A Bethany man has been charged with felony first-degree domestic assault after allegedly causing a woman to choke at a residence on 12th Street in Bethany on January 3rd. A bond hearing for 47-year-old Jack Eugene Magee will be held on January 6th. Bond is $100,000 cash only, no 10% allowed. A probable cause affidavit […]
A Ridgeway resident accused of causing physical injury to a Bethany Police officer at the Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany on January 2nd has been charged with the felonies of third-degree assault, special victim, and resisting or interfering with an arrest for a felony. Thirty-six-year-old Daniel Lee Corrigan, Junior is scheduled to be in […]
The North Central Missouri Regional Water Commission has posted a Request for Qualifications for an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract for Phase 1A for timber harvest. This will be, likely, the smallest of multiple phases of timber harvest and tree clearing. It is approximately 90 acres where the future East Locust Creek Reservoir (ELCR) dam […]
Trenton Municipal Utilities is facing issues involving its aging water treatment plant in West Trenton. Preliminary plans are being formed to make upgrades to the two clarifier basins. TMU Director Ron Urton spoke more on the issue. Urton spoke of an issue at one basin that developed last month but was resolved. […]
GRM Networks will sponsor two high school juniors on an all-expense-paid trip to the 2021 Foundation for Rural Service Youth Tour June 5-9 in Washington, D.C. Youth representing GRM Networks will join other students representing rural telecommunication providers from across the United States as they learn about legislative and government processes and the importance of […]
Hy-Vee, Inc. is pledging $75,000 to be awarded among 55 schools across its eight-state region. The pledge is part of the company’s “Fuel Your School” campaign, which runs now through Jan. 31. Hy-Vee’s Fuel Your School campaign allows customers to enter its sweepstakes by simply purchasing specific brands found at Hy-Vee locations and swiping their […]
Area residents can take advantage of free community COVID-19 testing events through the Department of Health and Senior Services. Testing sites will utilize a PCR test to determine the presence of the virus that causes COVID-19. Officials say it is not an antigen or antibody test. Testing dates and sites coming up in northwest Missouri […]
The University of Missouri Extension offers a virtual workshop about industrial hemp from 12:30-2:00 p.m. January 11 through the 15th. Topics include a legislative summary and regulatory update, agronomic practices, and pests, uses for hemp, crop enterprise budgets, and processing and contracts. Presenters include MU Extension specialists, CBD-hemp growers, and processors, processors from the Tiger […]
Monday morning’s report from the Grundy County Health Department shows an increase of seven cases of COVID-19 from the New Year’s weekend, raising the total since testing began to 890. There are 79 active cases of COVID-19 which is six less than the previous report provided on Thursday by the Grundy County Health Department. The […]
The Missouri State Fair and the Youth in Agriculture Committee are accepting applications for Youth in Agriculture scholarships for Missouri high school seniors graduating in 2021. The application form can be found on the Fair’s website. Applications should be submitted to the Missouri State Fair and must be postmarked by February 1, 2021. Applicants must […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released preliminary statistics related to the New Year’s holiday weekend: Four people died in traffic crashes during the 78-hour counting period, which began at 6 p.m. Thursday, December 31, 2020, and ended at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, January 3, 2021. 2021 New Year’s Holiday Traffic Statistics Troopers investigated the following: […]
Since the 2020 Trenton High School Alumni Reunion was canceled, officials are already working to make the 2021 week-end bigger and better. The first announced addition to the annual Labor Day weekend reunion is the addition of a Car Show to be chaired by THS Alum Jeremy Soptic. Believed to be the first-ever car show […]
Many Missouri K-12 school students are back to learning today. The Kennett School District in far southeast Missouri is now requiring a doctor’s note for students who want to learn remotely. Superintendent Chris Wilson says COVID-19 positives and quarantines are declining around the Kennett area. Wilson says a specific diagnosis for a student […]
A 21-year old Kirksville resident, Austin Penn, was arrested late Saturday night in Adair County. Penn was accused of unlawful use of a weapon, felony possession of methamphetamine, possession of fewer than ten grams of marijuana, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, and speeding. Eighteen-year-old Dylan Baker of Greentop was arrested late Saturday night in Adair […]
The weather summary for 2020 in Trenton shows combined highs were four-tenths of a degree below normal while lows were above average by one-point-four degrees. Precipitation for the year was 1.48 inches below normal, with conditions fairly mild overall. The warmest temperature during 2020 in Trenton was 94 degrees on both July 8th and August […]
Chillicothe Assistant Police Chief Rick Sampsel reports officers on Friday morning assisted emergency services with a 50-year-old unresponsive subject in the ten-block of Lakeview Drive. The Livingston County Coroner’s Office was contacted and took control of the body. An investigation was underway, no name was released pending the outcome of the investigation.
One person was killed and three others seriously hurt in a head-on crash involving a car and SUV on Interstate 35 south of the Lathrop exit. Fatally injured was the driver of the car, 48-year old Scott Ford of Kansas City. Three passengers in the sports utility vehicle were taken to Children’s Mercy Hospital in […]
Captain Erik A. Gottman, commanding officer of Troop B, Macon, announces Trooper Graydon L. Gaines is being promoted to the rank of Corporal effective January 1, 2021, and will be designated the assistant zone commander of Zone 5, Adair and Schuyler Counties. Corporal Gaines was appointed to the Patrol on July 1, 2011. After graduating […]
The Missouri Veterans Commission on Thursday released the detailed report on a Covid outbreak in veterans’ homes. To date, 158 veterans have died since September. Soon after – Chairman Tim Noonan resigned as chairman of the commission. He told Missourinet that he took issue with the governor’s statement that he QUOTE “is not going to […]
Four Missouri Department of Social Services workers have won a state government challenge for proposing a plan to support more foster children aging out of the system. Rene’ Brinkman, Shasta Miller, Bobbie Thomas, and Nicole Robinson head a unit in southeast Missouri helping older youth prepare to transition into independent adults. Brinkman says their plan […]
