The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is partnering with the Grundy Electric Cooperative on a project to benefit wildlife habitat and reduce power line right-of-way maintenance costs. Private property owners are also a voluntary partner. MDC’s Wires Over Wildlife (WOW) program provides expertise and cost-share money for converting overgrown brush and trees under electrical distribution […]
The Missouri State Fair Youth Livestock Show celebrated youth in agriculture on Saturday, Aug. 22. The annual Sale of Champions highlighted the day, breaking numerous records from previous sales raising a total of $193,120 for Youth in Agriculture. Connor Keithley, of Chillicothe, showed the Reserve Grand Champion Barrow. Connor is the son of Chad and […]
A northwest Missouri man was fatally injured Saturday evening when the all-terrain vehicle he was operating hit a utility pole just north of Mercer during an ATV drag race at Mercer Homecoming Park. Sixty-four-year-old Billy Nichols of De Kalb was pronounced dead at Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton slightly more than an hour after the […]
A one-day bench trial has been set for a Kansas City man who reportedly escaped from the Mercer County Jail twice in August 2019. The Mercer County Circuit Clerk’s Office reports 28-year-old Drake Andrew Kately’s trial is scheduled to begin December 22nd. Kately has been charged in multiple Mercer County cases with two felony counts […]
Almost all of the Green Hills Area counties have a lower self-response rate for the U. S. Census than the state and the national rate of 63.5%. Mercer County has the lowest self-response rate in the Green Hills, as of the morning of Friday, August 14th, with 47.5%. Other counties are Sullivan with 50.1%, Putnam […]
Mercer County Public Water Supply District Number 1 has issued a boil advisory for the southeast part of Mercer County until further notice. The advisory affects the area from U. S. Highway 136 to the Grundy County line and from Route Y to the Sullivan County line.
A group formed to make a difference in the community and serve others will work on projects and clean up efforts later this month. Serve Mercer County will begin with a meal for workers at the Princeton United Methodist Church on the afternoon of August 23rd at 12:30. Elderly residents and those with medical needs […]
Stetson Wiss, son of Casey Wiss and Brooke Wiss, is the exhibitor of the 2020 Grand Champion Market Goat at the Missouri State Fair Youth Livestock Show. Stetson is from Lamar and is a member of the Show-Me 4-H Club. Stetson’s prize-winning Goat weighed 93 pounds. The Reserve Grand Champion Market Goat honor went to […]
The Mercer County Health Department reports the county has seen an increase of seven cases of COVID-19 since last week. Three of those cases are hospitalized. The cases in the last week appear to be unrelated. Mercer County has a total of 14 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Seven of the cases have been released from […]
The North Mercer R-3 School District approved a reopening plan for 2020 the evening of Monday, August 10th. The plan includes three phases and will begin with Phase 1 with students returning five days per week August 24th. Adjustments will be made to the school day and procedures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Phase 1 […]
Over 200 COVID-19 tests were conducted during the past week at Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe and Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton. Collectively, the new total is 3,234 tests, however, results are not provided by the hospitals. Reports are made public by the county health departments Wright Memorial has tested 1,045 including 711 from Grundy […]
Five bands competed for prize money, and there was other entertainment, during Musicfest 2020 in Princeton on Saturday. In voting by the public, the band “This Is Us” from Unionville placed first to win the top prize of $1,000, Riker from Milan was chosen the first runner-up to win $500. The money was provided by […]
A Back to School Sales Tax Holiday will be held in Missouri this weekend. The state’s portion of the tax rate of 4.225% will be exempt for the sale of qualifying items starting Friday, August 7th at 12:01 am and ending Sunday, August 9, 2020. The sales tax exemption is limited to any article of […]
Mercer County Public Water Supply District Number 1 asks all of its customers to cut water usage to a minimum over the next few days as the Ravanna water tower is drained. A representative says the Ravanna water tower feeds other towers in the district.
Grundy County will have a new commissioner at the first of the year following Businessman Brad Chumbley’s victory Tuesday evening in the Republican primary. Chumbley received 442 votes to defeat two others. Incumbent Joe Brinser had 296 votes and challenger Martha Roberts received 245. There’s no Democratic opponent for Chumbley in the November general election. […]
Mercer County Public Water Supply District has issued a precautionary boil advisory for some of its customers. The notice follows repairs on Monday to a water line. According to the water district office, the north boundary of the boil advisory area is the north intersection of Inch Loop and Highway 65. On the east, it’s […]
Candidates will be nominated by their respective political parties in today’s primary election to have their names on general election ballots in November. The poll sites are open until 7 o’clock this evening across Missouri. KTTN news plans to announce results, as they become available this evening while also carrying portions of the Kansas City […]
COVID-19 testing continues through Hedrick Medical Center and Wright Memorial Hospital. Data as of Monday morning, August 3, 2020, shows a total of 3,015 tests have been administered. That’s an increase of 253 during the past week. No results are provided by the hospitals. The numbers show Wright Memorial tested a total of 955 with […]
The patrol reports a 14-year old Mercer boy was seriously injured when a pickup truck traveled off a road and hit bridge support in a creek east of Cainsville. The boy, who was a passenger in the truck, was flown by medical helicopter to Children’s Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. The driver of the pickup, […]
The North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees approved the evening of Tuesday, July 28th applying for Grundy County CARES Act funding to combat COVID-19 expenses. A Return to Fall Plan was also presented. NCMC President Doctor Lenny Klaver said the college could receive $89,000 in Grundy County CARES Act funding, which could be used […]
