Fire Sunday burned approximately 30 acres of uncut grass in a hay field about two miles northwest of Spickard. Spickard Fire Protection District Training Officer Jesse Richmond said the location was near the intersection of Kellog and January Avenues at 29717 Kellog in Mercer County. The owner was listed as Colton Holthouse and officials say […]
The Mercer County Fire Protection District responded to a small electrical fire Thursday. Mercer County Fire reports that a truck, engine, tanker, rescue, and brush truck responded to the fire at the Smithfield Truck Wash of Princeton. Smithfield employees shut off the power to the building before firefighters arrived, and there was minor smoke in […]
The Mercer County Library’s Summer Reading Program starts Friday with Big Rigs programs. The program will feature equipment from Princeton, Grand River, Morgan Township, the Missouri Department of Transportation, and Kansas City Power and Light. The preschool and children’s programs will start Friday morning at 10 o’clock. The teen’s A-maze-ing program will begin at 11 […]
The Mercer County Sheriff’s Department is reporting that phone scammers are at work in Mercer County. The department is reporting that the calling party is advising residents that they have a bench warrant for their arrest, and money is needed to bond out. The Mercer County Sheriff reports that while they do accept cash bonds, money is […]
A Princeton man pleaded guilty to felony charges of second-degree burglary and receiving stolen property in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court Wednesday. Forty-four-year-old James Houk was sentenced to four years in the Department of Corrections. The sentencing will run concurrently with the previous sentencing imposed in Mercer County last year, in which […]
Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway announced that her office has started work on an audit of Mercer County. Galloway reports audit staff is on-site in the county, and she encourages citizens to submit concerns of information through the dedicated Whistleblower Hotline which may be reached at 1-800-347-8597. “The public deserves a government that is transparent […]
The Gene Kauffman Scholarship Foundation, Incorporated Board of Directors has announced that applications will be available for the fall semester beginning May 1. As per Kauffman’s wishes, the scholarship is available to female, non-smoking, unmarried graduates of high schools in Mercer County. Applicants must be enrolled as a full-time student in an accredited college or […]
The Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri has helped raise funds for the construction of the new Mercer County Senior Center in Princeton. Steve Maxey of the Community Foundation says the foundation has looked for individuals who want to give back. He says it has managed the funds Mercer County Senior Center received, including insurance money, […]
The Mercer County Senior Center Board hopes to open the new senior center in June. President Gene Anderson explains the board originally hoped to open it in May, but there are still a few things that need to be completed. He says cement work needs to be done on the outside to make it more […]
The Drug Enforcement Administration and regional police will hold Take Back Drug events to take back unwanted prescription drugs April 29th from 10 o’clock the morning to 2 o’clock in the afternoon. Drugs will be collected by the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office at 802 East Main Street in Princeton, the Gallatin Police Department at 112 […]
Alumni from Princeton and North Mercer Schools will compete in two basketball games Saturday night. This year, the game will be played in the North Mercer gymnasium with the girls game to begin at 6 o’clock, the boys game to follow. The game is being promoted as the North versus the South showdown. This is […]
One of the principles under which electric cooperatives operate is “Concern for Community” and Grundy Electric Cooperative showed it follows this principle through a recent donation that will help rebuild the Mercer County Senior Center. The cooperative presented a $10,000 check to assist with rebuilding the center on the square in Princeton, Missouri. In April […]
The Mercer County Fire Protection District, Medicine Creek Fire Protection District, and Mercer Fire Protection District responded to Smithfield Badger Farm 5 for a hog confinement fire on Tuesday, March 28. Mercer County Fire reports the fire went through the roof in the office portion of the facility when crews arrived at the scene of […]
Fire Saturday at Princeton extensively damaged a rental house at 1001 Coleman however, no injuries were reported. A Mercer County Fire Protection District spokesman indicated the occupants got out before firefighters arrived, however, pets owned by the family perished in the fire. The cause of the fire was undetermined and no other structures were threatened […]
A grass fire burned an estimated 50 to 60 acres in extreme southern Mercer County on Saturday afternoon. The location was just north of the intersection of Routes Y and JJ the Spickard Fire Protection District used around two-thousand gallons of water in extinguishing the fire. The cause of the fire was unknown and no […]
While it took a bit longer than originally planned, the Brushy Creek Bridge on Route P in Mercer County is now open. Contractors from Ennis Excavating, LLC of Jamestown, Missouri, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, closed the bridge Dec. 5, 2016, for a bridge replacement project. They originally hoped to open the bridge […]
The Spickard Fire Department responded to a call on Highway C around 4 o’clock this morning. Training Officer Jesse Richmond says the department was called out for a grass fire, but when firefighters arrived they found a large lumber fire. He reports Spickard requested a tanker and brush trucks and received mutual aid from Mercer […]
Mercer County Extension will be hosting a Private Pesticide Applicator Training Tuesday, February 7, 2017, at 8:30 am in the Hal England Center basement. New dicamba-resistant soybeans and the use of this technology will be discussed including all spraying requirements. All growers are welcome to attend this meeting regardless of needing recertification. Those growers whose […]
There will be free tax preparation in Mercer County on February 14, 2017, for low and middle income, disabled, and senior citizens. Volunteers In Tax Assistance (VITA) will be in Mercer County at the new Extension office, 807 E. Hickland from 9 AM to 4:00 PM, lunch break 11:30-1pm. Please call 660-748-3315 to schedule an […]
Progress is being made toward the construction of the new Mercer County Senior Citizens Center in downtown Princeton. Following a fire last April that destroyed the Center, board members of the Mercer County Council on Aging have awarded a contract for construction and entered into an agreement for both fundraising and management of funds. John […]
