A variety of activities will be held during Trenton Downtown Christmas on Saturday of next week. Five Points Alive sponsors the activities December 14, 2019, which starts with a soup supper at the VFW Hall. Sena Arnold with Trenton Downtown Christmas and Five Points Alive says serving will begin at 4 o’clock that afternoon. Those […]
The Trenton Park Board approved bids for chain link fence and playground border material on Wednesday evening. Grundy County Lumber’s bid was approved for the fencing material for $1,395. It was the lowest of two, as Jim’s Building Supplies submitted a bid of $1,950.40. The approved bid for the playground fall material border was from […]
The Trenton High School Drama Department will perform The Snow White Variety Show at the Hoover Theater in the Grundy County Jewett Norris Library. The play will be presented on the evening of December 13th at 6 and 8 o’clock and the afternoon of December 15th at 2 o’clock. Director Tashyana Dowell says the play […]
Classes were canceled again today for the Newtown-Harris School as a professional exterminator is expected today after a school employee discovered evidence of bed bugs in a single location of the high school building. Superintendent Lucas McKinnis sent a letter to parents Monday providing an update on the situation. After the bed bugs evidence was […]
With Holiday Hoops just a couple weeks away, a training meeting has been scheduled for the first time volunteers or those who want a refresher in hosting the 15th annual Holiday Basketball games to be played in Trenton. Volunteers are encouraged to attend a one-hour session on Sunday afternoon, December 8th at 1:30 in the […]
Trenton Festival of Trees Coordinator Brenda Thorne estimates that there were more than 350 attendees at the 12th annual event Friday evening to benefit The Gifted Group. One-hundred-thirty-one trees, wreaths, baked goods, and other gift items were auctioned off. Items that had the highest bids were a tree made by a Trenton High School group […]
Trenton Middle School bands will perform at a Winter Concert in the Trenton High School gym next week. The fifth grade, sixth grade, and combined seventh and eighth-grade bands will perform holiday and concert band music on Friday, December 6, 2019, at 7:30 in the evening.
Five Trenton High School students participated in two area Honor Bands. The 22nd Annual Truman State University Honor Band held on November 18, junior Amanda Parrack was second chair tenor saxophone, sophomore Mari Atup was fifth chair flute, sophomore Trager Leeper was fifth chair trumpet, freshman Connor Campbell was 12th chair clarinet, and senior Mackenzie […]
Ayers Stock Farm in Green City, Mo., has spent three generations in the rolling hills of northern Missouri building a beef business driven on horseback. Rick Ayers has been involved in his family’s livestock farm since 1967 and his wife, Jonna Ayers, joined the family farm while both were teaching agriculture education at the local […]
Free Community Emergency Response Team training will begin in Newtown during the month of December. The CERT program will educate about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact the area. The program will begin at the Newtown-Harris School on the evening of December 4th from 5 o’clock to 8:30. There will be three subsequent training […]
Trenton High School Vocal Music Department is planning a concert for Sunday, December 8th. The Annual Vespers Service will be held at First Baptist Church beginning at 5 o’clock. Performing will be 5th and 6th Grade Choir, 7th and 8th Grade Choir, High School Concert Choir, and Gold Rush. Tyler Busick is the vocal music […]
The Putnam County R-1 School District recently recognized Tony Bondy as the Career and Technical Education Student of the Month for November 2019. The acknowledgment included the presentation of a certificate, a CTE Student of the Month shirt, and the addition of his name to the 2019-2020 CTE Student of the Month awards plaque which […]
Students from Chillicothe were among the more than 250 high school students and teachers from around the state who attended a career awareness day on Friday, Nov. 15, at the Litton Agri-Science Learning Center in Chillicothe. The conference, “Communicating News About Science and Agriculture,” focused on storytelling in science, agriculture, journalism, and communication-related areas. The […]
Santa will arrive at Princeton in a parade during Christmas Around the Square. The parade during the Princeton Chamber of Commerce-sponsored event will begin the evening of December 14th at 5 o’clock. There will be pictures with Santa, cocoa, hot dogs, and chips at the Senior Center as well as a Christmas Store where children […]
Volunteers are being sought for the 15th Annual High School Holiday Hoops at the Ketcham Community Center on the North Central Missouri College campus in Trenton. Director Steve Maxey says more than 250 volunteers regularly assist in the multi-day event sponsored by the NCMC Foundation. This year’s event will include nearly 70 games, beginning December […]
The Grundy County R-5 Board of Education this week approved insurance to be provided by the Missouri United School Insurance Council for 2020. Superintendent Phil Fox reports the property and liability insurance will cost $36,206, which is up about $650 from 2019. Updates were approved to the District Wellness Plan involving personnel changes. The board […]
A Trenton High School junior has been recognized as a Student of the Quarter at Grand River Technical School of Chillicothe. Ellie Boman was one of 20 students selected by Grand River instructors based on outstanding work ethic, excellent attendance, good manners, superior grades, and/or significant improvement of grades and attendance. Boman will receive a […]
The Trenton R-9 Board of Education Tuesday evening approved donations and a change order regarding proposed construction upgrades to the performing arts center at the high school. Building Project Liaison Dennis Gutshall reported changes regarding the dressing room, entrance, and interior would cost about $156,000.The Hoover Foundation will donate $125,000 toward the upgrades and Troy […]
The Trenton R-9 Board of Education on Tuesday evening approved hard surface bus routes for this school year. Director of Supportive Services Kris Ockenfels noted there were no changes from last year. Superintendent Mike Stegman said he bases his decision on if school will be in session by talking to Trenton administration and what other […]
The organizers of the Missouri Livestock Symposium announced that longtime dairy educator and agriculture industry leader Rex Ricketts, of Hallsville, will receive the 2019 Agriculture Educators Lifetime Achievement Award. Ricketts, University of Missouri professor emeritus of animal sciences, will receive the award at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, at the 20th annual symposium at William […]
