Leadership Northwest Missouri recently held their 2021 graduation ceremony in Cameron at the Cameron Community Center. The celebration began with a welcome by Master of Ceremonies, Julie Robertson, Chair of the Graduation Planning Committee and 2020 LNWMO alum. Tim Wymes, 2020 LNWMO alum, blessed the group with an invocation prior to dinner. Katelyn Addison and […]
Results have been announced in the sheep show at the Mercer County Fair in Princeton. Jordan Doty of Maryville exhibited the Grand Champion ram, the Grand Champion market lamb, and Reserve Champion ewe. Wyatt Vogel of Lineville had the Grand Champion ewe and the Reserve Champion market lamb and also placed first in county performance.
In Grundy County Circuit Court on Thursday, a Trenton man pleaded guilty and was sentenced regarding a felony drug possession charge from April 14. Six other misdemeanor counts were dismissed by the state. Edwin Floyd Gordy the fourth was sentenced to five years in the Department of Corrections. Judge Thomas Alley suspended the execution of […]
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Missouri Acting State Director D Clark Thomas announced the agency is investing $910,000 to modernize rural drinking water infrastructure in Jackson County, benefitting nearly 3.000 rural Missourians. “Every community, large and small, needs safe, reliable access to necessities like clean water,” Thomas said. “Rural Development congratulates Public Water Supply […]
A breathtaking photo featuring a glimpse into the life of a Missouri cattle rancher is the Best in Show for the 2021 Focus on Missouri Agriculture Photo Contest, hosted by the Missouri Department of Agriculture. The photograph, submitted by Holly Brown of Webb City, Mo., was chosen from nearly 900 photos submitted by amateur photographers […]
KTTN has the results from sheep and goats judging Thursday evening at the Gilman City Fair With the Supreme Champion Ram, it was Emily Anderson of Grant City. Reserve Champion honors went to Jordan Doty of Maryville. Doty also exhibited the Supreme Champion and Reserve Champion ewe and the Supreme Market lamb. The Reserve Market […]
Camp Rainbow will hold three sessions at Crowder State Park west of Trenton this year after not meeting last year due to the pandemic. The camp for individuals with disabilities will be held at Camp Grand River at the state park from June 18 through 26. Each session will involve a two-night stay. Then there […]
A Trenton man accused of driving a pickup and hitting the side of a business building has been sentenced in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court. Braden Mark Spicer of rural Trenton pleaded guilty on Tuesday to an amended charge of misdemeanor, leaving the scene of an accident, and to one count of […]
Mosaic Life Care was recently awarded $902K from the United States Department of Agriculture Distance Learning and Telemedicine federal grant. Funds will be used for telemedicine devices for increased access to quality health care within northwest Missouri communities. Telemedicine services will flow from the hub in St. Joseph to the rural end-user site, with equipment […]
A northwest Missouri accident at Parnell has injured residents of nearby Maryville and Skidmore, both of whom were occupants in a pickup that collided on Sunday with another truck. The highway patrol listed injuries as serious for the pickup driver 76-year-old William Stiens of Skidmore who was flown by LifeNet to the Mosiac Health Center […]
The North Central Missouri Board of Trustees received a consolidated budget update on May 25, 2021. The 2021-2022 budget projection includes total operating revenue of $11,111,547. With auxiliary operations of $12,151,045, the total consolidated income is projected at $13,262,592. Revenues include $7,433,078 for tuition and fees and $2,939,169 in state appropriations. The budget projection also […]
The North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees heard a report from the Faculty Senate Negotiations Committee on April 27th. History and Spanish Faculty Member Maryellen Harman and Psychology Faculty Member Lindsay Oram presented a proposal for a faculty salary schedule for 2021-2022. The proposal includes adding $1,000 to the salary base and continuing to […]
Two Northwest Missouri drivers were injured when their vehicles met head-on Tuesday morning on a rural route in Nodaway County. Taken by EMS to Mosiac Life Care in Maryville were 37-year-old Elizabeth Shelley of Albany and 63-year-old Derri Wandfluh of St. Joseph. Both vehicles were demolished in the accident at 10:20 am on Route VV […]
Missouri Director of Agriculture, Chris Chinn and Dr. Davin Turner, Chief Medical Officer and President of Mosaic Life Care Medical Center in St. Joseph will give the commencement addresses at North Central Missouri College in Trenton, Missouri on May 8, 2021. Director Chinn will speak at the 9:00 a.m. morning ceremony and Dr. Turner will […]
Three people were hurt in a three-vehicle accident at a stoplight north of Maryville. Ninety-three-year-old Beverly Russell of Tarkio was taken by ambulance to Mosaic Life Care in Maryville with moderate injuries. A ten-year-old juvenile girl from Tarkio was taken by private vehicle to the hospital in Maryville with minor injuries. Both were passengers in […]
In response to two proposed budget cuts to the Consumer Directed Services program, Access II Independent Living Center is mobilizing the community to fight back against these cuts. Access II is joining with other Centers for Independent Living in the state to denounce these cuts. The Consumer Directed Services program allows eligible individuals with disabilities […]
The Pleasant View R-6 Board of Education approved several resignations during an executive session on March 9th. The resignations are effective at the end of this school year for Art Teacher Phoebe Duff and Fifth Grade Teacher Melanie Warren. Custodian Meghan McLain’s resignation was effective immediately. The board voted to hire Whitney Barlow of Trenton […]
A Bethany man was injured in a single-vehicle rollover accident Tuesday evening two miles southwest of Maryville. Twenty-eight-year-old Christopher McCourt refused medical care for minor injuries. McCourt was driving eastbound when his vehicle allegedly failed to make a curve, traveled off the north side of Route V, and overturned on its passenger side. The vehicle […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Grant City resident sustained minor injuries when a car overturned one and a half miles north of Parnell on Friday afternoon, February 26th. An ambulance transported 19-year-old Jarrett Hargrave to Mosaic Medical Center in Maryville. The car traveled west on Highway 46 before running off the south side of the […]
The North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees approved multiple personnel matters on Tuesday evening, February 23rd. One personnel matter involved the resignation of the Director of Admissions and Marketing Kristie Cross. Her last day on campus will be March 19th. She will then take vacation time, and her official last day will be May […]
