFA State First Vice President
Members of FFA chapters at Trenton, Chillicothe, and Brookfield have learned what their roles will be as 2017-18 state officers of the FFA. Mariah Fox of Galt has been selected as the First Vice President of the student organization. That’s the number two position, just under President, on the state officer team. Madelyn Warren of Dawn […]
Annual Grundy R-V Alumni Banquet set for Saturday May 13
The 95th annual Galt-Grundy R-V Alumni Banquet will be held Saturday, May 13th, at the Grundy R-V High School gym in Galt. Doors will open for registration at 5:00 with the meal to be served at 6:00 pm. The meal will be provided by Big Bills BBQ of Hamilton. This year the theme will be […]
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 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 […]
Easter Egg Hunt to be held at Galt
The annual Galt Easter Egg Hunt will be held on the Galt Square Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock. There will be three age classes: one to three, four to six, and seven to nine. The Galt Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary will sponsor the Easter egg hunt.
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 […]
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 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 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 […]
Obituary for Cynthia “Cindy” Gott
A Resident of Galt, Cynthia Lynn Gott, died late Saturday night at the University of Kansas medical center in Kansas City. She was 55 years old, had operated the Galt Cafe since 1995 and was an EMT with the Galt Fire Protection District. Surviving relatives include her father Bob Gott of Galt; brothers Ben and […]
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 […]
Grundy R-5 to hold Homecoming Friday night
Grundy County R-5 School at Galt will hold its Homecoming Friday evening. Grundy County will take on Mercer in basketball games starting at 6 o’clock with the King and Queen coronation to be held after the boys game. The King and Queen candidates are freshmen Jandie Peterson and Robert Urich, sophomores Morgan Axtell and Wayne […]
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 […]
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.