Preliminary hearings were waived and three defendants saw their cases bound over to Division One of Grundy County Circuit Court next month. 23-year-old Tyler Clayton Ward of Trenton is facing four counts: unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action, resisting arrest, and tampering with physical evidence – all related to a November 12th incident. […]
The Trenton Board of Adjustments has rescheduled a public hearing that was not held on January 3 to the night of February 6 at 7 o’clock at the Trenton City Hall. The board will hear a request from GFG Inland Elevator and Grain, LLC for a 25 foot variance from the front yard setback requirement of 35 […]
The Missouri Public Service Commission will hold local public hearings in December in a case filed by Grain Belt Express Clean Line LLC (Grain Belt Express). Grain Belt Express seeks a certificate of convenience and necessity to construct, own, operate and maintain a high voltage, direct current transmission line and associated facilities within Buchanan, Clinton, […]
The city of Trenton held a brief public hearing late Wednesday afternoon to hear any conflict of interest concerns regarding this year’s demolition program involving dilapidated structures. City Councilman Larry Porter, City Clerk and Interim Administrator Cindy Simpson, and Code Enforcement Officer Donnie Vandevender attended the public hearing. One of the structures being considered for demolition […]
A tax levy hearing and board meeting has been rescheduled for August 25th in the administrator’s office of Sunnyview Nursing Home in Trenton. That’s because there was a lack of a quorum for the Monday afternoon session. On August 25th at 10 o’clock that morning, citizens may be heard regarding the proposed property tax levy […]
After eight months of the calendar year, Grundy County sales taxes are running approximately $1,200 behind the pace for revenues that were received last year. Each of the sales tax funds so far this year tops $312,000 thousand dollars. Grundy County (half a cent) sales taxes are for general revenue, ambulance service, and law enforcement. A public hearing is […]
The Trenton City Council holds a public hearing August 22nd on the proposed Trenton city property tax levy. The proposed levy totals nearly $1.11 cents on the 100 dollars of assessed valuation. The amount is nearly two cents higher than last year. The levy breakdown shows slightly over 93 cents on the 100 dollars of […]
The Grundy County Commission holds a public hearing August 16th on the proposed property tax levy for this year. A levy of slightly over eighteen cents on the one hundred dollars of assessed valuation is proposed, which is an increase of nearly one cent on the one hundred dollars of assessed valuation compared to last […]
A public hearing on the Trenton R-9 School District tax levy will be held just minutes prior to the August 9th board of education meeting. The hearing at the district office on Normal Street begins at 5:25 that afternoon with the regular agenda items to begin at 5:30. Information on the agenda will be released […]
Among information from last evenings’ meeting of the Laredo R-7 Board of Education, the board accepted the resignation of Brooke Chapman as the first and second-grade teacher effectively immediately. The first reading was held on policy updates recommended by the Missouri school boards association. The final transportation report from the past school year was approved. […]
In the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court, 41-year old Toby Street of Trenton has waived a preliminary hearing and was bound over to Division 1 of Circuit Court on charges accusing felony possession of methamphetamine and possessing numerous smoking devices, intended to be used with methamphetamine. A charge accusing Street with misdemeanor passing […]
A Carrollton Police Officer has resigned their position in the wake of a sexual misconduct allegation. Chief Robert Turner of the Carrollton Police Department reports the allegation occurred on February 17, 2016. After an internal investigation, the Chief suspended the officer pending a hearing, however, the officer chose to resign prior to the hearing. The […]
(St. Joseph News Press) – Testimony in a bond hearing Wednesday revealed an ongoing criminal investigation against an Amish man charged with poisoning his own wife. Samuel Borntreger appeared in a Harrison County courtroom Wednesday on a charge of first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Anna Yoder Borntreger, in 2006. Authorities raised the […]
