The Highway Patrol reports a Princeton man sustained moderate injuries after he became unconscious, and the minivan he drove ran off the road about five miles east of Bethany Wednesday morning. Forty-five-year-old Glen Allen traveled east on U. S. Highway 136 when the van ran off the south side of the road at Route T. […]
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Chillicothe City Council approves ordinance amending employment agreement with City Administrator
The Chillicothe City Council approved an ordinance in an executive session Monday night which authorized a second amendment to the employment agreement with City Administrator Darin Chappel. The ordinance amended part of the employment agreement regarding health, disability, and life insurance benefits. The agreement now says that Chillicothe will provide health, hospitalization, surgical, and comprehensive […]
Princeton R-5 Board of Education meets with busy agenda
The Princeton R-5 Board of Education Tuesday evening approved an increase in administrators pay. The increase for the 2018-2019 school year is for three percent. The board also approved student and staff handbooks for next school year and the lease agreement with the Stacy Board was discussed. The district and the Stacy Board are working […]
Three appear in court on misdemeanor charges
Three defendants from Trenton appeared in Grundy County Circuit Court Tuesday on various misdemeanor charges. Jay Loran DeLong pleaded guilty to domestic assault, fourth degree. He was sentenced to nine days in confinement in the Grundy County Jail, given credit for time served, and released on this charge. DeLong is also to pay a $200 […]
Laredo Board of Aldermen approve ordinancce
The Laredo Board of Aldermen approved an ordinance Monday evening to revise the salary of the maintenance manager. Larry Marrs’s new hourly rate is $16.50 with City Clerk Ashley Boren reporting all other job details will remain the same.
State Auditor Nicole Galloway issues follow-up report on Putnam County Memorial Hospital billing scheme
State Auditor Nicole Galloway has issued a follow-up report of Putnam County Memorial Hospital in northern Missouri. Her report last year uncovered $90 million in inappropriate lab billings. The findings of the audit were covered by national news outlets and resulted in calls for a federal investigation into hospital billing schemes. “Our audit revealed a […]
Trenton police arrest KC man on methamphetamine possession
The Trenton Police Department arrested a Kansas City, Missouri man Tuesday on drug allegations. The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports 44-year-old Gary Colston has been charged with felony possession of a controlled substance, fewer than 35 grams or less of marijuana. Bond was set at $15,000 cash only, and he is scheduled for the Associate […]
Livingston County authorities seeking charges in case involving grass fire that was intentionally set
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports an investigation regarding a grass fire in late May lead to the sheriff’s office seeking criminal charges against a Dawn resident Monday. Cox says the sheriff’s office and Dawn Fire Department responded to a call of a large grass fire along LIV 431 south of Route C May 25 […]
Princeton City Council approves contracts for entertainment at Calamity Jane Days
The Princeton City Council approved service contracts at its meeting Tuesday evening. City Clerk Danette Snapp reports the approved service contracts included one for $2,500 for five shows of a melodrama at Calamity Jane Days. Three service contracts were approved for the Princeton Chamber of Commerce. Those included one for $150 for the National Anthem […]
Missouri Supreme Court allows strict regulations on private deer hunting businesses
The Missouri Supreme Court has determined the state Conservation department has the authority to regulate private deer hunting ranches and Breeders. The decision could have a major bearing on the private land hunting of highly coveted big antlered deer, for which some customers pay $40,000 to pursue. After detecting dozens of deer in or […]
Audio: Southwest Missouri woman dies after fireworks explosion
A woman has died from severe burns after an explosion at a southwest Missouri fireworks warehouse last week. Reporter Jason Rima at Missourinet Springfield affiliate KSGF has the story. The family of Samantha Dean says she had been in a medically induced coma since Friday, suffering up to third-degree burns on 60 percent of […]
Galt Community Fair kicks off Thursday
The Galt Community Fair begins Thursday evening with a spaghetti supper hosted by the Galt Fire Protection District Ladies Auxiliary. The meal will be served at the fire station from 5 to 8 o’clock and DLO will perform from 6 to 9 o’clock. Those watching the performance are asked to bring lawn chairs. Farm mechanics shop […]
Audio: Ribbon cutting held to welcome Nestle plant to Trenton
Representatives of city, county, and state governments joined business leaders and others for a ribbon cutting, open house event at the Nestle plant in Trenton. Trenton area chamber of commerce and its ambassadors conducted the ribbon cutting and spoke with Nestle officials. Trenton plant manager Andy Darley is in his 32nd year of employment with Nestle […]
Burn ban instituted within Spickard city limits
A burn ban has been enacted within the corporate city limits of Spickard. Mayor Jesse Richmond says the burn ban will be in effect until there is a substantial amount of rain. He advises residents to not throw out cigarette ashes and put out cigarettes in car ashtrays. Grundy County Emergency Management Monday encouraged county […]
Carrollton woman’s car totaled in crash on county road
The Highway Patrol reports a Carrollton woman sustained moderate injuries when her vehicle malfunctioned and ran off the road in Carroll County Tuesday afternoon. Twenty-four-year-old Julia Eaves drove south on Route D when the vehicle reportedly malfunctioned about half a mile south of County Road 240 causing her to lose control. The vehicle ran off […]
Yet another boil advisory issued for portions of Sullivan County
Sullivan County Public Water Supply District Number 1 has issued yet another precautionary boil advisory for some of its customers due to a water main break. The advisory affects Sullivan County Rural Water customers on Route W between Highway 6 and Robin Road, including Almond and Lazy Pine Drives and Rustic, Rainbow, and Rock Roads. […]
Grundy County sales taxes up for the year
Grundy County sales tax collections for the first seven months of the year are almost $17,600 greater than this time last year for general revenue, ambulance, and law enforcement. Collections total more than $54,100 for each category for July with total collections for the year at approximately $278,600.
North Mercer Board of Education approves contracts, sets tax hearing
The North Mercer R-3 Board of Education approved two contracts at its meeting last Monday evening. Contracts were approved for Cassie Moore of Humeston, Iowa to serve as a paraprofessional and Shaye Brewer of Moravia, Iowa for seventh through 12th-grade social studies. The board set the tax rate hearing for the evening of August 13th […]
Discover the history of Burleigh Grimes at the Grundy County Museum
Although the Smithsonian component of the Hometown Teams exhibit departed July 1 the locally produced sports exhibit continues through the Missouri Day Festival weekend in October. The local sports exhibit identifies and celebrates the records of Grundy County’s athletes competing in American Legion teams, Trenton Merchants Teams, TBA and all the County’s Public School teams. […]