Entries are being accepted for the North Central Missouri Fair Parade with a theme of “Welcome Home.” The parade will be held in Trenton on the evening of July 31st with the lineup of entries set to begin at 5 o’clock. The parade will begin to roll down the streets of Trenton at 5:30. Fair […]
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Main Street Chillicothe to host Farm to Table Awards Banquet
Main Street Chillicothe will host the Second Annual Farm to Table Awards Banquet Friday night to raise money for the revitalization as part of Chillicothe’s Locust Street into an Arts District. The event will be held on South Locust Street by the Cultural Corner Art Guild and Gallery and will start with an outdoor dinner at […]
Northern Missouri companies expanding, creating new jobs
The Missouri Department of Economic Development has announced northern Missouri companies are expanding and creating jobs. Thermoformed plastic food container manufacturer Sonoco Plastics plans to create 16 new jobs in Chillicothe. The company is a five billion dollar global provider of consumer packaging, industrial products, and packaging supply chain services. Operations consist of its global […]
Trenton Chamber of Commerce to hold ribbon cutting ceremonies
The Trenton Area Chamber of Commerce will hold two ribbon cutting ceremonies next week. The first ceremony will be held in recognition of the Trenton American Legion’s newly purchased building at 511 East 17th Street in Trenton, the former Casey’s building. The ribbon cutting will be held at the post’s new location the morning of […]
Donations for July 4th fireworks display coming up short.
Nearly $3,000 has been collected in donations for this year’s Trenton Community Fireworks Display. A local committee is still accepting contributions for the display, which is estimated to cost $4,000. Licensed pyrotechnician Brad Coursey of Galt is in charge of the fireworks display. The fireworks will be set off from the area near the Rock […]
Three upcoming job fairs present opportunities for employment
Three entities have upcoming job fairs in Trenton at the Missouri Career Center located at 1104 Main Street. Manpower Employment will hold their job fair on two Wednesdays, June 6th and 13th, starting at 1 o’clock each day. Applicants will need to complete a profile before meeting with the Manpower representative and will need to […]
Large slate of activities scheduled for Sliced Bread Day 90th Year Celebration in Chillicothe
Multiple activities will be held as part of the Sliced Bread Day 90th Year Celebration in Chillicothe in July. Chillicothe Area Arts Council Administrator Mary Lou VanDeventer says a tentative schedule has been released for the celebration July 7th and 8th. The Grand River Museum plans to hold a bread contest with State Representative Rusty […]
University Missouri Extension of Grundy County completes move, changes phone number
The Grundy County University of Missouri Extension Office has moved and changed its phone number. The office is now located in the basement of the Willis Alexander Student Center on the North Central Missouri College campus in Trenton on the corner of 13th and Main Streets. The new phone number is 660-357-6580. Summer office hours for […]
Green Hills Regional Planning Commission contracted by MoDOT for study
The Missouri Department of Transportation is contracting with the Regional Planning Commissions throughout the state to prepare a regional transit study to evaluate the public transit needs of citizens and available transit services. The Green Hills Regional Planning Commission is contracted to prepare the plan for its 11-county region. A meeting will be held to […]
Green Hills Animal Shelter volunteers to collect “Money for Mutts”
Green Hills Animal Shelter volunteers will solicit donations to raise funds to support care for animals at the not-for-profit local shelter in Trenton this weekend. Volunteers will collect donations for the “Money for Mutts” campaign Friday evening from 4:30 to 6:30 and Saturday from 8 o’clock in the morning to 4 o’clock in the afternoon […]
Hugs from Home Quilt Display set for June 16th
The Scrappy Quilters Quilt Guild will accept contributions to help ship quilts to area deployed servicemen in time for Christmas when the quilts are on display in Trenton next month. The Hugs from Home Quilt Display will be at The Space at 1013 Main Street in Trenton June 16th from 10 o’clock in the morning […]
Bond reduced for Rothville teen charged with first-degree murder of two-month-old daughter
Bond has been reduced for a Rothville woman charged with felony first-degree murder in the death of her two-month-old daughter. Online court information shows the Chariton County Circuit Court set 19-year-old Sarah Linebaugh’s bond at $50,000 cash or corporate surety Tuesday. Her bond was originally $100,000 cash only with no surety allowed. A preliminary hearing […]
City of Trenton accepting bids for demolition of properties
The city of Trenton, Missouri is accepting bids for demolition and clean-up of as many as sixteen properties. Interested contractors can attend a bid meeting and inspection tour of properties June 6th at Trenton City Hall at 9 o’clock that morning. Bids will be accepted at City Hall, 1100 Main Street in Trenton until 2 […]
FCS Financial awards 40 community improvement grants
FCS Financial is recognizing 40 different 4-H clubs and FFA chapters with $500 grants for submitting outstanding Shaping Rural Missouri grant applications. In the seven years of its existence, more than $100,000 has been awarded to Missouri 4-H clubs and FFA chapters. Grants are awarded to organizations with plans to complete a community improvement project […]
Law Enforcement Torch Run routes to go through area communities
Routes for the Law Enforcement Torch Run, leading up to the Special Olympics Missouri State Summer Games, will go through several Northwest Missouri communities next week. Torch run routes on Tuesday will start at the Nodaway County Courthouse in Maryville at 9 o’clock that morning, at the Kawasaki plant in Maryville heading south on U. […]
Job fairs to be held in Trenton this week
Jobs fairs in Trenton will be held Wednesday and Thursday at the Missouri Career Center, located at 1104 Main Street downtown. Manpower will have a hiring event on Wednesday at 1 o’clock. Applicants will need to complete a profile before meeting with a Manpower representative. Those applying will need to provide a photo ID and […]
Streets to close Saturday for NCMC graduation
Portions of two Trenton streets will be closed for brief periods of time this Saturday for safety purposes, prior to the two commencement ceremonies for North Central Missouri College. According to the college, the closings involve a portion of Main and Mable Streets between Crowder Road and 12th street. The street closing times on Saturday […]
Community fireworks display to be held July 3rd in Trenton
A community fireworks display will be held in Trenton at dusk on the July 3rd with Haley’s Fireworks of Moberly setting off the fireworks in the grassy area north of the Trenton Rock Barn. Diane Lowrey chairs the volunteer committee of community members organizing the event and helping to collect donations to pay for the display. Several […]
Two job fairs scheduled for Trenton this week
The Missouri Career Center on Main Street in downtown Trenton will be the site of three job fairs this week. Manpower employment services will be at the job center Tuesday morning November 7, at 10 o’clock and again on Thursday afternoon November 9 at 1 o’clock. Applicants will need to complete a profile before meeting […]
Portion of Main Street to be closed on Wednesday
Part of Main Street in Trenton will be closed Wednesday, October 25 for North Central Missouri College Safety Week. Main Street will be closed between Crowder and 13th Street from 11 o’clock in the morning to 1 o’clock in the afternoon. NCMC Housing, Criminal Justice students, and the Trenton Police Department will conduct a distracted/impaired […]