Views: 0Three 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 […]
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Trucker dies in big rig crash on Highway 13 near Hamilton
Views: 0A truck driver from Richmond was killed Monday afternoon when the tractor-trailer he was driving ran off Highway 13 in Daviess County, struck a ditch, and overturned onto its top. The 1 o’clock accident happened just north of 225th Street, three miles north of Hamilton. Thirty-eight-year-old David Baugher of Richmond was pronounced dead at […]
Twelve more veterans die from COVID-19 at Cameron veterans home in past 10-days
Views: 0Twelve more veterans have died from COVID at the state veterans home in northwest Missouri’s Cameron. The Missouri Veterans Commission says 12 more veterans have died at the Cameron home in the past ten days, bringing the total number of COVID deaths there to 22, since September 1. MVC spokesman Jamie Melchert tells Missourinet […]
Election Preview: Candidates running unopposed in many northern Missouri counties; other seats hotly contested
Views: 0While five Green Hills counties do not have any head to head races in the general election today, there are contests to be decided in four area counties, plus for an area state representative seats and one for state senate. Candidates are unopposed for county-wide offices in Grundy, Mercer, Harrison, Putnam, and Sullivan counties. […]
St. Joseph man pleads guilty to meth trafficking
Views: 0A Missouri, man who led law enforcement officers in a pursuit in Taney County, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court to possessing approximately six pounds of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. Andrew R. Trammell, 47, of St. Joseph, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge David P. Rush to one count of possessing 500 […]
“Heroes to Hives,” beekeeping program that supports veterans begins classes
Views: 0Missouri has the first state chapter of Heroes to Hives, a program that supports veterans who want to learn beekeeping. New sessions of the free program begin on March 2021, says Karen Funkenbusch, state director of the Missouri AgrAbility Project, which provides education and assistance to farmers and ranchers with disabilities. Enroll at www.heroestohives.com. […]
Trenton Board of Adjustments to hear three requests at Monday evening meeting
Views: 0Trenton’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 […]
Month of October was cooler and drier than normal; November outlook favors above-normal temps, below normal precipitation
Views: 0October was cooler and significantly drier than normal in Trenton. The .46 of an inch of rain and melted snow was 2.77 below normal for the month. Looking at the situation with a different perspective, the October total of .46 inches represented just 14 percent of the normal amount of 3.23 inches. It was […]
Missouri redistricting vote on Amendment 3 opens door to an experiment, regardless of outcome
Views: 0(Missouri Independent) – State governments are unique political bodies that allow for experimentation in how rules and laws affect political outputs. As Justice Louis Brandies pointed out – states are laboratories of democracy. State governments have broad jurisdiction to “tweak” institutional rules and laws. Through this system of government, we can observe the aftermath […]
White House report ranks Missouri 18th in new COVID-19 cases
Views: 0The latest White House Coronavirus Task Force report ranks Missouri 18th for its rate of new COVID-19 cases. The report, dated October 25, says 87% of all Missouri counties have moderate to high levels of community transmission. St. Louis County, Jackson County, and St. Charles County leads the state in the new case count. […]
Audio: La Nina means a toss up when it comes to Missouri weather this Winter
Views: 0A climatologist says all bets are off predicting the weather in Missouri this winter. Pat Guinan with the University of Missouri says Missouri is a transition state when it comes to La Nina weather patterns. “For generally about the northern two-thirds of Missouri they actually give equal chances for above, below and near-normal temperatures, […]
Missouri man who trafficked ‘Half the Town’ sentenced to 12-years for meth conspiracy
Views: 0 A Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy that distributed more than 20 pounds of methamphetamine in southern Missouri. Eric Eugene Akins, 54, of Monett, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 12 years in federal prison without parole. On Jan. 21, 2020, Akins pleaded […]
COVID-19 cases increase by 6 in Grundy County, DOC reports 20 new cases at Western, two new cases at Chillicothe Correctional Center
Views: 0Six new COVID-19 cases have been added for Grundy County, but the number of active cases decreased by two. The health department reports 340 total cases, with 26 being active. Two hundred fifty-three cases have been confirmed, and 87 are probable. Fourteen COVID-19-related deaths have been reported for Grundy County. COVID-19 cases among offenders […]
Missouri ranks in top 3 in 2020 Digital States Survey; receives “Grade A” for data-driven government
Views: 0Governor Mike Parson announced that Missouri has been recognized as a national leader in digital technology best practices. The Center for Digital Government (CDG) released its 2020 Digital States Survey, which showed that Missouri received a grade of “A,” one of the top grades among all 50 states. The grade A demonstrates very strong […]
Two arrested in Buchanan County for auto theft in Grundy County
Views: 0The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of two individuals in Buchanan County Tuesday, October 27th on capias warrants. Forty-four year old Bevan James Bohm of Kansas City is accused of violating his probation on the felonies of stealing—motor vehicle/watercraft/aircraft and stealing–$750 or more. His bond is $2,500, 10% cash approved. Forty-nine-year-old Kellie […]
Hy-Vee becomes first retail grocery chain to implement sterile cart system
Views: 0Hy-Vee, Inc. is introducing an automated cleaning system that fully cleans and sanitizes shopping carts after every use. By mid-November, more than 200 Hy-Vee stores across its eight-state region will have a Sterile Cart system in operation. Hy-Vee is the first grocery chain to implement a fully automated sanitization system across its company. This […]
EPA announces 2020 Dicamba registration decision
Views: 0At the Cromley Farm, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced that EPA is approving new five-year registrations for two dicamba products and extending the registration of an additional dicamba product. All three registrations include new control measures to ensure these products can be used effectively while protecting the environment, including non-target plants, […]
More than half of the second Coronavirus Food Assistance Program funds approved for farmers
Views: 0USDA has now given out more than half of the second Coronavirus Food Assistance Program’s funds to farmers. As of October 25th, the agency had approved more than $7.6 billion. Payments to corn growers remain at the top of the list at nearly $2.2 billion followed by cattle with almost $1.7 billion, soybeans at more […]
Grundy County Commission approves snow removal bid; participates in conference call regarding design of 911 system
Views: 0The Grundy County Commission on Tuesday, October 27th approved a bid for snow removal and Coronavirus Relief Fund allocations. Chris and Danny Gott will provide snow removal services at the courthouse, prosecuting attorney’s office, and law enforcement center. The bid included $500 per occasion of snow removal and $125 when the ice melt application is […]