The Laredo R-7 Board of Education Monday evening approved increasing the cost of school lunch. The cost of lunch for students was increased from $2.30 to $2.40 which was required to meet the federal school lunch requirements. The board will advertise for bids for milk, propane, and diesel fuel, which will be opened at the […]
A Unionville truck driver was taken to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville following an accident late Wednesday afternoon two miles west of Livonia. The accident report listed 74-year-old Dorvin Ledford with minor injuries. The highway patrol reports Ledford was eastbound when the tractor-trailer he was driving ran off the left side of Highway 136 […]
One of multiple programs the Community Action Partnership of North Central Missouri provides is the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Executive Director Aaron Franklin says that LIHEAP assists families by paying utility bills. He says the agency began the winter portion of the program in November. The agency was able to make a one-time […]
A Kirksville resident was injured in a rollover accident Monday afternoon in eastern Putnam County three miles north of Glendale. Twenty-five-year-old Mackenzie Schramm was taken by ambulance to Northeast Regional Medical Center of Kirksville. The highway patrol reported she was using a seat belt and listed her injuries as minor. Ms. Schramm was driving southbound […]
The Trustees of the GEC Community Foundation, Inc. met April 13, 2018, and awarded 14 grants totaling $6,461. All grants are funded by member donations called Operation Round Up where members voluntarily round up their utility bills each month to fund grants to eligible entities. Education grants were awarded to Grundy County R-V School District, Humphreys; Trenton […]
Two vehicles collided at an intersection in Unionville early Wednesday evening, resulting in one driver being taken to a hospital. The highway patrol reports 18-year-old Jessica Raisor of Unionville was taken by ambulance to Putnam County Memorial Hospital of Unionville with minor injuries. Ms. Raisor was driving a car eastbound when she attempted to make […]
A couple north Missouri residents filed for district offices on Tuesday, which was the final day to become candidates for the August Primary election. It took until the final day but there’s now a race for Third District State Representative serving area counties of Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan, and part of Adair. Joni Perry of Kirksville […]
The University of Missouri Extension is accepting applications for the Northeast Missouri Livestock Person of the Year award. The individual who receives this award must have made a significant contribution to the livestock industry in northeast Missouri and/or beyond. Eligible applicants can be livestock producers, agribusiness or agency personnel, or agriculture researchers. Long-time supporters of […]
The four counties of the Third Judicial Circuit Court received awards during a late morning ceremony at the Grundy County Courthouse in Trenton. Presentations of plaques were handled by Missouri State Courts Administrator Kathy Lloyd on behalf of the Supreme Court of Missouri. Ms. Lloyd traveled to Trenton for the 11 am awards to the […]
County unemployment rates are at their lowest levels in a number of years. According to the Division of Employment Security, the Grundy County rate for October was two point one percent. That’s a full percent lower than the rate noted in September (3.1%). And the latest rate is down almost two percentage points from a […]
A project bringing smoother driving surfaces to Mercer, Putnam and Sullivan counties is nearing completion. Route B in Mercer County and Route C in Sullivan County have already been resurfaced. Contractors from W.L. Miller Company of Hamilton, Illinois, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, plan to begin the final phase of the project: resurfacing […]
Five area counties have unemployment rates above the state average of three point eight percent. Grundy County is just a shade below that figure, coming in at three point seven percent for June based on 179 persons unemployed out of a civilian labor force of 4,800. The June rate is lower than May when Grundy […]
Resurfacing on Route C in Sullivan County as well as Routes 149 and W in Putnam County has been delayed. Contractors from W. L. Miller Company of Hamilton, Illinois, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, planned to start resurfacing Route C June 20th, but were unable to begin the work. Crews now plan to […]
Missouri State Treasurer Eric Schmitt will publish names of residents with unclaimed property later this month. There are currently 3,357 account owners holding $1,576,750.70 in unclaimed property in the third legislative district alone. The third legislative district is made up of Mercer, Sullivan, Putnam, and Adair counties. Statewide there is close to one billion dollars […]
The Missouri Department of Transportation has resurfacing projects planned in Mercer, Putnam, and Sullivan counties. Contractors from W. L. Miller Company of Hamilton, Illinois will work with MoDOT to resurface Route B in Mercer County starting May 30th. There will be single lane closures around the work from the Iowa line to U. S. Route […]
The Missouri Department of Conservation has concluded its 2016-2017 sampling and testing to find chronic wasting disease (CWD) in free-ranging deer. MDC tested more than 25,500 deer during the season in its CWD Management Zone, with the cooperation and support from hunters, private landowners, and taxidermists. It found nine cases of the deadly disease: one […]
The Community Action Partnership of North Central Missouri will award up to nine $750 continuing education scholarships available to residents of Caldwell, Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Linn, Livingston, Mercer, Putnam, and Sullivan counties. Applicants should be or plan to be full-time students, live in an income-qualified household based on federal Community Services Block Grant poverty guidelines, […]
Deer hunting season has come to an end across Missouri. Statewide, the number of deer killed is down about ten thousand when compared with the 2015-16 deer season. The department of conservation reports nearly 264,000 were killed during the 2016-17 season. The most occurred in Franklin county which had nearly 5,300. Howell was next in […]
The most recent unemployment rate for Grundy county is four percent. That’s based on 202 persons on unemployment out of a civilian labor force of about five thousand (5,048) The figures are for October, the most recent information available from the Missouri Division of Employment Security. The numbers are nearly identical to the Grundy County figures from one […]
Preliminary data from Missouri Department of Conservation shows deer hunters in Missouri harvested 96,131 deer during the opening weekend of the November portion of the fall firearms deer season. Among the Green Hills, the top county for deer kills was Harrison with just over one thousand. (1,009) Linn and Sullivan counties are close behind at […]
