Mercer County Public Water Supply District Number 1 has issued a boil order due to the installation of a new valve on a water main and completed repairs. The order affects water customers on U. S. Highway 136 from Route A to Route U, including customers on Highway 145. The boil order continues until further […]
The Missouri Department of Transportation reports railroad crews plan to close Highway 129 north of Bucklin next week for routine maintenance of the Marceline Sub railroad crossing. Highway 129 is expected to be closed from Tuesday morning at 7 o’clock until Friday evening at 5 o’clock. Motorists will need to use an alternate route during […]
Two Albany residents and a Union Star resident sustained injuries in a two-vehicle accident four miles north of Saint Joseph Wednesday morning. The Highway Patrol reports emergency medical services transported 48-year-old Cindee and 14-year-old William Haynie of Albany to Mosaic Life Care in Saint Joseph. Cindee’s injuries were listed as moderate and William’s as minor. […]
A Kansas City man died as the result of a tractor-trailer truck accident in Carroll County Monday morning. The Highway Patrol reports 43-year-old Matthew Vignere’s body was transported to Frontier Forensics. The truck traveled east on Highway 10 when it ran off the right side of the road about one-half of a mile east of […]
After replacing a valve on a six-inch water main, a portion of Mercer County has been placed on a precautionary boil order. According to the Mercer County Public Water Supply District, the notice affects customers within the following boundaries as described clockwise. The Iowa-Missouri state line on the north, the Mercer-Putnam County line on the […]
The Missouri Department of Transportation reports due to recent weather and flooding, the West Locust Creek Bridge on Highway 6 in Sullivan County was reopened. After establishing a new local detour route to avoid potential flooding, contractors from Boone Construction Company plan to reclose the bridge on Monday, May 13, so that the bridge replacement […]
A Cameron teenager was injured Sunday afternoon when the car she was driving overturned four miles east of Lathrop. The highway patrol reports 16-year-old Makayla Provin of Cameron received moderate injuries and was taken by an ambulance to the Liberty Hospital. The driver was using a seat belt. The car was southbound when it traveled […]
A 61-year-old Trenton man is dead following a motorcycle crash in Daviess County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Richard Moore was southbound on Highway 13 in Daviess County when his 2013 Harley Davidson motorcycle went off the west side of the roadway, struck a guardrail and overturned causing Moore to be ejected from […]
A resident of Conception was injured in a rollover Tuesday afternoon in Nodaway County. Forty-nine-year-old Christi Bradshaw received serious injuries and was transported to Mosiac Life Care of St. Joseph. A sports utility vehicle was southbound on Highway 136 when it traveled off the west side of the road, became airborne over a drainage ditch, […]
Representatives of United States Department of Agriculture and State of Missouri agencies will participate in public meetings May 2-3 in northwestern Missouri to explain various types of flood-recovery assistance available to landowners and units of government. During the meetings, representatives of the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Farm Service Agency (FSA), Rural Development (RD), […]
A single-vehicle accident one mile west of Brimson injured a St. Joseph resident. Twenty-nine-year-old Kristopher Fowler received moderate injuries and was taken by ambulance to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany. A state trooper reports the sports utility vehicle was eastbound when it traveled off the south side of Highway 146 and a struck a […]
A Mercer resident was injured when the pickup he was driving crashed in northern Putnam County. Fifty-seven-year-old Jess Gomez was taken by private vehicle to the Wayne County Hospital in Corydon, Iowa with moderate injuries. Gomez was southbound on Highway 139 when he allegedly failed to halt for a stop sign, drove through the intersection, […]
Two vehicles collided Tuesday afternoon six miles east of Maryville resulting in injuries to one of the drivers. Ninety-year-old John Schieber of Ravenwood was seriously injured and taken to the Mosiac Medical Center in Maryville. An investigator said he was driving southbound on Nodaway County Route E, halted for a stop sign, then entered the […]
The Highway Patrol investigated an injury accident Monday afternoon at 1:40 pm in the parking lot of an Albany business. (Dollar General Store) Fifty-one-year-old Deanna Hurkman of Albany had attempted to park her car but had left the gear in reverse as she attempted to exit. The car began to roll and ran over her […]
The highway patrol reports four people were injured, three of them seriously, when two vehicles collided at a Nodaway County intersection Sunday afternoon at 1:45 pm five miles east of Maryville. All of the injured were transported by ambulance to Mosiac Medical Center in Maryville. The patrol reports serious injuries to the driver of the […]
Representatives of United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and State of Missouri agencies will participate in public meetings May 2-3 in northwestern Missouri to explain various types of flood-recovery assistance available to landowners and units of government. During the meetings, representatives of the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Farm Service Agency (FSA), Rural Development […]
The Spring South Thompson Hike at Crowder State Park starting at 10 a.m., Saturday, April 27 will be a 7-mile rugged hike through one of the prettiest sections of trails at the park. Meet park staff at the campground amphitheater for a guided hike on South Thompson Trail. Participants are encouraged to bring water and […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Durango, Colorado woman sustained minor injuries when the car she drove overturned six miles west of Unionville Tuesday morning. An ambulance transported 64-year-old Kathleen Coombs to the Putnam County Memorial Hospital of Unionville. The car traveled west on U. S. Highway 136 when it ran off the north side of […]
A resurfacing project on U.S. Route 136 could begin as early as Friday, April 12. The Missouri Department of Transportation has contracted with Herzog Contracting Corporation to resurface 3.7 miles of U.S. Route 136 from just east of U.S. Route 169 to 0.5 miles west of Route C in Albany. Crews will mill off the […]
Two water district offices of the area have separate boil advisories for rural water customers. One advisory is in Mercer County and the other is in Putnam County. Due to repairs yesterday to a water line, the Mercer County Public Water Supply District requested a precautionary boil advisory for customers within the boundaries of Route […]
