A northeast Missouri resident was hurt when the car she was driving was hit from behind by a vehicle operated by a Princeton man. Forty-year-old Crystal King of Alexandria was taken to Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, Missouri with minor injuries. The driver of the other car, 35-year old Landon Brown of Princeton, was not […]
(DTN) — Black smoke continues to roll off an outdoor soybean pile for the tenth day in a row at a Gavilon grain elevator surrounded by floodwaters in northwest Missouri. The area between the Missouri River and Interstate 29 around Phelps City, Missouri, remains flooded by an unplugged levee breach on the river. Local roads […]
The highway patrol reports a Lineville truck driver declined medical treatment for minor injuries received in an accident Monday morning in Johnson County. Sixty-year-old Gary Brown of Lineville, Iowa was northbound on Highway 13 when the freight liner failed to negotiate a round-about. Damage to the big rig was extensive and Brown was using a […]
A Weatherby resident was hurt north of Hamilton when the car she was driving hit a unit towed by a pickup truck. Thirty-year-old Johnnie Stephen was taken to Liberty Hospital with moderate injuries. The driver of the pickup, 54-year old George Chaney of Gilman City, was not reported hurt. The crash happened Saturday afternoon one […]
Besides the resurfacing of Highway 6 through most of Trenton next year, the Missouri Department of Transportation’s long-range plan also shows other roadwork can be expected in Grundy County. As reported earlier, bids are sought this fall for resurfacing 4th street to 65. What’s called preventive maintenance treatment is listed for Highway 69 and Highway […]
Mercer County Public Water Supply District Number 1 has issued a boil advisory. The boundaries are from the Iowa line to U. S. Highway 136 and from the Grand River to the Harrison County line. Customers within those boundaries need to boil drinking water until further notice.
The Mercer County Public Water Supply District has issued a precautionary boil water advisory for some customers. The office recommends boiling of water before cooking or drinking. Affected are rural water customers in Mercer County within the boundaries, going clockwise: Route K on the north, Highway 65 on the east, Highway 136 for the south […]
The Sullivan County Public Water Supply District has announced a precautionary boil advisory following repairs yesterday to a flood-damaged water main. Rural water customers in Sullivan County included in the boil advisory are those along Highway 139, north of 90th Nest Road to Mohawk Road. This also includes Autumn Road. The boil advisory continues until […]
An elderly Stanberry resident was fatally injured Saturday morning when the golf cart he was operating was hit by a pickup truck on Highway 136 northeast of Stanberry. Eighty-nine-year-old Ralph Pierce was pronounced dead at Northwest Medical Center in Albany. The patrol reports Pierce was southbound attempting to cross Highway 136 when the golf cart […]
The Sullivan County Public Water Supply District has announced the lifting of boil advisories for some customers. Advisories lifted include the following locations: Customers on Paris Road and Echo Road. All Sullivan Rural Water Customers on Highway 139 from Newtown South to Highway 6 including Jasper Road, Acorn Drive, Kelp Road, Acorn Drive, Helium Road, […]
The Gallatin Board of Aldermen accepted a financing option for a new Caterpillar loader for the Public Works Department Wednesday. The loader will cost $156,576.81 and be financed with seven payments at 3.75 percent. The board agreed to extend the temporary water hydrant meter contract with McBee Farms since the permanent water meter has not […]
Heavy machinery was seen Sunday heading to the site of a train derailment in western Sullivan County. Reports indicate some 10 to 14 cars were involved in the derailment due to heavy rains on Saturday night. The location on the Canadian Pacific tracks was described as near Highway 139 and about three miles north of […]
The Sullivan County Public Water Supply District has issued a precautionary boil advisory for several customers because of flood-damaged water mains. The district is in the process of making repairs but had to wait for flood waters to recede for some of the work. Most of the problem area was in the western part of […]
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 […]
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 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, […]
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 […]
