Views: 1Unused or expired prescription medication can be disposed of safely, conveniently, and responsibly next week during National Drug Take-Back Day. Medication will be collected by law enforcement at various locations on April 27th from 10 to 2 o’clock. Area locations for National Drug Take-Back Day in Missouri include the Grundy County Law Enforcement Center, […]
Views: 0The Grundy County Commission has accepted a bid for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning work for the lower level of the Grundy County Law Enforcement Center. Presiding Commissioner Phillip Ray reports the bid accepted was from Bill Wilson for $9,207.89, which was the lowest of four bids received.
Views: 0Grundy County R-5 High School held an awards assembly to honor the students of the quarter. Those selected by faculty and staff include seventh graders Corbin Axtell and Layton Stonger, eighth-grader Dusty Wilson, ninth grader Fletcher Christy, 10th grader Macy Saul, 11th grader Tanner Williams, and 12th grader Emma Baxter.
Views: 0 It’ll be a few more days before Grundy County’s license fee office opens for business at its new location in Trenton. The Trenton Area Chamber of Commerce has operated the license office for more than three decades and Chamber President Debbie Carman reports the office will open on April 22, 2019. […]
Views: 2A Trenton teenager has been arrested for an alleged violation of probation. Nineteen-year-old Cade Anthony Darting is scheduled to appear April 23rd in the Associate Division of the Grundy County Circuit Court. A cash bond of $1,500 has been posted. Darting was on probation stemming from driving while intoxicated in July of 2017 in […]
Views: 0A house fire early Friday in Trenton extensively damaged a utility closet and kitchen at 201 West 25th Street. Extensive smoke damage was also reported throughout the house with moderate heat damage to two rooms. No injuries were reported during the incident and a report from firefighter Lane Beverlin said the cause of the […]
Views: 0Some defendants received prison sentences, others were placed on probation during Thursday’s session of Division One of Grundy County Circuit Court on April 11, 2019. April Dawn Hanson of Trenton pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance. A drug paraphernalia charge was dismissed. She was sentenced to four years with the Department of […]
Views: 0Absentee voting is now available at the Grundy County Clerk’s Office at the courthouse in Trenton for the special election of the Wilson Township Board. Wilson Township registered voters can vote absentee during the county clerk’s office’s regular hours through May 20th. The special election May 21st will be to break a tie between […]
Views: 0The Trenton Municipal Utilities Water Treatment Plant will begin utilizing free chlorine, or a free chlorine burnout, in its water system April 24th. The process entails feeding free chlorine, instead of chloramines, as the disinfectant leaving the water treatment plant and will last for four to six weeks. It will affect customers of TMU, […]
Views: 0The Grundy County R-5 Board of Education accepted a bid for mowing at its meeting Wednesday evening. Superintendent Rob Deaver reports the accepted bid was from Chris Novak for $160 per combined mowing of the elementary and high school lawns. The board approved the transfer of $80,000 from the general fund to the capital […]
Views: 0Grundy County Clerk Betty Spickard has announced Wilson Township will hold a special election for the board. The election to break the tie between Ronald Owens and Russ Thompson will be held May 21st. Voting will be held at the Laredo Community Building from 6 o’clock in the morning to 7 o’clock at night. […]
Views: 0Wright Memorial Hospital recently presented the Fit-Tastic interactive program to fifth and sixth graders at Laredo R-7 School. The program was presented during Miss Herrold’s P.E./Health class one day a week for four weeks by Wright Memorial Hospital dietitian Christina Ferguson, with assistance from the Grundy County Health Department, Trenton Hy-Vee’s registered dietitian, Cindy […]
Views: 1Numerous cases were processed Tuesday in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court including six defendants who waived preliminary hearings. Each was bound over to appear tomorrow in Division One of the circuit court at Trenton. Bryant Olan Ellis of Trenton has eight felony counts: possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession […]
Views: 0The Pleasant View R-6 Board of Education approved increasing the base pay of certified teachers at its meeting Tuesday evening. The base pay will increase $1,000 to $30,000 and a six percent raise was approved for all non-certified hourly employees as well as a five percent increase on extra duty contracts. The board approved […]
Views: 0The Trenton Kiwanis Club and Trenton High School Key Club will host the Community Easter Egg Hunt in Trenton. Activities will start in the upper area of Moberly Park near the enclosed shelter house on the morning of April 20th at 9:30. Ambulance, fire, and area law enforcement vehicles and staff will be at […]
Views: 0The 12th Annual Green Hills Wellness Challenge had it’s final weigh-in last Thursday, April 4th and Friday, April 5th. The Grundy County Health Department reports 23 participants obtained 10% or greater weight loss from their initial weigh in. The individuals in the top five with the highest percentage of weight loss were Tona Crawford with […]
Views: 0The Grundy County Commission accepted bids for fuel, pipes, and concrete Tuesday morning. The commission accepted two bids for gasoline and diesel fuel. The bids were from MFA of Trenton and Landes Oil of Trenton for five cents off the pump price. A bid from Metal Culverts of Columbia was accepted for metal pipes. […]
Views: 2The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Hatfield man in Harrison County Monday on a capias warrant for failure to appear in court on several felony sex-related charges. Forty-one-year-old Michael John Welling has been charged with three counts of first-degree child molestation, first-degree statutory rape—sexual intercourse with a person less than […]
Views: 0The Head Start Center in Trenton plans to have application day this coming Friday, April 12th. Families with children eligible for Head Start are invited to visit the Head Start Center, located at 1807 Chestnut Street, between 4 and 7 o’clock. Those attending are asked to take the most recent tax return as well […]
Views: 1A Milan man arrested on Saturday faces a drug trafficking charge in Grundy County and has been accused of fleeing from the officer attempting to take him into custody. Thirty-four-year-old Dustin Eli Nickell is held at the Grundy County Detention Center pending his appearance Tuesday in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court. […]
