Pleasant View R-6 Board of Education candidate filings were discussed at a meeting Tuesday evening. Two candidates have filed for the board including incumbent Danny Westcott and Laurie Frisbie filed for three-year terms. No one filed for the two-year term. The board discussed transportation contracts and a new accounting program with no action taken. Superintendent […]
The Grundy County Health Department has announced the winner of this year’s Green Hills Wellness Challenge Maintenance Prize. Rosemary Coon maintained a 12.93% weight loss from the start of last year’s challenge, which was the highest out of those competing for the prize and received a $300 check from the health department. Others who maintained […]
Sixty years after the first of 1,182 flood-prevention structures were built in Missouri with federal financial and technical assistance, landowners who have witnessed the before-and-after effects of heavy rain are still praising the benefits of the watershed projects. “Panther Creek used to flood almost every time it rained, but it hasn’t flooded at all since […]
Charges have been filed and names released on the two persons arrested Saturday following an assault of a police officer in Trenton and subsequent high-speed pursuit east of Trenton. Thirty-year-old Duane Lee Shiner of Lexington faces five felony counts in addition to a probation and parole violation warrant. Twenty-three-year-old Katie Lynn Corum of Trenton was […]
State Auditor Nicole Galloway today released an audit of Clinton County, located in northwest Missouri. In giving an overall rating of “poor,” the report highlighted the weak financial condition of the General Revenue Fund, the County Commission’s failure to perform a cost analysis before implementing a self-insured medical plan, and the need to improve controls […]
Governor Parson says the Panama Canal expansion is an opportunity to make greater use of the Mississippi River for shipping agriculture products. Governor Parson says the Panama Canal expansion can give an edge to Missouri farmers shipping agriculture goods along the Mississippi River. But he says state transportation funding needs attention. […]
Sign ups and initial weigh ins for the 12th Annual Green Hills Wellness Challenge are next week. The sign ups for the 12-week event will be at the Ketcham Community Center and Grundy County Health Department of Trenton January 10th and 11th during regular hours. Participants must be at least 18 years old or have signed […]
The North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees approved the fiscal year 2018 annual audit as presented at its meeting last (Thursday) evening. Matt Wallace of KPN reported the audit received an unmodified, clean opinion. The report audited the college, Building Corporation, and Foundation financial statements through June 30th, 2018. Wallace said the college’s total assets were 34.9 […]
Several defendants appeared on various charges in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court yesterday (Thursday). Among them, Michael Anthony Stantruff of Trenton waived a formal arraignment and pleaded not guilty on a felony charge of first degree assault or attempt—serious physical injury or special victim December 17th. The defendant made a request for […]
A survey regarding the superintendent search for Trenton R-9 has been posted on the school district’s website. The Missouri School Boards Association Leadership Qualities Survey allows district administrators and staff, parents, students, and community members to provide input on the leadership qualities they believe are most important for the new superintendent to have. The responses will be […]
The Laredo Board of Aldermen approved two ordinances at its meeting Tuesday. One ordinance called for an election on a revenue bond question for the April 2nd election regarding if Laredo should issue combined waterworks and sewerage system revenue bonds for $500,000 to extend and improve the city’s combined waterworks and sewerage system. City Clerk […]
Twenty-first District State Senator Denny Hoskins has received the Legislator of the Year award from the Missouri Centers for Independent Living. He was presented the award for his efforts to restore state funds that were cut during the 2017 legislative session. The Missouri Centers for Independent Living is a network of 22 independent living centers […]
