The Grundy County Nursing Home District Board of Directors will hold a special meeting on March 19th to discuss the energy HVAC and window project. The meeting will be held in the conference room at Sunnyview Nursing Home and Apartments in Trenton at 4 o’clock in the afternoon. It will be closed to the public […]
Most area counties have unemployment rates that are below the state average in Missouri. That average for January is 5.1%. Linn, Sullivan, and Carroll counties have rates above the state average. The latest county by county report shows Linn County at 7.3%, Sullivan County at 5.6%, and Carroll County at 5.3%. Grundy County’s unemployment rate […]
Officials of the Trenton High School Alumni Association announced on Tuesday that classes planning to complete their own mailings with their reunion plans inserted into the general letter are asked to pick up supplies at the office of Dynamic Tax & Accounting at 203 East 9th Street in Trenton beginning today. Envelopes, class mailing labels, […]
The Grundy County Commission signed a letter of agency with Granite phone service on March 16th. The letter gives the company permission to contact AT&T on behalf of Grundy County. Presiding Commissioner Phillip Ray says going through Granite for the county is estimated to reduce the cost of three AT&T lines from $500 a month […]
The Grundy County R-5 Board of Education has approved a health insurance plan and a four-day week calendar. The district will work with Missouri Educators Trust for the insurance. The plan will provide all full-time staff a $3,000 health savings account for $549.91. Staff will have an option to buy up to three other plans […]
The Grundy County Commission is accepting bids for pipes and fuel. The metal or polyethylene pipes are for 2021. Bids are to be for two and two-thirds-inch by half-inch and three-inch by one-inch standard round corrugated, riveted metal pipes and riveted polymer-coated pipes and/or polyethylene pipes per foot with fittings and accessories approved by the […]
A Trenton resident has been arrested and faces charges that involve burglary, property damage, and two counts of assault. Twenty-six-year-old Michael Dillon Odor is held in lieu of five thousand dollars cash bond. His next court appearance is March 23rd in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court. Odor is charged with felony burglary […]
Fire damage was described as major to the engine compartment and cab of a semi-truck Sunday afternoon in Trenton. The Trenton Fire Department was dispatched to the parking lot east of Hoover Drive, where crews found heavy fire with the vehicle. Firefighters deployed a one and three-quarter line to extinguish the blaze. Firefighters used a […]
More than 5,800 people from Grundy County will be eligible to vote in the April 6th election, with a total of 5,859 certified by the county clerk’s office. That’s the same number as those eligible for last November’s general election. There will be eight polling locations in Grundy county for April 6th in-person voting, with […]
Just one case is listed as “active” for covid according to this morning’s report from the Grundy County Health Department with no new cases of COVID -19 reported by the health department as of Monday morning. The total number of cases since testing began is 1,057. This includes 816 confirmed cases with the rest listed […]
At a meeting on Thursday, March 11, the Grundy County Health Department Board of Directors voted to rescind the public health order requiring masks, which takes effect on Monday, March 15, 2021. The health department is still encouraging the wearing of masks in all public places, and in situations where social distancing cannot be maintained. […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in northern Missouri for the week of March 15 – 21. All road closures and planned roadwork may be viewed on the Traveler Information Map at http://traveler.modot.org/map/. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in some of […]
The Galt Board of Aldermen passed a resolution on March 10th adopting the Grundy County Hazard Mitigation Plan. City Clerk Ashley Bonnett reports the community of Galt was advised by the Green Hills Regional Planning Commission.
Three people were sentenced to prison during Division One proceedings in Grundy County Circuit Court on Thursday. Trenton resident Vance Allan Gannon pleaded guilty to three counts and had one dismissed. Gannon was sentenced to five years with the department of corrections for resisting arrest, detention or stop by fleeing creating a substantial risk to […]
The Grundy County Commission will meet with representatives of various entities next week. The agenda for the meeting at the courthouse in Trenton on March 16th includes Grundy County Ambulance at 9 o’clock in the morning, Granite phone service calling in at 9:15, Tusa calling in at 10 o’clock regarding 911 radios, the Families and […]
The Grundy County Health Department reports no new COVID-19 cases since its March 8th report, keeping the total at 1,057. Active cases dropped by one to one. Eight hundred 16 have been confirmed, and 241 are probable. Forty COVID-19-related deaths have been reported for Grundy County. The health department reports the Department of Health and […]
The Pleasant View R-6 Board of Education approved several resignations during an executive session on March 9th. The resignations are effective at the end of this school year for Art Teacher Phoebe Duff and Fifth Grade Teacher Melanie Warren. Custodian Meghan McLain’s resignation was effective immediately. The board voted to hire Whitney Barlow of Trenton […]
The driver of a pickup truck that the Trenton Police Department reported hit the Harvest Moon building on Ninth Street on February 13th was arrested on March 10th and posted bond. The Grundy County Sheriff reports 36-year-old Braden Mark Spicher of Trenton has been charged with felony leaving the scene of an accident–property damage exceeded […]
Fourteen counties will send their top two spellers to compete when Mosaic Life Care Foundation hosts and sponsors the Northwest Missouri Regional Spelling Bee this weekend. Registration for the bee will begin at EmPowerU at 518 South Sixth Street in Saint Joseph Saturday afternoon at 12:30. The competition will start at 1 o’clock. Those spellers […]
A Jefferson City man was arrested in Caldwell County on March 9th on a Grundy County charge. The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports 41-year-old Roger Harper has been charged with felony stealing of $750 or more. His bond is $4,000 cash only, and he is scheduled for the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court […]
