The Grundy County R-5 Board of Education at its meeting Monday evening accepted the resignation of a paraprofessional. Megan Peterson’s resignation is effective at the end of the current school year. The board also heard retirement announcements from long-time elementary teachers Alesia Campbell and Leetta Fordyce as well as from elementary cook Diana Rains effective […]
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Missouri’s spring turkey season ends with nearly 35,800 birds harvested
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows that turkey hunters checked 34,055 birds during Missouri’s 2018 regular spring turkey season April 16 through May 6. Top harvest counties were Franklin with 760 birds checked, Texas with 732, and Laclede with 657. Young turkey hunters harvested 1,729 birds during the 2018 spring youth season, […]
Grundy County Commission holds follow-up meeting with NextEra Energy
Three representatives of NextEra Energy met late Monday morning at the Courthouse in Trenton with the Grundy County Commission. The meeting was a follow-up to an initial meeting NextEra had with county commissioners on January 23rd. Commissioners say they were informed the wind energy company will begin evaluations in the northeast part of Grundy County. […]
Missouri voters to decide on initiative targeting corruption in government
Volunteers in the Clean Missouri Initiative recently submitted nearly 347,000 signatures to the Secretary of State’s office – more than double the amount needed to get their issues on a statewide ballot in November. The initiative’s goal is to rid the state of corruption by giving voters the power to decide on limits to campaign contribution and […]
Grand River Audubon Society to meet Wednesday
The next Grand River Audubon Society meeting will be Wednesday, May 9th, at the Litton AgriScience Center near Chillicothe. Social time is at 6:30 followed at 7 by the program presented by Charlie Windels,”Biking Australia.” Charlie accompanied a motorcycle group through Australia. The public is welcome and refreshments will be served.
Students from Linn and Livingston Counties attend Farm Safety Day
Nearly 150 third through fifth-grade students from six schools in Linn and Livingston counties attended the Second Farm Safety Day at the Forage Systems Research Center in Linneus this week. Students went on a 10-stop tour that provided them information about farm, ATV, electrical, tractor, and water and boat safety as well as first aid […]
Natural gas leak forces evacuation of Trenton residents
A natural gas leak Thursday morning resulted in the evacuation of residents near Norton Street and Crowder Road in Trenton. Trenton Fire Lieutenant Doug Franklin reports firefighters arrived at the corner of Norton Street and Crowder Road and found boring equipment operated by Boley Utilities Construction that had a significant amount of natural gas coming […]
MoDOT planned road work for the week of May 7, 2018
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the North Missouri planned for the week of May 7 – 13 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, shoulder work, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs, litter pick up […]
First portion of 83-mile resurfacing project on Highway 65 complete
A resurfacing project through Mercer, Grundy, Livingston, and Carroll counties is scheduled to start back up sooner than originally expected. The Missouri Department of Transportation has contracted with Vance Brothers to resurface approximately 83 miles of U.S. Route 65 between the Iowa border and the Missouri River as well as a small portion of Route […]
Missouri Department of Conservation reminds people to leave wildlife wild
Spring brings the births of wild animals such as birds, rabbits, and squirrels. With that come good intentions of kind-hearted people who want to adopt baby animals they find because they think they have been orphaned or abandoned. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds people to leave these young wild animals where they find […]
K-9 officer Zaki stops escaping prisoner in Chillicothe
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox credits the departments’ law enforcement K-9 with running after a prisoner who fled on foot while at the sheriff’s office in Chillicothe, but stopped once he saw the dog in action. 20-year-old Jeremiah Joel Bailiff of St. Louis was being finger-printed when the alleged escape from custody occurred. Bailiff had been arrested following […]
Chillicothe woman injured in two-vehicle crash near Meadville
The Highway Patrol reports a Chillicothe woman sustained minor injuries in a two-vehicle accident near Meadville Tuesday morning. Twenty-seven-year-old Derick Dennis of Humphreys reportedly failed to stop his pickup at a stop sign and pulled into the path of a sports utility vehicle driven by Lorrinda Suddith of Chillicothe. Both vehicles came to rest off […]
Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge opening Saturday March 3
The gates at Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge will once again open to the public on Saturday, March 3, 2018, at 6 AM. The Refuge is closed annually from late October to the first Saturday of March to allow for undisturbed habitat for migrating and wintering waterfowl. Once spring arrives the place becomes a Refuge […]
Trenton Building and Nuisance Board changes status on properties
Trenton’s Building and Nuisance Board evaluated several properties of concern during a nearly one-hour meeting last night at City Hall. The board voted to remove three of the locations from the list after determining issues had been abated. These are at 825 West Crowder Road, owned by Bill Grubb, 1909 Carnes belonging to Rogelio Olivo and […]
I-35 crash near Cameron injures Lathrop man
A Lathrop man has been injured in an I-35 traffic accident at Cameron. The highway patrol reports 34-year-old Matthew Carrel was taken by ambulance Monday morning to Mosiac Life Care in St. Joseph with serious Injuries. Carrel’s northbound pickup went off the east side of Interstate 35 and struck a guardrail. The vehicle came to […]
Amish minister Samuel Borntreger sentenced to prison
Sentencing was yesterday afternoon at the Courthouse in Bethany for a man accused of poisoning his wife nearly ten years ago when they lived in Harrison County. Samuel Borntreger was sentenced to 25 years in prison on charges of second-degree murder. He had pleaded guilty June 21st in Division One of the Harrison County Circuit […]
David Manus Jr. receives 7-year prison sentence
A Trenton man, David Wayne Manus Jr. received a seven-year sentence to the Department of Corrections in connection with the abduction of a 9-year-old Trenton girl in October of 2015. Manus pleaded guilty in court on Thursday, June 23 to charges of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child as well as sexual misconduct by […]
Wheeling man cited for speeding 107 mph: The cost of speed, it’s more than a ticket
It happened Wednesday, April 27 as a Livingston County Sheriff deputy was on Highway K near Liv 261. The deputy checked a vehicle on radar at 107 mph in a 55 mph zone. The driver from Wheeling, Missouri was stopped, cited for the high speed and posted bond for the violation. The driver is scheduled […]
Chillicothe Police Department conducts massive drug sweep
On Friday, March 11, 2016, the Chillicothe Police Department conducted an operation that resulted in the arrest of several individuals on drug charges. These charges were a result of a lengthy investigation conducted by Chillicothe Police Officers. The following subjects were arrested after Livingston County warrants were issued that stemmed from ongoing investigations: Trinity Joe […]
Trenton City Council Meeting Report for Monday, February 22, 2016
The Trenton City Council’s finance committee meets several times during preparations for the city budget for the fiscal year beginning May 1st. That’s also the case this year, with two more meetings announced for Wednesday, February 23, and Friday, February 26, both at noon. Trenton mayor nick McHargue, during last night’s city council meeting, said […]