The Annual Field Day at the Forage Systems Research Systems Center near Linneus next month will feature presentations on beef cattle, industrial hemp, beekeeping, industrial hemp, and weather. The free public event will begin the morning of September 10th at 8:30 and will include a free lunch. Beef cattle topics will include discussions on new […]
FEMA’s mitigation experts will be visiting Carrollton in Carroll County August 22-27 to offer home-improvement tips on rebuilding better and stronger after this year’s severe storms in Missouri. The team will also share proven methods to prevent or reduce damage from a disaster. Most of the information and free publications are aimed at general contractors […]
The Trenton R-9 Board of Education unanimously voted against a tax rate ceiling adjustment at a special meeting on Wednesday morning. The tax rate ceiling adjustment would have raised the incidental fund rate to $329.66 cents and the total tax levy to $419.66 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. The debt service levy is 90 […]
The Princeton R-5 Board of Education approved the proposed tax rate as presented at a hearing Monday evening. The tax levy for 2019-2020 was set at $5.0974 cents per $100 of assessed valuation, which is an increase of two point two seven cents from last year. The 2019-2020 tax levy includes $3.96.42 cents for the […]
Longtime Grundy County 4-H volunteer Carrol Key will be inducted into the Missouri 4-H Hall of Fame at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, August 17. The event occurs in conjunction with the Missouri State Fair and will be located at the Fred E. Davis Multipurpose Center on the State Fair Community College campus in Sedalia. The public […]
After facing continued delays due to weather and flooding, Boone Construction Company, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation has made steady progress on both the West Yellow Creek and West Locust Creek bridge replacement projects. Crews expect construction on the West Yellow Creek Bridge, east of Milan, to be completed in late August and […]
Heartland Foundation is now accepting proposals for 2020 CollaborACTION grant funding. CollaborACTION grants help support collaborative solutions which are designed to champion new innovations that have the potential to impact education levels, character development and/or workforce skills. Innovative project proposals need to be a collaboration between two or more partnering organizations. Projects may focus on […]
The Pleasant View R-6 Board of Education voted to increase the district’s tax rate at a hearing on Tuesday evening. The rate was set at 480.94 cents or $4.80.94 which is up four-point seven-eight cents from the previous year. During the regular meeting, the board approved the resignation of board member Luke Gibson due him […]
The Trenton R-9 Board of Education approved the 2019 tax rate at a hearing prior to its regular meeting on Tuesday evening. The board set the tax rate at $4.127 cents per $100 of assessed valuation which includes $3.227 for the incidental fund and 90 cents for the debt service. The 2019 tax levy is […]
While all eight agenda items were eventually approved, several were decided by split votes last night of the eight-member Trenton City Council. By the end of this year, Trenton Municipal Utilities will have transitioned to having an Olathe, Kansas company provide the billing and mailing services. The change is seen by TMU officials as saving […]
Trenton city sales tax receipts are up slightly for general purposes, capital projects, and parks in the first four months of this fiscal year compared to the same period a year ago, May through August. The revenue growth is nearly one percent, in dollar amounts that’s an increase of $2,100 general purposes, up approximately $1,100 […]
One of 15 panels for a mural to be on display in the Truman Building at Jefferson City for Missouri’s 200th birthday in 2021 will come to in Trenton during the Missouri Day Festival. Communities from across Missouri will provide artists to complete the Missouri Bicentennial Paint for a Cause mural over the next two […]
