The Highway Patrol reports a Maysville woman sustained serious injuries in a one-car accident one mile north of Osborn early Saturday morning. An ambulance transported 45-year-old Amy Gibson to the Cameron Regional Medical Center. The car traveled south on Highway 33 before it ran off the west side of the road and returned to the […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in North Missouri for the week of April 8 – 14. Continued flooding may cause schedule changes in some of the planned work. There may also be moving operations throughout the region such as pothole patching, […]
A bill to stop – or at least redirect–the Grain Belt Express powerline project, is headed to the Missouri House floor. A House committee moved quickly this week to pass the bill by Jim Hansen, Republican from Frankford. The issue, he says, is the privately-held company’s use of the power of eminent domain to put […]
Missouri’s annual No MOre Trash! Bash will be held April 15 through May 15. The Trash Bash is sponsored by the Missouri Department of Conservation and Missouri Department of Transportation as part of an ongoing No MOre Trash! statewide anti-litter campaign. “Litter is unattractive, costly and harms the environment,” said Stacy Armstrong, MoDOT’s No MOre […]
Following five days of intense physical and mental challenges, two citizen-soldiers came out on top at the Missouri Army National Guard’s Best Warrior contest at Camp Crowder in Neosho. Pfc. Stoney Tyler, representing the 35th Engineer Brigade in Fort Leonard Wood, earned the winner’s slot in the soldier category. Staff Sgt. Derick Moudy, battling for […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Maryville man was injured in a single-vehicle accident in southern Nodaway County. Fifty-year-old Jimmy Lake received serious injuries and was flown by a medical helicopter (Life Net) to Mosiac Life Care in St. Joseph. Lake was southbound on Highway 71 when he lost control of the car he was driving. […]
Trenton Middle School Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America will decorate yards in the Trenton area with eggs filled with prizes and candy to raise funds for members to go on the National Leadership Trip. Thirty eggs in a yard will cost $20, 40 eggs will be $25, and 100 eggs cost $50. For […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in northern Missouri for the week of April 1 – 7. Continued flooding may cause schedule changes in some of the planned work. There may also be moving operations throughout the region such as pothole patching, […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Marceline man sustained minor injuries when the sport utility vehicle he drove struck a deer two miles east of Chillicothe Thursday morning. A private vehicle transported 37-year-old Matthew Cooper to Hedrick Medical Center as a precaution. Cooper traveled west on Highway 36 when the deer reportedly traveled into the path […]
The Missouri Strip Trial Program continues to seek farmers for the upcoming growing season, says University of Missouri Extension nutrient management specialist John Lory. MU Extension works with farmers to use their equipment to compare treatments on their fields using aerial imagery and GPS-referenced yield monitor data. The MU team works with the farmers so […]
Nearly 1.2 million Missouri vehicles would no longer be required to get safety inspections, under a bill passed today out of the state House of Representatives. The proposal would require inspections for vehicles at least 10 years old or with more than 150,000 miles. Kansas City Democrat Judy Morgan says the measure would still be […]
The Trenton FFA Chapter participated in the Northwest District Leadership Development Event Competition on Tuesday, March 26, 2019. Member Rebecca Urich placed first and gold in FFA Creed. The Conduct of Chapter Meetings and Parliamentary Procedures teams placed second and gold. Members of the Conduct of Chapter Meetings team include Colton Roy, Randy Bowden, Gracyn […]
Three children were injured and the driver of their vehicle was arrested on multiple counts, including excessive speeding, that ended in a three-vehicle wreck on Tuesday in Clinton County. The highway patrol identified the driver of a car as 32-year-old Kenneth Sneed of Kansas City. Three children in the car, whom the patrol said were […]
Students at North Central Missouri College along with eight other universities and community colleges in Missouri will soon receive expanded options for mathematics courses that are more aligned to their intended majors. A new initiative, led by the Missouri Department of Higher Education in collaboration with the Charles A. Dana Center at The University of […]
There are over 350 miles of levees on the Missouri, Platte and Elkhorn rivers and tributaries that have experienced significant flood damage. According to the Army Corps of Engineers – which says that the magnitude of damage along these levees, means repair efforts will take *quote* an extended period of time. The corps spent Friday […]
The Highway Patrol reports two individuals sustained minor injuries when one car rear-ended another about two and a half miles south of Cameron Friday evening. Emergency medical services transported 23-year-old Ronald Lambert of Cameron and 57-year-old Katherine Coffman of Excelsior Springs to the Cameron Regional Medical Center. Both cars traveled north on Highway 69 when […]
Flooding has closed several routes across northern Missouri and harsh winter has riddled the area with potholes. Crews from the Missouri Department of Transportation will be on roadways across the region managing flooded, closed roadways, making repairs the flooding caused, and patching potholes on as many routes as time, material and weather allow. In addition […]
Crowder State Park west of Trenton will host a moderate two-mile guided hike in April. Park staff will point out spring wildflowers along the River Forks Trail during the hike the morning of April 6th starting at 10 o’clock. Participants will have an opportunity to look for bald eagles at the fork of the Thompson […]
Over 500 riders from over 30 states will ride five days in a nearly 300-mile loop on Missouri Life’s fifth annual Big BAM (Bicycle Across Missouri). It will begin in Columbia, Missouri on June 9 and end on June 14 in Columbia. On the first day, Big BAM riders will head northeast to Perry which […]
Due to flooding along the Missouri River, the Missouri Department of Transportation is postponing its public open house. Originally scheduled for March 26, the open house will be held April 9, 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the Remington Nature Center. Flood waters are expected to crest soon allowing more members of the community to participate safely at […]
