Some of the area counties have unemployment rates that are less than the statewide average of three point one percent. Figures are provided by the division of employment security for December – the most recent month available. Grundy County’s unemployment rate is above the state average at three point four percent in December. That’s based […]
University of Missouri Extension of Grundy County and North Central Missouri College are collaborating to provide programs on agriculture. The first is a free meeting about fence law taught by Joe Koenen of Putnam County Extension in the Lager Building at the Barton Farm Campus of Trenton next Thursday, February 21st. Extension County Engagement Specialist […]
The University of Missouri Extension of Grundy County will provide Volunteer Income Tax Assistance to low-income families this tax season. Appointments will be held in the Extension Office in the basement of the Alexander Student Center on the North Central Missouri College campus in Trenton starting the last week of February. County Engagement Specialist in […]
The Trenton Area Chamber of Commerce has selected a long-time retired businessman and a retired college instructor as its 2019 Pillars of the Community. The Chamber will honor R. W. Keuhn and Phil Schlarb at its annual banquet at the New Hope Building the evening of March 15th. A social hour will begin at 5:30, […]
Fifteen individuals with disabilities attended the first cooking class of the year for the Families and Friends of the Developmentally Disabled of Grundy County on Thursday. FFDD Executive Director Kayla Graham says students learned how to make a healthy, easy, and cost-efficient snack. The class made lunch meat rollups with dressing and cheese and decorated […]
The Grundy County R-5 Board of Education has approved hiring a Carrollton man for the seventh through 12th-grade Principal position for the 2019-2020 school year. William Dow was hired during a closed session Wednesday evening. He will replace Randy Huffman, who has been the seventh through 12th-grade Principal for 14 years. Grundy R-5 reports Dow has been […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of two Trenton residents Thursday on felony charges. Twenty-four-year-old Ayrik Armand Redden has been charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute—methamphetamine as well as possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute—marijuana. Bond is $30,000 cash only. Thirty-year-old Krystal Leanna Martin has […]
The Bright Futures Trenton program has made a financial donation to benefit the Backpack Buddies weekend food program for school children in need. The donation of $2,411 was made to the Community Food Pantry of Grundy County which sponsors backpack buddies. Funds were raised in December during the Bulldog Challenge activities held as part of […]
A Wheeling resident has been sentenced to prison after admitting to violations of probation Wednesday when he appeared in Division One of Grundy County Circuit Court. Probation was revoked and Patrick Richard Oyler was sentenced to five years with the Department of Corrections after a previous stay was set aside. The original charge was criminal […]
Trenton resident William Nicholas Griffin has pleaded guilty to amended charge of second-degree harassment in a misdemeanor case stemming from last July. A court-approved plea agreement resulted in Griffin being fined $100, ordered to contribute $300 to the Grundy County Law Enforcement Fund, and pay the court costs. The money is to come from the cash […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of two individuals on Wednesday. Forty-six-year-old Adam Peter Bentz of Nixa has been charged with felony non-support—total arrears in excess of 12 monthly payments due under an order of support. Bond is $10,000 cash only. Court documents accuse Bentz of failing to provide adequate food, clothing, lodging, […]
A felony charge has been dismissed in Division One of Grundy County Circuit Court for a Kansas City man. Court information shows 33-year-old Javier Hernandez’s charge of non-support—total arrears in excess of 12 monthly payments due under an order of support was dismissed Wednesday. The non-support charge was from May 2017.
