North Central Missouri College President Doctor Lenny Klaver provided a COVID-19 update to the Board of Trustees the evening of Tuesday, June 23rd. He said the college is working on back to campus plans. He wants to incorporate best practices and be quick to react to changes. The National Junior College Athletic Association has made […]
Grundy County Sheriff Rodney Herring has announced creation of an APP or application for use by the public. It’s free of charge to download from the APP stores for Apple and Google Play. Search for the name Grundy County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Herring believes the APP combines the best of all social media sites. By […]
Reports were presented on several topics during Tuesday evening’s meeting of the committee that oversees Trenton Municipal Utilities. Attending were Councilmembers David Milka and Cathie Smith; four department heads; and other city officials. No action was taken; although there are indications upcoming projects will require city officials to at least consider increasing water and sewer […]
The Grundy County Health Department confirms the county’s eighth case of COVID-19. The health department is working to identify and communicate with close contacts. The Grundy County Health Department reports that, as of the morning of Thursday, June 11th, there had been 937 cases of COVID-19 and six deaths related to the virus in the […]
FCS Financial has awarded three scholarships to rural Missouri nurses to complete the Agrisafe Nurse Scholar education series. One scholarship recipient is from Trenton, Jena Eads, a registered nurse at Wright Memorial Hospital. Other recipients of an FCS scholarship are Katie Krohn – quality management lead at the regional medical center in Kirksville and Carla […]
The Grundy County Health Department has confirmed the fourth positive case of COVID-19 for the county. The individual is isolating at home. The health department is working to identify and communicate with close contacts. The Grundy County Health Department urges the public to continue to take precautions, including good hygiene, social distancing, and limiting in-person […]
Several topics were discussed during the Grundy County Commission meeting Monday. Emergency Management Director Glen Briggs reported there were site inspections not completed related to the Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster regarding last year’s flooding. The inspections will resume June 15th. They involve verifying damage. Briggs also talked about elected officials and staff needing to […]
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the Missouri Department of Agriculture submitted the Flood Recovery Advisory Working Group’s final report to Governor Parson May 29. As requested by Governor Parson’s Executive Order 1914, the group has provided input on both short-term and longer-term flood recovery in Missouri. “I’m interested to see how the group […]
Grundy County Health Department Sunday reported a third positive case of COVID-19 in the county. Health department staff are working to identify and communicate with close contacts of the person. That individual is said to be isolated at home. The health department noted this case is not related to the COVID-19 testing conducted on Saturday. […]
The Missouri Attorney General’s Office today released the annual vehicle stops report, an aggregation of data covering all vehicle stops in the state of Missouri in 2019. The Missouri Attorney General’s Office is statutorily required to produce a report on the state’s vehicle stops per SB 1053, enacted in 2000. The report can be found […]
A Cameron resident faces multiple charges in Caldwell County following an investigation the Hamilton Police Department reports involved a woman using a stolen debit card to obtain cash from an ATM earlier this month. Online court information shows 30 year old Mary Justus has been charged with the felonies of receiving stolen property and fraudulent […]
Governor Mike Parson announced a plan to rapidly increase COVID-19 testing volume to 7,500 tests per day in Missouri. Expanding testing capacity and volume is one of the four pillars of Missouri’s “Show Me Strong Recovery” Plan. “We cannot fully recover economically without increasing our testing numbers. We have made great progress over the past […]
The Grundy County Health Department reports that two Grundy County residents have tested positive for COVID-19. The individuals who tested positive are located in two separate households and are self-isolating. The health department is working to identify and communicate with close contacts for each of the individuals. Names of the individuals will not be released […]
Thirteen hog farm employees in Audrain County have tested positive for the coronavirus. Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Director Randall Williams says the cases impact the overall food chain. Some Missouri meat processing plants have closed or reduced their output due to coronavirus outbreaks, including in Moniteau and Saline Counties. “We […]
The Grundy County Commission has formed an appointed CARES Task Force to analyze the various needs of federal relief available to taxable entities within the legal boundaries of the county. Parameters may change based on need and are to be continuously reassessed to identify best practices and procedures to utilize CARES Act funding. The commission […]
The Trenton Downtown Improvement Association requested, and members of the Trenton building board indicated their support, to begin efforts aimed at an equitable way of improving various properties in the downtown area of Trenton. TDIA President Jackie Soptic said she’d like to get certain buildings into what she called “friendly hands.” The TDIA board and […]
The Hamilton Police Department is seeking help in identifying a female subject the department reports used a stolen debit card to obtain cash from an ATM Saturday. Pictures of the woman can be seen on the Hamilton Police Department Facebook page. Anyone who saw the woman walking and/or knows who she is is asked to […]
The Adair County Health Department reports four Adair county residents, who are employed at Milan, are among the eight workers who have tested positive for the coronavirus. Testing was conducted this week at the Smithfield Foods Plant in Milan as part of the states’ expanded effort to test workers who may be infected with the […]
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its List N Tool, a new web-based application (app) that allows smartphone users and others to quickly identify disinfectant products that meet EPA’s criteria for use against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The agency also announced new actions to ensure that new disinfectant products that are safe […]
Chillicothe Assistant Police Chief Rick Sampsel reports officers transported a subject to the Daviess-DeKalb County Jail on a probation and parole warrant after responding to the 600 block of Missouri Avenue on Wednesday morning in reference to a suspicious vehicle in front of a house and subject with a flashlight. Officers made contact with a […]
