Tiger Fiber is breaking ground on a hemp processing plant near St. Louis and is looking at possible locations for a processing plant in northwest Missouri. Selby says hemp could become a great new cash crop for northwest Missouri farmers. United Cooperatives of Plattsburg and Osborn has made an investment in Tiger Fiber, […]
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Drought conditions remain unchanged in Northern Missouri
Even for those areas that received a bit of rain last week, the latest information shows drought conditions in northern Missouri are unchanged from the previous week. The drought monitor index map was released Thursday and based on conditions as of Tuesday. All or parts of 11 northern Missouri counties continue with moderate (D-1) drought. […]
North Central Missouri College looks into expanding services to Savannah, Missouri
North Central Missouri College is working to acquire a property in Savannah, possibly before the end of the year. A Savannah location would enable the college to eventually consolidate programs and services currently offered at several leased locations in Northwest Missouri. The college hopes to offer short-term workforce training at the site as early as […]
Lack of rain edges northern Missouri into drought
The lack of rain over the last six weeks has increased areas of Missouri that are experiencing some degree of drought. A report released on Thursday shows 44 percent of the state have conditions ranging from abnormally dry to moderate and severe drought. Just about all of the drought concerns exist throughout northern Missouri and […]
Fund created to honor late Howie Lynch of Trenton
The Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri announces the formation of a special fund to honor the late Howie Lynch of Trenton. At the request of his family, a fund has been created to support the Ebbe Sports Complex in Trenton with planning for a new permanent concession stand, a wish made by Howie for many […]
Missouri Department of Conservation to provide drop-off sites for those wanting CWD testing of deer
The Missouri Department of Conservation will provide drop-off sites in Northwest Missouri for hunters who wish to have deer tested for chronic wasting disease. Four drop off sites in a CWD Management Zone will be available through January 15th: the Lake Paho Conservation Area of Princeton, The Trading Post of Marceline, PB-5 of Linneus, and […]
Election Preview: Voters will decide who stays and who goes in statewide races today
The months of campaigning are over and the fate of each candidate on the Missouri general election ballot today rests in the hands of voters. Here is an overview of some of the top races on today’s ballot: Republican Governor Mike Parson is seeking his first full term as Missouri’s chief executive officer. He faces […]
Twelve more veterans die from COVID-19 at Cameron veterans home in past 10-days
Twelve more veterans have died from COVID at the state veterans home in northwest Missouri’s Cameron. The Missouri Veterans Commission says 12 more veterans have died at the Cameron home in the past ten days, bringing the total number of COVID deaths there to 22, since September 1. MVC spokesman Jamie Melchert tells Missourinet that […]
Northwest Missouri man crashes on Interstate-44; accused of DWI
A northwest Missouri resident was hurt early Sunday west of Springfield when the pickup truck he was driving ran off Interstate 44, overturned, and hit guard cables. Twenty-year-old Luke Thompson of Union Star was taken to Cox South Hospital in Springfield with moderate injuries. The accident happened seven miles west of Springfield on eastbound I-44 […]
White House report ranks Missouri 18th in new COVID-19 cases
The latest White House Coronavirus Task Force report ranks Missouri 18th for its rate of new COVID-19 cases. The report, dated October 25, says 87% of all Missouri counties have moderate to high levels of community transmission. St. Louis County, Jackson County, and St. Charles County leads the state in the new case count. Recommendations […]
Food Safety webinar scheduled for November 17, 2020
The Missouri Small Business Development Center at Northwest Missouri State University, the Missouri Small Business Development Center for Agriculture, Food and Forestry, and University Missouri Extension are partnering to host a Food Safety for Food Processors and Small Businesses webinar on Nov. 17, 2020, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. There is no fee to […]
Winter Weather Advisory issued for northern Missouri until Tuesday morning
Winter returns to northern Missouri today with snow, freezing temperatures, and wind. A Winter Weather Advisory is now in place for all counties in northern Missouri until 1 am Tuesday Morning. The exception is Scotland and Knox counties, which are excluded from the advisory. Snow with some mixed precipitation is expected with total snow accumulations […]
Audio: Garland Nelson denies killing brothers from Wisconsin
The Missouri man accused in the murders of two Wisconsin brothers still denies killing them. Bob Hague from Wisconsin Radio Network has this: A prosecutor told a judge in Johnson County Missouri Tuesday that Garland Nelson admitted to law enforcement that he disposed of the bodies of Nicholas and Justin Diemel at his […]
Audio: 67 veterans at Missouri veterans homes have died from COVID-19, since September 1
Another 11 veterans living in Missouri veterans homes have died due to COVID-19 in the past week, bringing the total number of deaths to 67 since September 1. Missourinet followed-up Tuesday with the Missouri Veterans Commission (MVC), on the number of deaths since September, broken down by facility. The Missouri Veterans Commission reports 29 […]
Audio: Missouri woman to be executed in December for 2004 northwest Missouri murder.
A woman convicted of fatally strangling a pregnant woman, cutting her body open, and kidnapping her baby is scheduled to be executed in December. The Justice Department said Friday that Lisa Montgomery is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Dec. 8 at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. Montgomery […]
Former THS student attains the rank of Eagle Scout
Former Trenton High School student Aiden Mcatee received his Eagle Scout award during a service Sunday morning at the First Christian Church in Trenton. The Maryville High School senior is a member of Boy Scout Troop 97 earning 24 merit badges and the World Conservation Award. For his Eagle Scout project, Mcatee revitalized the landscaping […]
Missouri Amendment Three debate centers around a nonpartisan demographer
Both sides in the debate on Missouri’s Amendment Three November ballot measure presented their case to voters Wednesday evening, in a virtual forum hosted by Springfield’s Drury University. Missourians approved “Clean Missouri” in 2018, which required a nonpartisan demographer to draw state legislative districts. Amendment Three transfers that responsibility to governor-appointed bipartisan commissions. State Sen. […]
Princeton Board of Education approves bus routes, hears update on ball field relocation plan
The Princeton R-5 Board of Education approved school bus routes and heard an update on the ball field relocation plan on the evening of Tuesday, October 13th. A news release reports the Princeton Ball Association and Princeton School District are working to relocate the softball and baseball complex from its current location in the lower […]
Trump Administration invests nearly $42 million to improve rural electric infrastructure in rural Missouri, Iowa, & Nebraska
The Trump Administration, along with the Department of Agriculture Rural Development State Directors for Missouri Jeff Case, for Iowa Grant Menke, and for Nebraska Karl Elmshaeuser, today announced the USDA is investing $41,967,000 to build and improve critical electric infrastructure. The funding, made possible through the Electric Loan Program, will benefit more than 77,000 rural […]
Audio: Northwest Missouri’s largest school district switching to hybrid model on Monday
A COVID outbreak among St. Joseph teachers has caused northwest Missouri’s largest school district to rethink its education model for 11,000 students. Reporter Brent Martin from St. Joseph affiliate KFEQ has details: St. Joseph had offered students a choice: in class or online at home, then, 80 teachers had to stay home, either […]