The Green Hills Women’s Shelter received a $500 grant from the Community Action Partnership of North Central Missouri’s Community Partners Fund program. The Women’s Shelter plans to use the funds to assist clients with legal fees. The Community Partners Fund provides funding and assistance to group, organizations, and companies serving low-income individuals and/or families. The […]
A meeting will be held at the Spillman Event Center in Jamesport to discuss a sidewalk grant Monday evening at 5:30. Jamesport Community Association President Wayne Scott explains the meeting’s purpose. Meanwhile, most of the tax credits for the Jamesport Community Association have been sold and President Wayne Scott gives us the details. […]
Grundy County Jewett Norris Library has received a technology mini-grant of $8,500 to improve computer lab services by adding 14 laptop computers. Adding the laptops will enable the library in Trenton to expand the number and types of programs it offers. According to the Secretary of State’s office, mini-grants are funded by the Library Services […]
The Chillicothe Police reports the department has been awarded a 2017 Local Law Enforcement Block Grant (LLEBG) in the amount of $6, 127.45. A news release from Chillicothe Police reports the money was obtained from a competitive grant through the Missouri Department of Public Safety. The grant money will be used to purchase equipment related […]
The city of Gallatin has received a plaque and a grant of slightly over $9,000 from the Mirma Self Insurance pool. The money is to be used to purchase a car camera and surveillance equipment for the police department, and for an electric crimper and gas detector for the utility department. The Gallatin electric department is test […]
The Daviess County Sheriff’s Office has been awarded a $28,000 grant from NITRO which stands for Northwest Missouri Interagency Team Response Operation. The funds come from assets seized and / or forfeited as a result of criminal investigations conducted by the ATF sponsored NITRO in which Daviess county is a participant. The ATF Nitro task […]
Mayor Jack Turner told the city council Monday evening that the City of Jamesport is receiving a community development block grant from the state for street improvements. The amount is $146,000 and officials say progress will begin after all paperwork has been signed including the agreement on a grant-administration contract with the Green Hills Regional […]
The City of Laredo has been awarded a small community engineering assistance grant from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. The nearly $49,000 grant is to pay for engineering costs relating to a waste water treatment facility evaluation. The Aldermen were to have had a meeting Monday night, but there was not a quorum. City […]
Eight Missouri colleges and universities have been selected to receive grants of up to $150,000 to expand their nursing education programs. The grants, totaling nearly $1 million, were awarded by the Department of Higher Education and the Missouri Board of Nursing, which provides funding for the grant program. The goal of the program is to […]
The GEC Community Foundation is accepting applications for grants to be announced in late October. The foundation assists qualifying schools and organizations in a 12-county region with funds for education, health, and rural development purposes. That territory is the service area of Grundy Electric Cooperative which includes Grundy, Mercer, and Harrison counties as well as […]
The Missouri Department of Agriculture today announced 13 Missouri agricultural groups have been awarded grants collectively topping nine hundred eighty six thousand dollars to assist in adding value to Missouri agricultural products. Two projects will facilitate the use of local crops in lunches and snacks for Missouri school children, and eleven projects will look at the feasibility […]
It happened Wednesday, April 27 as a Livingston County Sheriff deputy was on Highway K near Liv 261. The deputy checked a vehicle on radar at 107 mph in a 55 mph zone. The driver from Wheeling, Missouri was stopped, cited for the high speed and posted bond for the violation. The driver is scheduled […]
The Newtown-Harris school district has been awarded a three-thousand dollar safety grant. It’s from a legislative appropriation to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The grant is administered by the Missouri School Boards Association through its Missouri center for education safety. The center provides training, technical assistance, and other safety-related initiatives. Newtown-Harris is […]
Four resignations and a retirement were accepted last evening during a meeting of the Trenton R-9 board of education. An election of officers was held. The retirement is from 8th grade science teacher Ruby Walker. Resignations are from Rissler librarian Lora Carmack; speech instructor Farah Minnick; 2nd grade teacher Mackenzie Weldon; and high school paraprofessional Bonnie Yates. Employee health […]
The Laredo Board of Aldermen has approved an agreement for McClure Engineering to provide services for waste water system improvements. According to City Clerk Ashley Boren, the cost has not been finalized. The engineering firm (McClure) will make recommendations on what should be done. The city will be seeking grant money through the United States […]
