Interstate 35 at Eagleville, Missouri

I-35 project in Harrison County to begin June 4th

A long-awaited project will bring a new, smoother surface to Interstate 35 in Harrison County. The Missouri Department of Transportation contracted Herzog Construction Company of St. Joseph to resurface I-35 between Route N at Eagleville and the Iowa state line. The contractor will first complete some concrete patching beginning Monday, June 4. They plan to […]

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Trenton residents injured in crash near Arkoe, Missouri

Two Trenton residents and one Maryville man sustained injuries when one pickup truck struck another two miles east of Arkoe Tuesday morning. The Highway Patrol reports 74-year-old Thomas Metzgar of Trenton drove west on Route VV when he failed to yield at a stop sign and entered the intersection with Route N. Sixty-eight year old […]

MoDOT Road Work

MoDOT planned road work for the week of May 7, 2018

The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the North Missouri planned for the week of May 7 – 13 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, shoulder work, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs, litter pick up […]

SUV Accident

Kirksville man hurt in Friday crash

A Kirksville man was hurt when the sports utility vehicle he was driving went off a road hitting a sign and a tree Southwest of Kirksville. Fifty-five-year-old Thomas Ireland was taken to Northeast Regional Medical Center with moderate injuries. The accident happened Friday afternoon nearly five miles southwest of Kirksville on Route N. The patrol reports […]

Grass Fires

Grass fire burns 40 acres northeast of Trenton

The Grundy County Rural Fire Protection District responded to a grass fire northeast of Trenton Monday night. The fire department reports high winds and dry surface fuels made the fire in a field at Route NN and Northeast 45th Street difficult to control. Galt Fire Protection District provided assistance and brush trucks from both fire […]

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Three injured in crash east of Blythdale

Three were injured early Tuesday when according to the highway patrol, the driver of a car swerved to miss a deer and the vehicle ran off a Harrison County lettered route, struck an embankment, and overturned. The 1 o’clock accident happened four miles east of Blythedale and the accident report noted none of the three […]

Cainsville man hurt in crash near Blythedale

The Highway Patrol reports a Cainsville man sustained minor injuries when his vehicle hit another vehicle about a quarter of a mile west of Blythedale Thursday morning. Thirty-three year old Preston Rice traveled west on Route N when his vehicle crossed the center line and hit the front driver’s side of the other vehicle. Rice’s […]

SUV Accident

Stewartsville woman ejected from SUV in Saturday crash

A Stewartsville resident was hurt Saturday afternoon when the sports utility vehicle she was driving went off a road north of Stewartsville, hit a ditch, and overturned ejecting her from the vehicle. 55-year old Mary Starr was transported to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph with serious injuries. The accident happened one mile north of […]

Accident

Cainsville woman hurt in rollover crash east of Blythedale

A Cainsville woman was injured early this morning in a rollover accident three miles to the east of Blythedale. The highway patrol reports 29-year-old Betty Stufflebean was taken by ambulance to the Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany with moderate injuries. An investigator said the eastbound car she was driving swerved to avoid striking an […]

MoDOT Road Work

Route N near Braymer to close for maintenance

Routine maintenance work will close Route N east of Braymer this week. On Wednesday, April 12, local maintenance crews from the Missouri Department of Transportation will close Route N for a culvert replacement between Route A and the Mud Creek Bridge. The road will be closed from approximately 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., weather permitting. […]