Wright Memorial Hospital is urging all residents in the area to wear masks and socially distance from others when in public as the number of positive cases in Missouri reaches an all-time high. “This is a serious matter,” said Steve Schieber, CEO of Wright Memorial Hospital. “The rising number of cases and hospitalizations affects the […]
Public health officials in the Kansas City area are urging a number of actions to slow the spread of COVID-19. The directors of six health departments in the metro are calling on everyone to wear masks and to work from home and conduct business virtually if possible. The public health directors want local […]
The Grundy County Health Department on Saturday evening, November 14, 2020, reported 14 additional COVID-19 cases in Grundy County. That brings the total to 521 cases since testing began including 367 confirmed cases and 154 probable cases. The number of active cases in Grundy County, as of Saturday evening, was 119. The number of deaths […]
Fifty-seven new COVID-19 cases have been added in Linn County since November 11th for a total of 503. The health department reports 139 cases are active. One hundred thirty-three of those cases are in the community. There have been 14 COVID-19-related deaths in Linn County. The Sullivan County Health Department confirms 13 additional positive COVID-19 […]
The Livingston County Health Center announces 13 new COVID-19 cases, which brings the cumulative total to 613. Seventy-seven cases are active, with 49 in the community, 16 in facilities, and 12 in schools. There are 17 COVID-19-related hospitalizations A total of 17 deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported in Livingston County.
(Missouri Independent) – President-elect Joe Biden’s coronavirus response plan seeks to put a national mask mandate in place by calling on all governors to require face coverings in their states. It’s a move that public health experts say could dramatically reduce the number of COVID-19 infections and deaths. But putting wider mask laws in place […]
(Missouri Independent) – Missouri Gov. Mike Parson needs to issue a statewide mask mandate and “safer-at-home” policy to prevent the state’s health system from becoming overwhelmed, Dr. Alex Garza, the incident commander of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force, said Friday. “Unfortunately, as has been painfully obvious to even a casual observer, we are […]
(Missouri Independent) – Missourians should not hold big family Thanksgiving or Christmas gatherings this year, but they will likely be able to get a COVID-19 vaccine by the spring, the state health director said Thursday. In an interview on KCMO radio, Randall Williams said the rapid spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, especially in outstate […]
The Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development has partnered with the Department of Social Services and seven of Missouri’s postsecondary institutions across the state to make social services easily accessible for college students and staff. This pilot program enables DSS to have a member of the department’s Family Support Division team on campus […]
The Trenton R-9 Board of Education Tuesday evening, November 10th approved a policy involving searches of students and hard surface bus routes in case of inclement weather. Superintendent Mike Stegman reported the policy involving searches of students was actually split in two, and part was adopted at the last board meeting. He explained he discussed […]
The Livingston County Health Center reports two more COVID-19-related deaths, which brings the total deaths to 15. Ten new COVID-19 cases have also been added for a total of 564. Seventy of the cases are active, with 13 in facilities, 46 in the community, and 11 in schools. The health center notes the active school […]
Nineteen new COVID-19 cases were added for Grundy County on November 5th, which the health department reports bring the total to 407. Three hundred seven cases have been confirmed, and 100 are probable. Sixty-five cases are active. Seventeen COVID-19-related deaths have been reported for Grundy County. The Livingston County Health Center reports 17 new COVID-19 […]
A Kansas City, Missouri man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to commit a series of armed robberies at area businesses. Aaron Fisher, 49, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark on Wednesday, Nov. 4, to 20 years in federal prison without parole. On June 16, 2020, Fisher […]
Eleven new COVID-19 cases have been added in Livingston County, bringing the total to 501. The health center reports 61 of the cases are active, with 54 in the community and seven at schools. All of the school cases are from Tina-Avalon or Hale, with several connected to a basketball tournament at Hale on October […]
(Missouri Independent) – Missouri voters on Tuesday repealed a constitutional amendment they enacted in 2018 that would have required legislative districts be drawn to ensure partisan fairness. They replaced it with one that critics contend could forgo the use of total population to draw districts and instead exclude all non-voters, specifically children and non-citizens — tilting the political […]
The Livingston County Health Center reports it received word of another COVID-19-related death, bringing the total deaths to 13. Seven COVID-19 cases were also added, which brings the cumulative total to 490. Fifty-six cases are active, with one in a facility, 50 in the community, and five in schools. There are 15 hospitalizations. Seven COVID-19 […]
Three requests for variances were approved during brief hearings Monday night before the Trenton Board of Adjustments. Because of COVID-19 precautions, no one from the public was allowed to attend in person and no public members were heard on the Zoom web application during the meeting. Orscheln Properties, in care of Cummings signs, was approved […]
Trenton’s Board of Adjustments has scheduled three public hearings Monday evening. Trenton Church of the Nazarene is seeking variances to allow for the construction of a building at 2102 Chicago Street. The requested variances are 60 square feet on the maximum area of 720 square feet and three and one half feet high on the […]
There were 80 people who voted absentee for Tuesday’s General Election during special hours on Saturday morning at the Grundy County Clerk’s office in Trenton. Another 20 people voted absentee early Saturday afternoon after making reservations with the Grundy County Clerk’s Office to vote at curbside. The clerk’s office previously had announced it would allow […]
The two main gubernatorial candidates are focusing on rural Missouri again Friday and during the final days of the campaign. Governor Mike Parson (R) brings his “Mike works bus tour” to four rural western Missouri towns: his hometown of Bolivar, as well as Clinton, Belton, and El Dorado Springs. He’ll finish Friday evening in Springfield. […]
