The Sullivan County Public Water Supply District has announced the lifting of boil advisories for some customers. Advisories lifted include the following locations: Customers on Paris Road and Echo Road. All Sullivan Rural Water Customers on Highway 139 from Newtown South to Highway 6 including Jasper Road, Acorn Drive, Kelp Road, Acorn Drive, Helium Road, […]
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Saint Luke’s Mercer County Clinic in Princeton to remain closed week of June 3rd
Saint Luke’s Mercer County Clinic in Princeton will remain closed the week of June 3, 2019, as repairs are made due to water damage from floods this week. Doctor Tammy Hart and nurse practitioner Amy Harris will continue to see patients at the Wright Memorial Physicians Group of Trenton until the flood damage can be […]
Maples Repertory Theater to host theater workshop at North Mercer School
Maples Repertory Theater of Macon will host a youth theater workshop at the North Mercer R-3 School in Mercer in July, which will conclude with a performance of the play Press Start. The Mercer County Recreation Board sponsors the workshop for youth ages seven through 18 July 8th through 12th from 9 to 1 o’clock. […]
Saint Luke’s Mercer County Clinic closed for remainder of the week
Saint Luke’s Mercer County Clinic has sustained water damage from the flood and will remain closed for the rest of this week. Dr. Tammy Hart and nurse practitioner Amy Harris will continue to treat patients in Trenton at Wright Memorial Physicians’ Group until the flood damage can be repaired at the Mercer County Clinic. Call […]
Hundreds of roads in northwest Missouri closed due to flooding
Hundreds of roads in Northwest Missouri are flooded this Wednesday morning due to the torrential rains that fell Tuesday evening. Here is a complete listing by county from the MoDOT website of roads closed in Northwest Missouri as of 5:00 am, May 29, 2019. These road conditions will change as water recedes from the […]
Dr. Tammy Hart’s Mercer County Clinic closed due to flooding
Doctor Hart’s Mercer County Clinic in Princeton will be closed Tuesday, May 28, 2019, as efforts are underway to deal with the weekend flooding that affected the building on the west side of Princeton. According to Shane Lynch, Doctor Tammy Hart will see patients today in Trenton at the Wright Memorial Hospital physicians group.
Large portion of Sullivan County under boil advisory due to flood-damaged mains
The Sullivan County Public Water Supply District has issued a precautionary boil advisory for several customers because of flood-damaged water mains. The district is in the process of making repairs but had to wait for flood waters to recede for some of the work. Most of the problem area was in the western part of […]
MoDOT planned road work in northern Missouri for the week of May 27, 2019
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in northern Missouri region for the week of May 27 – June 2. MoDOT will halt temporary lane closures throughout the state to accommodate an increase in traffic due to the Memorial Day holiday. Most temporary […]
Princeton Board of Education accepts resignations
The Princeton R-5 Board of Education approved health insurance matters at a special meeting this week. The district’s health insurance will be contracted with Insurance Management Services, and the district will offer four plans for employees. The plans include two health savings account options and two preferred provider organization options. The premiums range from $516.63 […]
Missouri Highway Patrol reports arrests of Chillicothe and Spickard residents
The Highway Patrol reports arrests on Wednesday of Chillicothe and Spickard residents in separate incidents. Twenty-seven-year-old Ryan Wheeler of Chillicothe was taken into custody Thursday afternoon in Livingston County and accused of speeding along with unlawful possession of drugs. Online information shows potential counts include felony possession of a controlled substance, alleged possession of fewer […]
Boil order issued for portion of Mercer County
Mercer County Public Water Supply District Number 1 has issued a boil order due to the installation of a new valve on a water main and completed repairs. The order affects water customers on U. S. Highway 136 from Route A to Route U, including customers on Highway 145. The boil order continues until further […]
North Mercer Board of Education approves fund transfer
The North Mercer R-3 Board of Education approved a fund transfer at its meeting Monday evening to make payments on leased buses and for summer maintenance projects. A total of $150,000 was transferred from Fund 1 to Fund 4 with improvements to be made to the gym floor and bleachers, and the parking lot is […]
Princeton City Council approves use of ball fields for Back to School event
The Princeton City Council approved the use of the city ball fields for an event in July at a meeting Thursday evening. Deputy City Clerk Corey Willett reports Gina Finney with the Mercer County Health Department was given permission to hold a Back to School Night at the ball fields July 26th. City sewer projects […]
North Mercer Board of Education agenda includes reports and evaluations
The agenda has been released for the meeting of the North Mercer R-3 Board of Education which will meet at 6 o’clock on Monday, May 13, 2019, at the school. Reports on transportation, guidance, and nursing will be presented and evaluations are listed for athletics and extracurricular offerings. Other topics include Millemon Math Awards, a […]
Route 145 in Mercer County closed due to culvert failure
Route 145 in Mercer County is now closed due to a culvert failure near Lake Paho. Crews from the Missouri Department of Transportation closed Route 145 between Route B and U.S. Route 136 west of Princeton Thursday morning. Due to the culvert’s location in a conservation area with sensitive environmental issues, it may take some […]
Ragan-Hickman American Legion Auxiliary in Mercer to host Armed Forces Day program and lunch
The Ragan-Hickman American Legion Auxiliary Unit 477 of Mercer will host an Armed Forces Day program and lunch next week. Navy veterans and poppy poster winners will be honored at the American Legion Building of Mercer the morning of May 18th at 10 o’clock. Lunch costs $5.00, and the public is welcome. Call Sally Reighard […]
GEC Community Foundation awards 12 grants to area schools and organizations
GEC Community Foundation, Incorporated trustees have awarded 12 grants totaling $6,560. Several area school districts were awarded education grants: Newtown-Harris R-3 of Newtown, Cainsville R-1, Princeton R-5, North Mercer R-3 of Mercer, South Harrison R-2 of Bethany, Gilman City R-4, Pleasant View R-6 of Trenton, Grundy County R-5 of Galt, Laredo R-7, and North Daviess […]
Boil advisory issued for portions of Mercer County
After replacing a valve on a six-inch water main, a portion of Mercer County has been placed on a precautionary boil order. According to the Mercer County Public Water Supply District, the notice affects customers within the following boundaries as described clockwise. The Iowa-Missouri state line on the north, the Mercer-Putnam County line on the […]
Missouri spring turkey season ends with 38,777 birds harvested
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows that turkey hunters checked 36,231 birds during Missouri’s 2019 regular spring turkey season, April 15 through May 5. Top harvest counties were Franklin with 785 birds checked, Texas with 729, and Callaway with 672. Young turkey hunters harvested 2,546 birds during the 2019 spring youth season, […]
Trenton man arrested on stealing and identity theft allegations
Trenton police on Saturday arrested a Trenton man following an investigation that involved alleged stealing and identity theft. Thirty-four-year-old Justin Wayne Stephenson is to appear May 14th in Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court. Bond on the felony counts has been set at $15,000 cash. Stephenson is accused of appropriating currency of at least […]