A two-vehicle accident on U.S. 36 in Linn County has injured two from Marceline. The Highway Patrol listed injuries as serious for one driver, 21-year-old Sarah DeWitt and minor for her passenger, 11-year-old Trent Flair, both of Marceline. Ms. DeWitt was flown to University Medical Center in Columbia. Flair was taken by ambulance to Pershing Memorial […]
Two Relay for Life events will be held in the area in June. Relay for Life of Livingston County will be held at Simpson Park in Chillicothe the night of June 9th. Registration starts at 5 o’clock. The festivities begin at 6 o’clock with the Survivors Lap to honor individuals who have fought and/or beaten […]
Two area men were arrested this week in Linn County on similar charges. Online court information indicates 59-year-old Ronald Riedl of Browning was arrested for the felonies of second-degree statutory rape and incest as well as the misdemeanor charge of second-degree molestation. The online information also indicates 46-year-old Roger Cassity of Milan was arrested for […]
Linn County Prosecuting Attorney Tracy Carlson has charged a Marceline man with felony charges of two counts of first-degree statutory rape, first-degree statutory sodomy with a minor less than 12 years old and incest. Twenty-seven-year-old Dustin Foster was arrested Tuesday by Marceline Police. His bond is $50,000 cash only, and he is scheduled for arraignment […]
The Missouri Department of Transportation reports several area roads are closed due to flooding. In Linn County, Route C east of Shelby is closed between Route CC and Jaguar Drive. In Livingston County, Route C west of Dawn is closed between County Road 420 and Route DD. In Sullivan County, Route PP west of Milan […]
A Linn County accident yesterday morning injured a Laclede resident. The highway patrol reports 49-year-old Troy Dunkin was taken by ambulance to the Pershing Memorial Hospital in Brookfield for the treatment of minor injuries. The accident happened about seven miles north of Meadville as Dunkin was driving a northbound Freightliner van while 16-year-old Keith Herring […]
An Arizona truck driver lost his life in a traffic accident and fire Sunday on eastbound U.S. Highway 36 in Linn County. The highway patrol identified the victim as 32-year-old Orlando Martinez of Avondale, Arizona, who was pronounced dead at the scene at 12 noon, following the accident and fire that was listed in the […]
An accident five miles to the north of Brookfield early Sunday evening resulted in what the highway patrol called minor injuries for the driver, then her arrest. The patrol reports 36-year-old Courtney Carter of Sumner was to seek her own treatment. Not injured was a passenger in the car, 13-year-old Beau Kunkle of Linneus. The […]
What began as a vehicle stop in Linn County on Thursday afternoon, turned into a police pursuit involving three jurisdictions and five law enforcement agencies. It all started when a Linn County deputy attempted to stop a motorist and the driver fled at a high rate of speed. The vehicle traveled west into Livingston County […]
Three teenage girls were injured last night when the vehicle they were riding in left a Linn County road and overturned three miles east of Marceline. The highway patrol listed injuries as moderate for the driver, 18-year-old Cheyenne Gosch of Marceline, moderate for a passenger, 16-year-old Alyssa Merry of Salisbury, and serious for another passenger […]
A couple from the Linn County community of Laclede was involved in a three-vehicle traffic accident Sunday afternoon in northeast Missouri’s Ralls County. The highway patrol reports five persons with injuries with one of them serious. A pickup driven by 67-year-old Robert Rollison of Laclede was northbound on U-S 61 when according to the highway […]
For those of you travelling through areas near St. Joseph and Linn County, you need to be aware of work crews from MoDOT. Several areas will be under work with motorist needing to use alternate routes. Routine maintenance will close a ramp at the Interstate 229 and U.S. Route 36 interchange in St. Joseph. Crews […]
The Highway Patrol reports a car hit the rear of a truck stopped in traffic Monday afternoon in Linn County, injuring two occupants of the car. Taken by ambulance to the Pershing Memorial Hospital of Brookfield were 23-year-old Emily Plymell and her son, 1-year-old Maverick Plymell both of Bucklin. The report listed the driver with […]
A Linneus resident was hurt when a utility vehicle overturned off a road north of Brookfield late this (Friday) morning. Fifteen-year old Grace Tarrant was taken to Pershing Memorial Hospital in Brookfield, with what the Highway Patrol described as moderate injuries. Miss Tarrant was a passenger on the UTV operated by 13-year old Dillan Tarrant […]
The annual Forage Systems Research Center Field Day is coming up next month, Tuesday, September 13th. Activities and speakers are planned from 8:30 a.m. to noon and will include a free lunch at the University of Missouri farm in Linn County. Topics at the Field Day near Linneus include: Farm Pond Pest Control — Clay […]
The Linn County Soil and Water Conservation District holds its annual cost-share sign-up August 1st through September 2 for the fiscal year beginning July 1st of next year. A new feature involves summer construction practices being given higher priority than other practices as long as they meet eligibility requirements. Persons unable to be present for […]
Community Action Partnership of North Central Missouri presented its Outstanding Service to Community Action Award to Mayor Lawrence Allen at the 2016 Missouri CAN Annual Conference. This award recognizes individuals, organizations, and businesses that have contributed to Community Action’s mission of “helping people and changing lives.” Missouri CAN is the statewide network of Community Action […]
One person has been taken into custody after what Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox says was an investigation that alerted law enforcement agencies statewide. A news release today from Sheriff Cox said the investigation began yesterday after information was received about a “person of interest”allegedly considering killing certain officials within the judicial and/or law enforcement system. The sheriff’s office […]
Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway today released an audit of Linn County government, highlighting a need for increased measures to protect citizen data in the property tax system, a component of the county’s computer system. Auditors found multiple employees of the collector treasurer’s office shared log-in information, increasing the risk of unauthorized access to the […]
Motorists traveling on U.S. Route 36 near the Macon County line will need to slow down for road work this week. Crews from the Missouri Department of Transportation will close one lane of eastbound U.S. Route 36 in Linn County at the Mussel Fork Bridge near the Macon County line June 16 from approximately 7 […]
