Mercer Homecoming will hold an ATV horseshoe race April 22. Registration will start at 2 o’clock that afternoon, and the race begins at 4 o’clock and you are required to have a tether switch. The admission fee is $5, with children eight and under admitted free. There will be concessions and restrooms on the grounds. […]
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 […]
Four defendants waived preliminary hearings on unrelated charges when they appeared Tuesday in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court. Each is next scheduled for arraignments in Division One of Circuit Court on April 13th. Among those waiving a hearing was 37-year-old Lucas Allen Griffin of Trenton who faces three felony counts: violation of […]
The North Mercer School District has announced an information meeting is scheduled tonight pertaining to an April 4th ballot issue. Patrons of the North Mercer district will be voting on waiving the annual Proposition C rollback. Information will be available from 6 o’clock until 8 o’clock tonight, March 28, at Robinson’s Service Station in Mercer. […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Mercer woman on a felony charge of passing a bad check of $500 or more with no account or insufficient funds. Fifty-nine-year-old Vickie Russell was arrested Monday. Her bond is set at $1,100 cash only, and she is scheduled to appear in the associate division […]
A luncheon, silent auction and raffle will be held at the Mercer Community Building Sunday, March 12th from 11 o’clock in the morning to 2 o’clock in the afternoon. Funds raised will help Jess and Pat Stark pay for travel and medical expenses related to Pat’s cancer treatments. She plans to travel to Iowa City for […]
The Community Action Partnership of North Central Missouri will award up to nine $750 continuing education scholarships available to residents of Caldwell, Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Linn, Livingston, Mercer, Putnam, and Sullivan counties. Applicants should be or plan to be full-time students, live in an income-qualified household based on federal Community Services Block Grant poverty guidelines, […]
The Mercer Methodist Church will hold a Valentine Banquet in the church’s annex the evening of February 12th from 5 to 7 o’clock. The church will serve smothered loins, mashed potatoes, green beans, lettuce salad, hot rolls, and cheesecake. Free will donations will be accepted with proceeds going to Sonrise Children’s Home in Princeton houseparents […]
Deer hunting season has come to an end across Missouri. Statewide, the number of deer killed is down about ten thousand when compared with the 2015-16 deer season. The department of conservation reports nearly 264,000 were killed during the 2016-17 season. The most occurred in Franklin county which had nearly 5,300. Howell was next in […]
The most recent unemployment rate for Grundy county is four percent. That’s based on 202 persons on unemployment out of a civilian labor force of about five thousand (5,048) The figures are for October, the most recent information available from the Missouri Division of Employment Security. The numbers are nearly identical to the Grundy County figures from one […]
Two women from Mercer were injured when the car they were in struck the rear drive axle of a truck on southbound Interstate 35 in Daviess County in a Thursday afternoon accident was eight miles south of Pattonsburg. The highway patrol listed injuries as minor for the driver of the car, 58-year-old Gay Stark and moderate for […]
Preliminary data from Missouri Department of Conservation shows deer hunters in Missouri harvested 96,131 deer during the opening weekend of the November portion of the fall firearms deer season. Among the Green Hills, the top county for deer kills was Harrison with just over one thousand. (1,009) Linn and Sullivan counties are close behind at […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the north Missouri planned for the week of Nov. 14 – 20 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs and other road work conducted […]
Application forms for Gene Kauffman Foundation scholarships will be available beginning Tuesday, November 1 for the Spring semester. The scholarship is for female, non-smoking, unmarried graduates of high schools in Mercer county. Potential recipients must be enrolled as a full-time student in an accredited college or university in Missouri and carry a minimum of 12 semester […]
A former Mercer resident, 41-year-old Ricky Shoemaker of Trenton, has been arrested on Grundy County charges accusing him with possession of methamphetamine in March of 2015 with intent to distribute, deliver, or sell it. The charge also called Shoemaker a prior and persistent offender who pleaded guilty, was found guilty or convicted of driving while intoxicated […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the north Missouri region planned for the week of Oct. 17 – 23 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs and other road work […]
Voters in the North Mercer School District will decide, in April, whether to approve a Proposition C waiver. If approved by voters, Superintendent Dan Owens tells KTTN that his district would receive about $80,000 a year in additional local revenue. It would “lessen the district’s dependency” on the state and federal levels. A simple majority […]
A public meeting is coming up the first of November in Trenton regarding foster parenting. The Healthy Families / Cornerstones plans to host what it calls a “no obligation, information only” meeting at the Trenton First Baptist Church from 6 to 7 o’clock the night of November 1st. The meeting is held on behalf of […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the north Missouri region planned for the week of Oct. 10 – 16 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs and other […]
Gary Porter, of Mercer, Mo., has been elected president of the Missouri Corn Growers Association. Porter assumed his new role Oct. 1, succeeding Morris Heitman of Mound City, Mo. Porter previously served the state’s growers as Missouri Corn Merchandising Council chairman, secretary, treasurer and vice chairman as well as MCGA vice president, secretary, and treasurer. […]
