Low-interest disaster loans are available through the Small Business Administration for eligible persons and small businesses in five northwest Missouri counties impacted by flooding a month ago. The SBA reports loans are available to homeowners, renters, and small businesses in Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, and Platte Counties. This includes those who were impacted by the […]
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Tractor being “Jump Started” runs over resident of Sumner
The highway patrol reported a tractor was still in gear when it was being “jump-started,” began moving, running over a resident of Sumner. Sixty-one-year-old Gregory Dougherty of Sumner received serious injuries and was transported to University Hospital in Columbia. The accident happened Wednesday morning on Fulbright Road in northwest Chariton County, four miles east of […]
Mosaic Life Care Foundation approvers “EmPowerU program” to be free of charge over next five years
The Mosaic Life Care Foundation Board of Trustees approved a change in the emPowerU fee structure for the next five years. EmPowerU educational programming will be offered free of charge through the next five years for school districts in the Foundation’s 31 county service region in northwest Missouri and adjacent counties in Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa. Foundation […]
Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri announces newest member of Board of Directors
The newest member of The Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri Board of Directors is Kyle Stith. A native of Caldwell County, Stith graduated from Polo High School in 2009 and earned a degree from the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Pharmacy in 2015. Currently, he is a licensed funeral director and co-owns […]
Man from De Kalb dies at Mercer Homecoming Park during ATV drag race
A northwest Missouri man was fatally injured Saturday evening when the all-terrain vehicle he was operating hit a utility pole just north of Mercer during an ATV drag race at Mercer Homecoming Park. Sixty-four-year-old Billy Nichols of De Kalb was pronounced dead at Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton slightly more than an hour after the […]
Audio: Business picks up at Missouri’s 13 casinos since reopening in June
Operations at Missouri’s 13 casinos are getting back to normal, at least as normal as they can be during the ongoing spread of COVID-19. Due to the pandemic, they were closed from mid-March through May 31. St. Jo Frontier Casino officials in northwest Missouri has welcomed its customers back while working to maintain safe conditions […]
Green Hills Regional Planning Commission to receive $400K CARES Act grant
The Green Hills Regional Planning Commission in Trenton will receive a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant from the Economic Development Administration. The grant will help the commission respond to the Coronavirus pandemic by supporting business owners and community partners to ensure economic recovery. Congressman Sam Graves of Missouri applauded the announcement of Recovery Assistance […]
Rapid Removal reiterates conditions of trash pickup during pandemic
Rapid Removal is following the national response set forth by waste haulers in the country regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. The haulers are suspending weekly bulky item pick up and cleanups due to the ability of the virus to live on the surface of items. Rapid Removal notes suspending those services minimizes sanitation workers’ exposure to […]
Former Trenton resident appointed to board of Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri
A former Trenton resident has been appointed to the Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri Board of Directors. Steve Maxey of Kansas City recently retired from the foundation as its Director of Marketing and Fund Development. Upon his retirement, he was appointed to the 21-member board made up of representatives from the 18-county region. Maxey is […]
Audio: Northern Missouri food bank CEO testifies before Congress about hunger needs, during COVID pandemic
The chief executive officer of a northwest Missouri-based food bank says the response and recovery effort from COVID-19 will be the largest relief assistance program in American history, “by far.” Second Harvest Community Food Bank CEO Chad Higdon testified Tuesday before a congressional subcommittee on emergency management. Higdon testified at the request of […]
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announces Missouri Regional Teachers of the Year
The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) announced the 2021 Missouri Regional Teachers of the Year, with the 34 selected teachers now under consideration to be named the 2021 Missouri Teacher of the Year. Committees comprised of education peers and key stakeholders from each Regional Professional Development Center (RPDC) in Missouri selected the 2021 […]
University Missouri Extension pilots beef record-keeping project
The University of Missouri Extension began a three-year project in March to help beef producers improve whole-herd record-keeping. MU Extension specialists in Columbia, Albany, and Savannah worked with three northwestern Missouri producers to record and compare whole-herd production data, said livestock specialist Shawn Deering. By comparing individual and herd data to regional and national standards, […]
Audio: Maximize Northwest Missouri releases survey asking residents ways to “grow and improve”
Maximize Northwest Missouri has released a survey to collect information about what residents like about Northwest Missouri as well as ways it can grow and improve. University of Missouri Extension County Engagement Specialist Jackie Spainhower says Maximize Missouri is made up of Extension faculty, organizations, and individuals in the area. Spainhower notes the Alumni and […]
MoDOT planned road work in north Missouri for the week of July 20, 2020
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in North Missouri for the week of July 20 – 26. All road closures and planned roadwork may be viewed on the Traveler Information Map at http://traveler.modot.org/map/. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in some of […]
Two-year-old boy survives, four others dead in rollover crash on Highway 169
Four people died as a result of a vehicle traveling off a highway in far northwest Missouri and overturning multiple times. Only a two-year-old boy survived as the highway patrol said he was using a safety device. The accident on Thursday afternoon happened nine miles northeast of St. Joseph. The driver, 61-year-old Twila Obanion of […]
Scrub seal project on Route 13 in Caldwell and Daviess counties delayed
The weather has delayed the start of the scrub seal on Route 13 in Caldwell and Daviess counties by one day. Vance Brothers, Inc., working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, will now begin the scrub seal on Route 13 in Caldwell and Daviess counties between U.S. Route 69 and Route 6 on Friday, July […]
Grundy County Commission approves ballot question relating to brush control
The Grundy County Commission approved the morning of Tuesday, July 14th placing a question on the April 2021 election ballot regarding a Missouri statute (263.247), which would allow the commission to enforce brush control adjacent to county roads. The statute involves brush removal along county right-of-way or maintenance easement, subject to voter approval of all […]
Unemployment rate in Grundy County drops by 1% in May
The newest unemployment rate for Grundy County has come down by one percent when compared to the previous month. May is the latest month available from the state for the county unemployment numbers. Grundy County this past May stood at 5.9%. (6.9% in April). That rate is based on a civilian labor force of 4,353 […]
Grundy County Commission opens bids for bridge construction
The Grundy County Commission opened five bids on the morning of Tuesday, July 7th for a bridge to be constructed on Southwest 80th Street. The bids were from Decker Services of Lathrop for $520,897.05, Widel Incorporated of Blackwater for $522,562.62, Boone Construction Company of Columbia for $559,571.13, Brookfield Box and Bridge for $565,078.75, and MS […]