Planning and zoning

Trenton Planning and Zoning Commission to meet Monday

The Trenton Planning and Zoning Commission public hearing next week will be live-streamed on Zoom (us02web.zoom.us/j/81197108883). The commission will hear requests for conditional use permits and a minor subdivision at the Trenton City Hall Monday night at 7 o’clock. One request will be from Richard and Shirley Sibbit in care of GFG Inland Elevator and […]

Rollover Accident

Brookfield man injured when SUV overturns near Milan

The Highway Patrol reports a Brookfield man sustained minor injuries when a sports utility vehicle overturned four miles east of Milan Thursday morning. An ambulance transported 42-year-old William Shaffer to the Sullivan County Memorial Hospital. The SUV traveled east on Route C before running off the left side of the road, striking a fence, and […]

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Pickup strikes cow on Highway 149

The highway patrol reports a pickup hit a cow on Highway 149 in northeastern Putnam County Wednesday night injuring a resident of Centerville, Iowa. Twenty-three-year-old Ryan Henshaw received a minor injury and was taken by ambulance to the Mercy Medical Center in Centerville, Iowa. The accident happened just after 9 o’clock, two miles north of […]

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Trenton woman hits deer with car on Highway 6

A car struck a deer Tuesday night on Highway 6, five miles west of Galt. Twenty-five-year-old Sierra Deane of Trenton was taken by a private vehicle to Wright Memorial Hospital with minor injuries. The car was westbound when a deer entered the highway, the car struck the deer, then traveled off the north side of […]

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Brookfield woman injured in 3-vehicle crash

The Highway Patrol reports a Brookfield woman sustained minor injuries in a three-vehicle accident involving a farm tractor in Carroll County on Friday morning. A private vehicle transported 32-year-old Briannie Stephens to the Carroll County Memorial Hospital of Carrollton. The driver of the tractor, 56-year-old Jeffery Harper of Carrollton, and the driver of the other […]

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Kirksville man injured in crash on Route V

The Highway Patrol reports a Kirksville man sustained minor injuries when the car he drove struck an embankment in Adair County Monday night. A private vehicle transported 72-year-old Ernest Lafferty to the Northeast Regional Medical Center of Kirksville. The car traveled north on Route V before running off the right side of the road at […]

Rollover Accident

Teen demolishes pickup in Carroll County crash

A pickup was demolished and the driver injured in a single-vehicle wreck Monday in rural Carroll County. Nineteen-year-old Cody Shannon of Norborne received minor injuries and was taken by a family member to the Carroll County Memorial Hospital. The westbound pickup drifted off the right side of Route E when the driver over-corrected. The truck […]

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Kirksville teens injured in crash on Route H

Two Kirksville teenagers were hurt when a car turned into the path of a pickup truck just south of Kirksville. Two teenagers in the pickup, 19-year old Cody Stewart and 17-year old Sumerlynn Sewell, were taken to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville with minor injuries. The driver of the car, 58-year old Harry McLaine […]

U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals: There Is No Second Amendment Right to Carry Firearms Outside the Home

Governor Parson suspends late penalties for concealed carry license renewals

Gov. Mike Parson has signed an executive order suspending late penalties for concealed carry license renewals. During Thursday’s Capitol press conference, Parson says the order waives the requirement that sheriffs enforce the penalties. “These people should not be penalized for staying home like they’ve been asked to,” says Parson. “This executive order not only promotes […]

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Missouri River likely to enter minor flood stage this week

Levels on the Missouri River could move into minor flood stage from Nebraska City to northwest Missouri’s St. Joseph this week. Chairman Tom Waters with the Missouri Levee and Drainage District Association says the area isn’t prepared for a high-than-normal runoff predicted. “The big issue for us is soil moisture,” Waters tells Missourinet affiliate KFEQ […]