Crews from the Missouri Department of Transportation will close Route 129 from Route U to Meade Street tomorrow, April 2, 2019, for an emergency culvert replacement. The road will be closed from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Motorists will need to use an alternate route during the closure. All work is weather permitting and the […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in northern Missouri for the week of April 1 – 7. Continued flooding may cause schedule changes in some of the planned work. There may also be moving operations throughout the region such as pothole patching, […]
Applications are being accepted for the 2019 Northeast Missouri Livestock Person of the Year award. Applications are open to residents from the following counties in northeast Missouri: Adair, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Linn, Macon, Marion, Monroe, Pike, Putnam, Randolph, Ralls, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby, or Sullivan. The individual receiving this award must have made a significant contribution […]
The highway patrol reports a Brookfield resident was arrested Saturday morning in Linn County and accused of possessing ten grams or less of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Forty-seven-year-old Lori Willard was transported to the Brookfield Police Department. Thirty-one-year-old Melissa Billington of Novinger was arrested Saturday night in Sullivan County and accused of possession of […]
Several governmental jurisdictions within Grundy County do not have an election on April 2nd. That’s because of a state law that allows them to forgo an election when they have the same number of candidates file as there are open positions. School districts meeting the criteria of two candidates for two board member positions include […]
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a Brookfield man in Linn County Thursday afternoon on several allegations. Thirty-one-year-old Joshua Rainey was accused of driving while suspended, no insurance, and possessing plates of another. Rainey was transported to the Brookfield Police Department before being released.
January unemployment rates show four area counties at 4% or higher. Figures from the Division of Employment Security for the latest month available have Linn County at the highest rate in northwest Missouri at 5-1/2%. Linn is followed by Putnam County at 4.9%, Harrison County at 4.3% and Grundy County at 4% unemployment. The Grundy […]
The Livingston County Commission plans to discuss a culvert and road issue in Sampsel Township next week. The Commission will meet at the courthouse in Chillicothe Tuesday, March 19th starting at 9:30 with an agenda that includes George Quinn, John Quinn, and Chris Ruoff at 10 o’clock regarding the road issue and meeting with the […]
With Spring scheduled to start on March 20, 2019, Mother Nature is reminding us that its still Winter here in northern Missouri. A band of quickly accumulating snow is expected to move from southern and central Kansas through central Missouri late this evening through Sunday morning. Road conditions will quickly deteriorate overnight and into Sunday […]
Parents of teen drivers are invited to learn about Missouri’s Graduated Drivers License Law during a First Impact program in Brookfield in April. Sergeant Eric Brown with the Highway Patrol and retired Missouri Department of Conservation Agent Marsha Jones will speak at the free 90-minute evidence-based traffic safety program at the Linn County Health Department […]
The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office has conducted multiple drug investigations this month. Those investigations included one near U. S. Highway 36 and LIV 255 last Thursday. Sheriff Steve Cox reports a free air search around a vehicle by Deputy Nicholas Leadbetter and K-9 Zaki and further investigation led to the seizure of a methamphetamine smoking […]
The GEC Community Foundation, Incorporated Trustees have awarded 11 grants totaling $4,181. Education grants awarded to area school districts included North Harrison of Eagleville, Cainsville R-1, Princeton R-5, South Harrison of Bethany, North Mercer R-3 of Mercer, Pleasant View R-6 of Trenton, Spickard R-2, Pattonsburg R-2, and Gilman City R-4. The grants were funded by […]
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a Chillicothe man in Livingston County Tuesday evening on a felony warrant and other allegations. The Linn County warrant for 40-year-old Daniel Gaunt was for child neglect. The Patrol also accused him of misdemeanor possession of marijuana and unlawful possession of paraphernalia. Gaunt was taken to the Chillicothe […]
More winter weather is expected for Northwest Missouri on Tuesday. February 19th. The system will bring snow beginning in the early afternoon and lasting into the late evening in some areas. Snow is expected to be heavy at times with rates reaching 1 inch per hour with total accumulations up to 8 inches possible near […]
Some of the area counties have unemployment rates that are less than the statewide average of three point one percent. Figures are provided by the division of employment security for December – the most recent month available. Grundy County’s unemployment rate is above the state average at three point four percent in December. That’s based […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Linneus woman sustained minor injuries when the van she drove lost control on snow and overturned four miles north of Linneus Friday afternoon. An ambulance transported 24-year-old Sahara Baldwin to Pershing Memorial Hospital of Brookfield. The van traveled south on Highway 5 before it lost control, ran off the road, […]
University Extension presents a dairy day program Monday at the MU farm in Linn County. The program begins at 10 o’clock, February 18th at the Forage Systems Research Center on Genoa Road, east of Linneus. MU extension specialist Valerie Tate talks about Monday’s speakers. Reservations are to be made with MU dairy specialist Reagen […]
A quick moving disturbance will bring a chance for light snow with periods of moderate snow beginning Friday morning and continuing through late Friday night. A period of mixed precipitation will be possible Friday morning for portions of east central-Kansas, west, and central Missouri before changing over to all snow. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL […]
Missouri Right to Life Vice President Therese Sander will present a program at the next Linn County Republican Women meeting. The group will meet at Ginnie’s Restaurant of Brookfield the night of February 21st. Social time will begin at 6 o’clock, and the meeting will start at 7 o’clock.
The weather in Missouri over the last week has included just about every form of precipitation. The Weather in northern Missouri over the last 10 days has seen extremely cold temperatures followed by a weekend of temperatures in the fifties with near normal temperatures into last week. Mother Nature has once again waved her magic […]
