The continuing drought is affecting the corn crop prompting some farmers to use it to feed to livestock. The University of Missouri Extension advises farmers to have corn stalks, including ears of corn, tested for nitrates. Tim Baker is an MU Specialist headquartered in Gallatin and offers insights on nitrate levels. The Grundy […]
A new report from the Missouri Hospital Association finds increased turnover rates among the majority of hospital-based healthcare positions. Vacancy rates decreased for several employee categories, including registered nurses, between 2016 and 2017. However, combined turnover among all professions surveyed increased statewide from 16 percent in 2016 to 17.7 percent in 2017. “Every Missourian has […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Trenton woman sustained moderate injuries when a car struck a parked car two miles northwest of Edinburg Wednesday morning. Forty-nine-year-old Toni Allen drove east on Fawnwood Drive when the car she drove hit the parked car on the north side of the road. Allen’s vehicle was moved prior to the […]
The Missouri Soil and Water Districts Commission has approved the following five actions in response to Governor Parson’s Executive Order 18-05 Drought Alert: Require soil and water conservation districts to move landowners completing the drought practices listed below to the top of waiting lists. Defer the Grazing School Requirement for 12 months after contract approval […]
To help with livestock feed and forage shortages, Missouri landowners can apply to the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service to cut hay on up to 50 percent of the grass areas within their wetland easements located in drought-designated counties. Eligible counties are those with drought conditions rated severe (D2) or extreme (D3) in the U.S. […]
The past week has been a busy one for the men and women of the Livingston County Sheriff’s Department and it all began with an investigation of the alleged violation of a protection order. Although no names have been released in the incident, it was reported that information collected during the investigation has led to a […]
The three-member Utility Committee to the Trenton City Council discussed several topics when they met for 90 minutes Tuesday night but no official action was taken. Dawn Stewart told of a flooded basement after an apparent sewer backup. It was noted a fiber optics contractor had a crew working in her yard. Trenton Municipal Utilities […]
Trenton’s’ Administrative Committee will recommend to the city council, a lease with Gary Jordan of Trenton to rent the north end of the big hangar at the airport which is 48 by 62 feet in size and can house two planes. The cost that the committee and Jordan agreed upon during an open meeting last […]
A Grundy County Democratic Candidate Cookout was held at the Rock Barn in Trenton Saturday night featuring candidates for the August 7th Primary Election appearing before what was described as a moderately sized crowd. Vying for the nomination for the office of Missouri’s 6th Congressional District, all three candidates: Winston Apple, Henry Martin, and Dr. […]
The Highway Patrol reports two area teens sustained minor injuries after a forage harvester struck a car one mile east of Hamilton Friday afternoon. Forty-six-year-old Michael Sweiger of Weatherby drove the forage harvester east on the shoulder and driving lane of U. S. Highway 36 west of Sunset Road, and 18-year-old Phillip Davis of Kingston […]
The Mercer County Health Department in Princeton will hold an open house to show off it’s recently remodeled building. The open house will be held on Monday, July 16th from 11:30 in the morning until 1 o’clock in the afternoon. Administrator Gina Finney says it will include a light lunch, cake, punch, and tours of […]
The Jamesport Tri-County Board of Education accepted bids for bread, milk, and fuel at its meeting Wednesday evening. The accepted bread bid was from Graves with Superintendent David Probasco noting the bid was for several bread products, which varied in price. The milk bid was from Hiland Dairy for the variable rate option. The milk […]
The Gallatin Driver Examination Station normally located in the Daviess County Courthouse in Gallatin will be temporarily relocated next month. The driver examination station will be moved to the Daviess County Library in Gallatin August 7th due to election functions at the courthouse. Testing hours will be from 9 o’clock in the morning to 4 […]
President Donald Trump recently invited 40 families of fallen service members to Washington, D.C., for a reception and memorial service to remind them – and our country – what they represent. Linda Ambard, a violence prevention integrator assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, was there. She lost her husband […]
State Auditor Nicole Galloway has issued a follow-up report of Putnam County Memorial Hospital in northern Missouri. Her report last year uncovered $90 million in inappropriate lab billings. The findings of the audit were covered by national news outlets and resulted in calls for a federal investigation into hospital billing schemes. “Our audit revealed a […]
Due to a prolonged drought in portions of Missouri, emergency grazing of CRP during the primary nesting season has been authorized for 34 counties. The following counties have been approved for CRP grazing and include Adair, Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Holt, Jackson, Knox, Lafayette, Lewis, Linn, Livingston, […]
The bridge on Route AA/H over Interstate 35 in Harrison County is getting a new deck soon. Contractors from Chester Bross Construction Company of Palmyra, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, have removed the old deck and are ready to pour a new one. The new deck pour is scheduled overnight beginning Monday, July […]
A former secretary and bookkeeper at the Tri-County R-7 School District of Jamesport has been convicted on 13 felony counts relating to embezzlement at the school district. The Gallatin North Missourian reports a Caldwell County jury convicted 43-year-old Dana Lee Maxwell of Gallatin Thursday on charges that included receiving stolen goods and forgery. The trial […]
(Missourinet) – A legendary author from southwest Missouri had her name stripped from a major children’s book award Saturday. Laura Ingalls Wilder, who lived in Mansfield for more than sixty years, is the author of the famous Little House on the Prairie novels. The Mansfield Library Center’s Nancee Dahms-Stinson says Wilder’s books still fly off […]
Trenton City Council last night approved a commitment to purchase a wheel loader for the street department use at the asphalt plant. A discussion was held on adding days to legally shoot fireworks within the city limits but ultimately doing nothing and not taking any vote on changing an existing ordinance at this time. Through […]
