Big Rig Crash

Big rig demolished in Highway 36 crash

Views: 0A Linn County crash on Wednesday night one mile east of the Marceline Junction injured a truck driver from Cameron. Sixty six-year-old Robert Ellison received minor injuries and was taken by an ambulance to Pershing Memorial Hospital. Ellison was driving a Freightliner truck eastbound when it traveled off the right side of Highway 36 and […]

Fatal Crash

Big rig overturns on Highway 36 killing driver

Views: 0A man from Avon, Illinois died as the result of a Mack truck overturning one half mile south of Meadville on Friday night. The Patrol reports an ambulance transported 61-year-old William Simmons to Pershing Memorial Hospital of Brookfield where he was pronounced dead approximately one hour after the crash. The big rig traveled east […]

Water Rescue

Authorities rescue family of 7 near Lock Springs

Views: 0First responders from Lock Springs and Jamesport worked with the Daviess County Sheriff’s Office to rescue a family from floodwaters north of Lock Springs Thursday night. A representative from the sheriff’s office reports the creek near Highway 190 and Route V flooded, and a vehicle drove into floodwaters at the railroad bridge. The mother, […]

A field of soybeans

Audio: Soybean fields looks surprising clean

Views: 4(Brownfield article by Mark Dorenkamp) Many farmers have been surprised by how clean their soybean fields look given the challenges this spring. Jeff Moon with Corteva Agriscience says while planting delays and the corresponding late fieldwork was frustrating, it did help suppress weeds. “When we can delay that tillage pass, we take out a […]

Spickard, Missouri

Spickard Board of Aldermen take action on contracts

Views: 1The Spickard Board of Aldermen took action on two contracts at a special meeting Wednesday night. Board member J. R. Roberts read a new contract with the Spickard Special Road District. Previous information from the City of Spickard reported the contract would be for one year and involve the city deducting costs of street […]