The Princeton R-5 Board of Education approved a quote for high school roof repairs at a work session Tuesday evening. The project will cost $12,250 and be completed later this month or April and the roof work will complete the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning updates and roof repairs approved by voters last April. Superintendent […]
The Trenton Park Board discussed a storage building that Trenton High School, North Central Missouri College, AA, and AAA baseball could use. Vice President Josh Lisle and board member Curtis Crawford said they would get together to determine the size and location of the building and talk to the board about it in the future. […]
Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway has announced that her office has started work on a regularly scheduled audit of the government of Daviess County, located in northwest Missouri. Audit staff are on-site in the county seat of Gallatin. Auditor Galloway encouraged citizens to share concerns or information through the dedicated hotline. Auditor Galloway encouraged citizens […]
The Missouri National Guard’s 548th Transportation Company based in Trenton will hold a deployment ceremony at the Ketchum Community Center on the North Central Missouri College campus the afternoon of March 11 at 1:30. Friends, family members, and supporters are invited to attend the ceremony. The unit will leave after the ceremony for the final […]
A Lawson man sustained what the Highway Patrol called minor injuries when a train hit his vehicle southwest of Polo Wednesday morning. The Patrol reports 21-year-old Brady McCaskey traveled north on Boulder Road and attempted to apply his brakes as he approached train tracks. Upon seeing the approaching vehicle, the train operator, 45-year-old James Fisher […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of two Trenton men on Tuesday. Forty-three-year-old Patrick Shaun Michael was arrested on misdemeanor charges of violation of a protection order for an adult and violation of a child protection order on February 14. Bond was set at $5,000. Court documents accuse Michael of knowlingly violating protection […]
A North Central Missouri College alum and 2017 NCMC Athletic Hall of Fame member is sharing his love of baseball with inner city youth. Kansas Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities Executive Director Cle Ross helps disadvantaged youth ages three through 18 with educational programs and activities related to baseball and softball. It is the only […]
Among cases processed Tuesday in the Associate Division of the Grundy County Circuit Court. 51-year-old Lyle Hendee pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of passing bad checks. The charge was reduced from a felony per a plea agreement. Hendee, with a St. Joseph address in the court records was fined $200, ordered to pay restitution […]
The Winston R-6 School District held a groundbreaking for its new school Tuesday morning. Superintendent Brian Robinson says the school district took the opportunity to showcase its students at the groundbreaking. Robinson explains that the new school has been in the works for five years. He says the new two story, […]
The Gallatin City Council approved an ordinance adopting and enacting a new chapter 210 for offenses and providing repeal of inconsistent provisions at its meeting Monday evening. The council also approved a motion to authorize Mayor Barb Ballew to sign the approval to alter the Arland and Mary Haynes Revocable Trust document. Ballew signed change […]
Chillicothe and other fire departments responded yesterday to a grass fire at 13962 LIV Road 424. Upon arrival, firefighters found approximately one acre on fire. In addition to Chillicothe using two brush rigs, Dawn and Mooresville Fire Departments responded with a tanker and three brush rigs. It was noted this location is near where a […]
The Laredo R-7 School District will hold its Preschool and Kindergarten Roundup the morning of Friday, March 24 from 8:30 to 11 o’clock. The screening is for three, four, and five-year-olds and children turning four years old by August 1 are eligible for the 2017-2018 Preschool Program. Current preschool students will also need to sign up for […]
The Chillicothe Fire Department responded to a large timber fire at Camp Kiliroco at LIV 231 last night. Fire Chief Darrell Wright reports Chillicothe Fire arrived with a rural truck, brush truck, and mule with three personnel. Wright says someone directed the firefighters to the fire when they arrived at the scene noting they discovered […]
The Grundy County Sherrif’s Office reports the arrest of a Trenton man on the felony charge of violation of an order of protection for an adult. Forty-eight-year-old David Cooley was arrested in court today with bond set at $10,000 cash only. He is scheduled for the associate division of circuit court March 14th. Court documents accuse […]
The Trenton Building and Nuisance Board last evening voted to refer four residential properties for legal action after members were told nothing was being done to make improvements or clean up. Referred to the city attorney are 1109 Merrill and 402 West 12th Street owned by Clarence Leonard, 1005 West Crowder Road owned by Bobby […]
A Cameron resident was injured this morning when the car he was driving traveled across Highway 33 in Clinton County and struck an embankment. 28-year-old Matthew Hunter of Cameron was listed by the highway patrol as receiving moderate injuries. He was taken by ambulance to Mosiac Health Care hospital in St. Joseph. The highway patrol […]
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Two arrests are in the report from the Grundy County Sheriff’s Department. 69-year-old Ivan Snook of Humeston, Iowa was arrested on a Grundy County warrant accusing him of passing a bad check on an alleged nonexistant bank account in December 2011. Snook was arrested on the felony charge by authorities in Iowa. He was extradited to Grundy […]
The 10th Annual Polar Plunge held on Feb. 25 at Lake Viking was classified as aa splashing success, raising $30,000 to date. A record 100 brave men and women from around the area donned costumes and swimwear to take a chilly dip into Lake Viking. Their Reason for Freezin’… the athletes of Special Olympics Missouri! […]
The Trenton City Council last night adopted four ordinances – three of which deal with changes to municipal court. Trenton street department will be asphalting some streets for Lawson this summer with Lawson paying Trenton, just over $105,000. Street Supervisor Martin Schieb reported this is similar to the arrangement of two years ago – only about […]
