Numerous cases were processed Thursday in Division One of the Grundy County Circuit Court. Bobby Dean Morgans the second of Trenton has been sentenced to prison for theft of a county ambulance, a burglary, and probation violations. Morgans admitted to the violations and probation was revoked. A previously suspended sentence was set aside and a […]
A Newtown teenager received minor injuries last night in a single-vehicle accident on a rural road in Mercer County. Seventeen-year-old Lauren Fordyce declined treatment at the scene. Fordyce was eastbound on Florence Street when the sports utility vehicle she was driving went off the south side of the road, returned to the road where it […]
Judge Jack Peace swore in the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office’s newest deputy Monday. Jose Lopez served more than three years as a deputy sheriff for the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office and also served on the Grundy County Crisis Intervention Team. Lopez received his law enforcement training while serving in the Military Police in the United […]
The Trustees of the GEC Community Foundation, Inc. met April 13, 2018, and awarded 14 grants totaling $6,461. All grants are funded by member donations called Operation Round Up where members voluntarily round up their utility bills each month to fund grants to eligible entities. Education grants were awarded to Grundy County R-V School District, Humphreys; Trenton […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the North Missouri planned for the week of May 7 – 13 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, shoulder work, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs, litter pick up […]
The Gene Kauffman Scholarship Foundation, Incorporated Board of Directors has announced that scholarship applications for the Fall 2018 semester are now available. As per the wishes of Kauffman, the scholarship is available to female, non-smoking, unmarried graduates of the high schools in Mercer County. Potential recipients must be enrolled as a full-time student in an […]
Grundy County’s unemployment rate in the first quarter of this year has remained steady at three and a half percent. The March rate, the latest month available from the state, shows Grundy County had 165 individuals on unemployment. The civilian labor force was listed as 4,707. The Grundy County unemployment rate in February was three […]
Public Water Supply District Number One of Mercer County has issued a precautionary boil order for some of its customers due to the repair of a water main break. The boil order includes the area from the Iowa line to Highway 136 west of Princeton and from the Harrison County line to Route P. The […]
Charges have been formally filed in Grundy County against the two individuals arrested after a vehicle pursuit Wednesday in Mercer and Grundy counties. Thirty-five-year-old Larry Edward Brown, Junior of Worthington, Minnesota has been charged in Grundy County with three felonies: first degree tampering with a motor vehicle, third-degree assault – special victim, and resisting or […]
A vehicle pursuit Wednesday morning starting in Mercer County ended in the arrest of two individuals in Grundy County. Grundy County Sheriff Rodney Herring reports the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a gas drive off at Snappy’s gas station in Princeton involving a black Dodge Charger and a black GMC truck. Mercer […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Cainsville man died as the result of a one-vehicle accident 10 miles west of Princeton on Route CC believed to have happened Monday night. A spokesperson from the Patrol says 49-year-old Michael Famuliner was pronounced dead at the scene by the Mercer County sheriff Tuesday morning after the sheriff’s department […]
The Mercer County Health Department in Princeton will close part of one day next week in order for staff to move back upstairs. The office will be open Monday morning from 8 to 10 o’clock before the move and will then re-open for normal operation Tuesday. Most services will be provided upstairs in the health […]
While it was a very light voter turnout in Grundy County for the election Tuesday, the race for the Grundy County Nursing Home District Board turned out to be very close. Three incumbents will return to the Trenton City Council. Three candidates filed for the two open seats on the nursing home district board. The […]
The Sixth Annual Mercer County Helping Hands fundraiser will feature a Mercer versus Princeton Alumni Showdown. The basketball games will be held at the Princeton Elementary School gym Saturday night with a concession stand to open at 5 o’clock. The girl’s alumni basketball game will start at 6 o’clock, and the boys will begin at […]
The Mercer County Health Department of Princeton will celebrate National Walking Day with a walk around Princeton. The 30-minute walk will start at the health department office next Wednesday afternoon, April 4, at 12:15. The event is free and will be held weather permitting. Participants are encouraged to bring their walking shoes.
The Mercer County Health Department will hold its annual Mercer County 5K next month. The event will be held at the Mercer City Park the morning of April 14th at 7:30 and is free to Mercer County residents. Cash prizes will be awarded for first, second, and third place in the categories of men, women, […]
The Highway Patrol arrested a Princeton teen in Mercer County Wednesday morning for felony first-degree involuntary manslaughter. A probable cause statement from the Patrol states 17-year-old Elijah Mandich operated a motor vehicle in Mercer County October 8th, 2017 and recklessly caused the death of Saige Boswell. The probable cause statement reports Mandich operated his vehicle […]
Fire Saturday north of Galt burned approximately 300 acres of Conservation Reserve Program, pasture, and soybean ground. Galt Fire Protection District Chief Terry Wynne said two old vacant buildings, one a house and the other a shed, also caught fire. The blaze encompassed several properties in the area of 126th Street and 100th Avenue in […]
The Mercer County Ministerial Alliance sponsors a program next month in which David Randle of the organization “Jews for Jesus” re-create the traditional Passover Service and explains how it foreshadowed Jesus’ death and resurrection. The program, called “Christ in the Passover” will be held the Tuesday evening, March 27th at 7 o’clock at the First […]
In-depth under-bridge inspections take place throughout the year by crews from the Missouri Department of Transportation’s Central Office. While the bridge inspection crews based in Northwest Missouri work to inspect most of the bridges in this area, there are some that require specialized equipment. This program of inspection, repair, and maintenance of the more than […]
