The remains of a former Laredo resident killed in action during World War Two arrived Friday at Kansas City International Airport for a Saturday service. Marine Corps Private First Class Donald Tolson’s remains were identified at the Department of Defense Laboratory in Hawaii recently. Tolson attended Laredo public school for several years before his family […]
Twelve agriculture students from North Central Missouri College participated in the Missouri Postsecondary Agriculture Student Organization State Conference November 13-15 at the NCMC campus located in Trenton, Missouri. There were 130 students, advisors, and guests from seven Missouri community colleges and universities participated in the conference. The NCMC group had the opportunity to travel to […]
The Laredo R-7 Board of Education approved renewing insurance at its meeting Monday evening. The Missouri United School Insurance Council insurance renewal is for 2018. The board approved ordering the fifth grade Go Math for the 2018-2019 school year. It also approved a one-year contract with Interstate Studios for school pictures next year as well […]
The remains of a former Laredo resident killed in action during World War Two were identified at the Department of Defense laboratory in Hawaii recently. Marine Corps Pfc. Donald R. Tolson, killed during the battle of Tarawa in World War II, has now been accounted for. In November 1943, Tolson was assigned to Company F, […]
The Laredo Fire Protection District responded to a combine fire Tuesday afternoon. Kenneth Meeker with Laredo Fire reported three brush trucks and two pumpers arrived at the scene northwest of Laredo on Southeast 20th Street with crews using approximately 50 gallons of water to put out the fire. Meeker noted a mechanic found a wire […]
The Laredo R-7 Board of Education approved a snow removal bid at its meeting Monday evening. Larry Loyd was approved for snow removal in the parking lot for the winter. The cost will be $125 for first-time snow removal and $75 if a second time within 12 hours. The board also approved of making Misty […]
A new area beekeepers club will start next month and the group will meet for the first time in the Laredo Fire Station’s meeting room the night of October 16th. A meet and greet will start at 6:30, and the meeting will be held from 7 to 8 o’clock. Dan Cooksey explains that the purpose […]
The Laredo R-7 Board of Education approved fifth and sixth-grade students’ participation in the seventh and eighth grade basketball season at its meeting Monday evening. The board approved the fifth and sixth-grade boys and sixth-grade girls to play in the seventh and eighth-grade season. The board also approved two field trips. Third through eighth-grade students […]
The city of Laredo will be doing sewer smoke testing on Wednesday, September 13th on the North (north of Main Street) side of town. All affected residences will be getting a notice posted on their door today. The smoke should not enter into any homes unless leaks or plumbing defects exist that provide a pathway […]
Four individuals have been arrested on a variety of charges with officers traveling to Alaska for one of them. Two officers of the Grundy County Sheriff’s Department have returned from Ketchikan, Alaska with 38-year-old Jonathan K. Hanson of Laredo. Hanson is to appear October 12th in Grundy County Circuit Court. Probation has been suspended until […]
Laredo R-7 School District began classes Tuesday with fewer students enrolled than first-day enrollment last year. Laredo’s first-day enrollment for kindergarten through seventh grade was 41 students which is down seven from a year ago. The largest grade is sixth with eight students and Kindergarten is the smallest grade with two students enrolled.
The Laredo Board of Aldermen set its tax levy at a hearing Monday. The tax rate totals $.9912 per $100 of assessed valuation compared to last year’s rate which was $1 per $100 of assessed valuation. The rate includes the general fund and the special street fund.
The highway patrol reports three Trenton and Laredo residents sustained minor injuries in an accident this morning, approximately seven miles southwest of Trenton. The two vehicle accident occurred on Southwest 54th Street. Taken by a private vehicle to a doctors’ office in Trenton were the driver of one car: 16-year-old Adreanna Gard of Trenton and […]
Laredo R-7 School will hold an open house the day before the first day of school. The open house will be the evening of August 21st from 6 to 7 o’clock. Parents and children may meet with teachers, put supplies away, take a tour of the building, ask questions, and/or enroll. The first day of […]
The Laredo R-7 School Board set its tax rate Monday evening. The board chose to roll it back 30 cents and set the rate at close to $5.63 ($5.6326). The board approved tentative bus routes. Children within one mile of the school will be allowed to be picked up by bus. Bus inspections will be […]
Two area high school students participated in the Missouri Electric Cooperative Youth Conference and Leadership Experience Program. Grundy Electric Cooperative of Trenton sponsored Ella Leininger of Laredo and Lauren Cox of Princeton attending the conference in Jefferson City last week. The conference gives high school students an opportunity to learn first-hand what it is like […]
The Laredo R-7 Board of Education approved amending the school calendar, handbooks, and the date for a tax rate hearing at its meeting Monday evening. The board amended the 2017-2018 calendar for December 15th and May 11th. Both of those days will have early outs at 1 o’clock instead of noon. The board approved the […]
The Sullivan County Fair Queen and Junior Miss Fair Queen were crowned Monday night. Natalie Ayers of Green City was crowned Sullivan County Fair Queen and was also the Crowd Favorite. Gillian Eckert of Laredo was the runner-up. Nataly Gonzalez of Milan was named second runner-up as well as Miss Congeniality. Mary Watt of Green […]
The Laredo R-7 School Board approved the 2017-2018 budget as well as amendments to the 2016-2017 budget at a meeting Thursday evening. The 2017-2018 budget show anticipated revenues of $971,179 with estimated expenditures of $968,681. The budget has a projected surplus of $2,498. The tentative fund balance for the 2016-2017 budget is $694,681 for the […]
The Grundy R-5 Board of Education members have adopted the 2017-18 budget which is showing that a deficit is projected for the one year period. Revenues are anticipated to top $2,400,000 while expenditures are listed at $2,476,000 which leaves a $74,000 deficit. With the fiscal year ending today, Grundy R-5 Board at their meeting Thursday night […]
