The Laredo R-7 Board of Education Monday evening approved increasing the cost of school lunch. The cost of lunch for students was increased from $2.30 to $2.40 which was required to meet the federal school lunch requirements. The board will advertise for bids for milk, propane, and diesel fuel, which will be opened at the […]
Plans are underway to replace two bridges on Route 6 near Milan. The Missouri Department of Transportation will host a community briefing on Tuesday, May 15, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Milan C-2 Cafeteria. Designers and engineers from the Missouri Department of Transportation and the consulting firm Bartlett & West will be on […]
Firefighters responded to a blaze today in one of Milan’s oldest buildings located at West 3rd and South Broadway. Reports indicate heavy damage was contained to the front of the building at 112 West 3rd Street in Milan. The fire started at 8:30 this morning and responding to the blaze were the Milan Fire Department, […]
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a Milan man in Sullivan County Friday night on several allegations. The Patrol accused 48-year-old Travis Shaw of the felonies of driving while revoked, possession of a controlled substance, meth, and unlawful possession of a firearm. He was also accused of failure to display valid plates. Shaw was […]
One of multiple programs the Community Action Partnership of North Central Missouri provides is the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Executive Director Aaron Franklin says that LIHEAP assists families by paying utility bills. He says the agency began the winter portion of the program in November. The agency was able to make a one-time […]
Five defendants Tuesday waived preliminary hearings in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court. Each of the cases was bound over to future dates for arraignments in Division One of the circuit court. Matthew John Woody of Trenton has six felony counts. These include two counts for unlawful use of a weapon, possession of a […]
The highway patrol reports a Milan man was injured last night in a single vehicle accident approximately six miles north of Milan. The patrol listed injuries as serious for 52-year-old Shawn Mosele of Milan who was transported by ambulance to the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. Mosele was driving a pickup southbound when the […]
The Show Stock Clinic for 4-H and FFA livestock exhibitors to be held at the Sullivan County Expo Center and Fairgrounds in Milan Saturday, May 5th has been canceled. Penny Kittle with the Sullivan County Extension Office says the event was canceled due to a lack of registrations. Questions should be directed to Penny Kittle […]
Dry conditions have strengthened north of the Missouri River. This week’s USDA Drought Monitor reports that nearly twice as much of Missouri has fallen into moderate drought conditions as was the case two weeks ago when eight percent of the state was in the first stage of drought. Drought conditions now exist from Kansas City’s Northland, […]
FFA students from Trenton, Milan, Gallatin, and Chillicothe have won state proficiency awards during the Missouri FFA Convention underway in Columbia. Mariah Fox of the Trenton chapter won first place in the category of agricultural education. Hannah Persell, also of the Trenton chapter, won first place in wildlife management. Other winners of state proficiency awards […]
Community Action Partnership of North Central Missouri recently partnered with the Missouri National Guard to host Youth Leadership Day with the Polo R-7 Junior Class. Thirty-two students participated in the event, learning about leadership while engaging in various physical activities that required thinking and working as a team. Head Basketball Coach Andrea Dabney of Milan, Missouri […]
The Missouri State Fair Foundation Youth in Agriculture committee selected a student from Bucklin to receive a $2,500 scholarship. Audrey Martin will receive the Sydenstricker John Deere of Missouri/Sydenstricker Angus Genetics supreme scholarship during the annual State FFA Convention in Columbia April 20th. Thirty-five other state 4-H and FFA members who are seeking higher education […]
The Grand River Valley Choir and Orchestra formed a Donors Club last Fall to offset the cost of obtaining music and other costs associated with the group. Board member Carol Reger of Milan explains the club was created in order to help the choir and orchestra rent and purchase new music to use for the […]
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 Highway Patrol reports three Milan residents sustained minor injuries when the driver of the sports utility vehicle in which they traveled lost control on the snow-covered road Sunday afternoon. Thirty-two-year-old Gregoria Limon drove east on Missouri 6 when the vehicle ran off the right side of the road and struck a fence about two […]
Four people from Milan were injured Sunday afternoon in Sullivan County when, according to the highway patrol, a sports utility vehicle struck the rear of a pickup stopped in traffic on Highway 6 two miles west of Reger. Taken to Sullivan County Memorial Hospital in Milan were the driver of the pickup, 68-year-old Donna Smith […]
Princeton FFA placed first in the Livestock Career Development event Wednesday at the North Shelby School invitational judging with Meadville placing second and Chillicothe fifth among the top five. Individually, the highest ranked judge of livestock was Kasey Waterman of Meadville. Among others in the top ten for livestock were Zach Trout of Chillicothe 2nd; Soyer […]
Youth ages 6 to 15 will have opportunities for archery shooting, fishing, skeet shooting, shotgun patterning, and a turkey calling demonstration at the Locust Creek Conservation Area near Milan. The Missouri Department of Conservation will partner with the National Wild Turkey Federation to offer the Juniors Acquiring Knowledge, Ethics, and Sportsmanship seminar at the conservation […]
The Sullivan County Emergency Management Agency and the National Weather Service will hold a free Storm Spotter Training in Milan Tuesday, March 27. A meteorologist from the National Weather Service will present the class at the Milan Community Center starting at 7 o’clock. The class will cover various aspects of severe weather, storm spotting, and […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of six area residents on various charges. Fifty-three-year-old Michelle Sue Curtis of Trenton was arrested in Warren County, Iowa Monday on a felony charge of possession of a controlled substance, misdemeanor charges of possession of marijuana and unlawful use of drug paraphernalia, two counts of a probation […]
