The Laredo Board of Aldermen has updated two ordinances to meet state law. One ordinance deals with nuisances and another ordinance involves dangerous buildings. The board also agreed to increase the compensation to Maintenance Manager Larry Marrs by 42 cents an hour to the new hourly rate of $15.42. A member of the board, Sondra […]
The Laredo Board of Education has agreed to allow third through sixth-grade girls and boys to participate in the 5th and 6th grade basketball seasons after the first of the year. The board approved renewing insurance through Missouri United School Insurance Council for such things as property, liability, buses and workman’s compensation. The cost for […]
In a very short meeting, The Laredo Board of Education has approved the only bid received for snow removal this winter. The bid by Larry Loyd of Laredo was $125 per occurrence. The board also appointed Administrator Misty Foster as the district’s Homeless Coordinator.
A city-wide cleanup is planned in Laredo November 10 which will allow customers to put out larger items with their trash. Leaves, brush, and yard waste may be burned at Laredo October 15th through 29th between 7 in the morning and 3:30 in the afternoon. Burning at other times must be approved by the Laredo […]
A Trenton girl was injured last night in a rollover accident just west of Laredo. 17-year-old Alainey Shipley-Fair received minor injuries and was taken by private vehicle to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton. The patrol said Miss Shipley-Fair was driving a car westbound on Route E when it crossed the center line and began skidding. The […]
The City of Laredo has been awarded a small community engineering assistance grant from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. The nearly $49,000 grant is to pay for engineering costs relating to a waste water treatment facility evaluation. The Aldermen were to have had a meeting Monday night, but there was not a quorum. City […]
The Laredo Board of Education has agreed to allow Fifth through eighth-grade boys as well as sixth through eighth-grade girls to participate in 7th and 8th-grade basketball tThis school year. The board also approved continued participation in the Backpack Buddies program. Kristy Sparks of Brookfield was approved to fill in for Occupational Therapist Melissa Perry […]
The Princeton, Pleasant View R-6, and Laredo School Districts all began classes this (Wednesday) morning, with more students than their first day enrollments one year ago. The Princeton School District opened the 2016-2017 school year with 399 students. That is an increase of 15 from the 2015 total. Princeton’s largest class consists of 43 eighth […]
The city of Laredo and regional firm, McClure Engineering Company, will be beginning a thorough inspection into the condition of the city’s sanitary sewer system on Thursday, August 18. MEC will be conducting two days of smoke tests throughout the city’s sewer system to check for cracks, broken pipes or leaking pipe joints where groundwater […]
Laredo R-7 Board of Education has set the total tax levy at nearly $5.89 cents on the 100 dollars of assessed valuation. This includes four-48 for the general levy plus the voter-approved $1.40 levy increase. It was reported last year that the Laredo board had set the levy then at $5.69 per 100 dollars. At […]
The highway patrol described injuries as minor for a Laredo woman involved in a traffic accident last night at the Thompson River bridge half a mile west of Trenton. The patrol reports 70-year-old Jackie Owens was taken by ambulance to Wright Memorial Hospital. The report noted that just past 8:30 Wednesday evening, the eastbound car […]
Among information from last evenings’ meeting of the Laredo R-7 Board of Education, the board accepted the resignation of Brooke Chapman as the first and second-grade teacher effectively immediately. The first reading was held on policy updates recommended by the Missouri school boards association. The final transportation report from the past school year was approved. […]
The Laredo R-7 Board of Education has amended the current budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, and adopted a new budget for the year beginning July 1. Information provided by the Laredo school shows amendments were approved to the 2015-16 budget leaving a tentative fund balance estimated at around $695,000 dollars. The […]
The Laredo Board of Education has accepted a bid from MFA to provide diesel fuel for two cents a gallon off the pump price. The board approved a bid from MFA for propane at 92.9 cents a gallon for the upcoming school year. The board also approved a bid from Prairie Farms to provide milk. […]
A precautionary boil advisory issued for a small section of eastern Laredo, on Thursday, has been lifted. The advisory area involved water customers on North 4th Avenue between 1st and 2nd Streets, and those along 2nd Street between 4th Avenue and Route E. Tests of samples showed the water safe to drink, so that area […]
A precautionary boil advisory has been issued for a small section of eastern Laredo. Involved are water customers on North 4th Avenue between First and Second Streets and those along Second Street between 4th Avenue and Route E. The precautionary boil advisory for drinking and cooking water in a small section of eastern Laredo is […]
Personnel, school lunch prices, and bids were among topics last night for the Laredo R-7 Board of Education. Contracts were accepted from Alicia Rojas for speech language pathology at ten hours per week; and from Melissa Perry for occupational therapy for approximately two to four hours per week. The board agreed to offer a contract […]
The Laredo Board of Alderman has voted to raise water and sewer rates because of new expenses incurred by the town for mandatory water tower and lagoon updates. The water base rate is going up by $7.00 to $24.00. The sewer rate is going up by $3.00 to $18.00. The price per gallon for usage […]
Laredo R-7 board of education has approved a 500 dollar increase in base salary for certified staff. That puts the base at 27 thousand, 500 dollars. One additional year for experience was added to the salary schedule. The board agreed to continue to pay the local 40 percent share for teachers who do additional work; even though the […]
Information from a drinking water rate study has been presented to the Laredo Board of Aldermen. City Clerk Ashley Boren said there was some discussion on restructing the city’s current waterrate, but a decision was tabled until the next meeting. Customers are encouraged to attend that meeting to ask questions and express any concerns before […]
