Views: 0Firefighters from Jamesport and Grundy County Rural responded to a sawdust pile on fire on Route F just east of Jamesport on Thursday afternoon. Jamesport Fire Chief Davey Davis reports the Beechy Sawmill was burning materials, and the fire got out of hand due to the wind. Jamesport Fire and Rescue had two tankers, […]
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Damage to fiber optic cable impacting calls out of Bethany
Views: 0GRM Networks reports an AT&T fiber cut south of King City is impacting calls out of GRM’s Bethany switch and affecting 911 calls in the area. The 911 calls are being rerouted, but GRM notes callers should be prepared to provide their addresses as that information will not be available at this time. Incoming […]
Linn County Route WW to remain closed; motorist drives around barricades, damaging roadway
Views: 0Route WW will remain closed today, Thursday, April 9, through 3 p.m. for a culvert replacement. Local maintenance crews from the Missouri Department of Transportation replaced the culvert today, April 8, but their barricades blocking the roadway between Route ZZ and the Macon County line were moved, and a motorist drove through the freshly […]
Grand River bridge south of Chillicothe to be narrowed to one lane
Views: 0A rehabilitation project on the Grand River Bridge on Highway 65 south of Chillicothe is scheduled to begin a new phase next week. Contractors from Radmacher Brothers Excavating Company, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, will narrow the bridge to one lane beginning Monday morning, April 13, 2020, at 7 o’clock. The first […]
Grundy County Route Z resurfacing to begin Thursday
Views: 0A resurfacing project on two lettered routes has reached the halfway point. The Missouri Department of Transportation has contracted with Herzog Contracting Corp. to complete the resurfacing of Daviess/Caldwell County Route J from Route 6 in Altamont to U.S. Route 36 and Grundy County Route Z from Route 6 to U.S. Route 65. Work […]
Linn County Route WW to close today
Views: 0Route WW will close for a culvert replacement on Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Local maintenance crews from the Missouri Department of Transportation will close the road between Route ZZ and the Macon County line from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. During the closure, motorist will need to use an alternate route.
Kirksville man injured in crash on Route V
Views: 0The Highway Patrol reports a Kirksville man sustained minor injuries when the car he drove struck an embankment in Adair County Monday night. A private vehicle transported 72-year-old Ernest Lafferty to the Northeast Regional Medical Center of Kirksville. The car traveled north on Route V before running off the right side of the road […]
Teen demolishes pickup in Carroll County crash
Views: 0A pickup was demolished and the driver injured in a single-vehicle wreck Monday in rural Carroll County. Nineteen-year-old Cody Shannon of Norborne received minor injuries and was taken by a family member to the Carroll County Memorial Hospital. The westbound pickup drifted off the right side of Route E when the driver over-corrected. The […]
Kirksville teens injured in crash on Route H
Views: 0Two Kirksville teenagers were hurt when a car turned into the path of a pickup truck just south of Kirksville. Two teenagers in the pickup, 19-year old Cody Stewart and 17-year old Sumerlynn Sewell, were taken to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville with minor injuries. The driver of the car, 58-year old Harry […]
MoDOT planned road work in northern Missouri for the week of April 6, 2020
Views: 0 The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in North Missouri for the week of April 6 – 12. All road closures for roadwork, incidents, and ongoing flooding can be viewed on the Traveler Information Map at http://traveler.modot.org/map/. Inclement weather may cause […]
Trenton R-9 School District staff to hold “Faculty Parade”
Views: 0Trenton R-9 staff will travel throughout Trenton next week during a parade. The Faculty Parade will start at Rissler Elementary School Monday evening at 6 o’clock, head north and east to the Lake Trenton area and back. A map of the route is located below this article in PDF format which can be enlarged […]
TMU replacing electric transformer on Industrial Drive
Views: 0Employees of the TMU electric department are installing a new electric transformer at the north substation, just off Industrial Drive. Utility Director Ron Urton told KTTN that electric power is being re-routed while the installation is underway. The existing transformer at the north substation is to refurbished and then reinstalled at the south substation. […]
Liberty Utilities replacing aging gas infrastructure in Trenton
Views: 0Liberty Utilities is replacing the aging natural gas infrastructure in Trenton. The project is expected to last until early fall. The company, formerly known as Empire, reports the maintenance will improve the delivery and reliability of natural gas service for its customers. A map of the project on the gas company’s website (you may […]
MoDOT planned road work in northern Missouri for the week of March 30, 2020
Views: 0The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in northern Missouri for the week of March 30 – April 5. All road closures for roadwork, incidents, and ongoing flooding can be viewed on the Traveler Information Map at http://traveler.modot.org/map/. Inclement weather may cause […]
Two seriously injured in one-car crash west of Elmer
Views: 0The Highway Patrol reports two men sustained serious injuries in a one-car accident one mile west of Elmer on Monday evening. An air ambulance transported driver 43-year-old Brandon True of Kirksville to the University Hospital of Columbia, and an ambulance transported passenger 22-year-old Augustus Allen of Atlanta, Missouri to the University Hospital. The car […]
Crash near Excelsior Springs kills Carrollton woman, injures four others
Views: 0One person was fatally injured and four others received serious injuries when a pickup truck overturned on Highway 10 east of Excelsior Springs. A passenger, 53-year-old Shelly Lewis of Carrollton, was pronounced dead at Research Medical Center in Kansas City about one hour and fifteen minutes after the crash. She had been flown there […]
Princeton teen injured in crash west of Mill Grove
Views: 0The Highway Patrol reports a Princeton resident sustained moderate injuries when the car she drove struck a tree three miles west of Mill Grove on Friday night. An ambulance transported 18-year-old Jarica Nelson to Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton. The car traveled south on Route U before the driver allegedly failed to stop at […]
MoDOT planned road work in north Missouri for the week of March 23, 2020
Views: 0The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in north Missouri for the week of March 23 – 29. All road closures for roadwork, incidents, and ongoing flooding can be viewed on the Traveler Information Map at http://traveler.modot.org/map/. Inclement weather may cause schedule […]
Missouri Supreme Court upholds decision by court of appeals on Grain Belt Express
Views: 0The Missouri Supreme Court upheld the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District’s 2019 decision reaffirming a PSC decision that approved a certificate of need and necessity for the Grain Belt Express Project (GBX). This Supreme Court action ends a long effort by project opponents to overturn the PSC decision on the Grain Belt Express. […]