The Missouri Department of Conservation on September 20, 2019, presented the city of Bethany a check for $153,537 to help pay for improvements at North Bethany City Reservoir and Old Bethany City Lake. Earlier, MDC provided a $23,305 grant for the projects. MDC reimburses up to 75 percent of project costs under the Community Assistance […]
The City of Bethany, Harrison County, and North Missouri Solid Waste Management District Region B will sponsor a solid waste collection event Saturday, September 28, 2019. Harrison County residents can dispose of special waste items banned from landfills at the collection at the Bethany City Street Barn from 9 o’clock to noon that day. Items […]
Royalty was crowned Wednesday night during the Trenton High School Homecoming Pep Rally at CF Russell Stadium. The Queen is McKayla Blackburn and the King is Dalton Burchett, both are seniors at THS. Trenton will host Princeton in the Homecoming football game Friday night. South Harrison High School in Bethany held the coronation of Homecoming […]
U.S. Department of Agriculture Missouri State Director Jeff Case highlighted $150 million in grants available through the Community Facilities Program to help rural communities continue their recovery from the devastating effects of hurricanes, fires, and other natural disasters such as the recent severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding in Missouri. This announcement is in conjunction with […]
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 September 23 – 29. Continued flooding may cause schedule changes in some of the planned work. There may also be moving operations throughout the region such as pothole patching, […]
Two drug-related felony charges were dismissed for a Cainsville man in Division One of Grundy County Circuit Court. Charges were dismissed against Bartholomew Hazen for possession of a controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana or synthetic cannabinoid and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia—amphetamine or methamphetamine. The charges were from October 2018. Hazen’s […]
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a Gilman City man in Gentry County early Saturday morning on multiple allegations. Thirty-nine-year-old Casey Sperry was accused of felony driving while intoxicated—aggravated offender, no driver’s license, exceeding the posted speed limit, failure to drive on the right half of the roadway, and no insurance. Sperry was also […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in north Missouri region for the week of September 16 – 22. Continued flooding may cause schedule changes in some of the planned work. There may also be moving operations throughout the region such as pothole […]
Preventive maintenance treatment is scheduled for a section of Harrison County Interstate 35 next week. Local maintenance crews from the Missouri Department of Transportation plan to chip seal the southbound driving lane of I-35 from mile marker 88 (Route 13 exit) to mile marker 85 (Route AA/H exit) beginning Tuesday, September 17, 2019. The ramp […]
The Harrison County Extension Center continued its celebration of 100 years of service by holding a free drawing for 100 one-dollar gold coins at the Northwest Missouri State Fair in Bethany. The winner of the giveaway was Terry Chapman of Bethany. Participants filled out an entry slip for a chance to win, and a name […]
Two residents of Blythedale received minor injuries Monday night when their car was hit by a semi-truck that failed to halt for a stop sign. The accident at 8:45 pm Monday night happened at Interstate 35 and Route N at Eagleville. Taken by ambulance to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany was the driver of […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in north Missouri for the week of September 9, 2019. Continued flooding may cause schedule changes in some of the planned work. There may also be moving operations throughout the region such as pothole patching, striping, […]
The GEC Community Foundation, Incorporated is accepting grant applications. The Foundation assists qualifying schools and organizations with grant monies in the areas of education, health, and rural development. Grants are open to eligible entities in the Grundy Electric Cooperative 12-county service area. The service area includes the Missouri counties of Harrison, Mercer, and Grundy and […]
The tallgrass prairie holds a special place in Missouri’s history, and native grasslands also continue to play a role in modern agriculture today. The state’s grassland legacy and future will be celebrated at a free Prairie Day event 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, September 14, at Dunn Ranch Prairie and Pawnee Prairie in […]
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 September 2 – 8. MoDOT will halt temporary lanes closures throughout the state to accommodate an increase in traffic due to the Labor Day holiday. Most temporary lane closures […]
In response to flooding in Missouri and across the country this year, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is announcing the availability of $9 million to fund conservation easements in 69 Missouri counties damaged by flooding and other natural disasters. Funds are available through the floodplain easement component of the Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP-FPE). […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in north Missouri for the week of August 26 through September 1, 2019. Continued flooding may cause schedule changes in some of the planned work. There may also be moving operations throughout the region such as […]
As of 11 o’clock Friday morning, the Grundy County Collector-Treasurer’s Office reported 93 properties will be offered at the Annual Delinquent Tax Sale on Monday, August 26, 2019. The tax sale will start at the courthouse in Trenton Monday morning at 10 o’clock with thirty-five properties in Leisure Lake Township. Twenty-six of the properties are […]
Missouri State Highway Patrol Commander, Captain James E. McDonald of Troop H, St. Joseph, has announced the results of a DWI saturation conducted in Troop H of northwest Missouri. The saturation was held from 7 p.m. on August 17, 2019, to 3 a.m. on August 18, 2019. During the enforcement operation, 10 officers patrolled every […]
A Cainsville man was injured when the pickup he was driving left Highway 136 and went through a field where it struck a hay bale, shed, and a camper three miles east of Bethany. Sixty-year-old Matthew Dixon of Cainsville was taken by ambulance to Harrison County Community Hospital with minor injuries. Dixon was not using […]
