Two projects beginning after Labor Day weekend will resurface two sections of U.S. Route 69 in Harrison and Daviess counties. The Missouri Department of Transportation contracted with Herzog Contracting Corp. of St. Joseph to mill and complete surface leveling on U.S. Route 69 between U.S. Route 136 (Harrison) and Route C (Daviess) and between Interstate […]
The Pleasant View R-6 Board of Education approved its annual tax rate at a hearing recently prior to its regular meeting. The rate was set at $4.7616. During the regular meeting, the board approved the renewal of the 403B compliance plan with Forrest T. Jones and increased the value contents insurance with Missouri United School […]
The Highway Patrol reports three individuals sustained minor injuries as a result of a three-vehicle accident in Jamesport Tuesday morning. Forty-year-old Amelia Rick of Cameron drove a van east on Route NN, attempted to cross Highway 6 to continue east on Route F, and reportedly crossed in front of another eastbound car driven by 47-year-old […]
The Laredo R-7 Board of Education approved the purchase of one bus and the advertisement for the sale of another at its meeting Monday evening. The advertisement will be printed in the Trenton newspaper and shopper to give notice that Laredo is taking bids for its 1999 International bus until September 7th. The board approved […]
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports the Highway Patrol Crime Lab is examining paraphernalia seized during a search after a vehicle-pedestrian accident in Wheeling this week. A vehicle reportedly drove south on Route B when the vehicle’s mirror clipped the arm of an adult male pedestrian wearing all black in a darkened area of the […]
The Newtown-Harris R-3 Board of Education approved price increases for meals at a meeting Thursday evening. The cost of breakfast for kindergarten through sixth grade for the 2018-2019 school year will be $1.50, lunch for kindergarten through sixth grade will be $2.15, seventh through 12th grades, breakfast will cost $1.60 with lunch costing $2.30. Adult […]
Bridge inspection crews based in North Missouri work to inspect the bridges in our area. This program of inspection, repair, and maintenance of the more than 10,000 bridges across the state ensures the bridges are kept in the best possible condition for as long as possible for all those that travel across Missouri’s roadways. Specialized […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in North Missouri planned for the week of August 20th through August 26th from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be other road work conducted throughout the region. Many of these will be moving operations […]
Railroad crews plan to close Route 129 north of Bucklin next week for routine maintenance of the Marceline Sub railroad crossing. The road will close at approximately 7 a.m. on Monday, August 20 and will remain closed until approximately 2 p.m. Tuesday, August 21. During the closure, motorists will need to use an alternate route. […]
Traffic will be narrowed on a section of westbound U.S. Route 36 between Meadville and Laclede beginning next week. The Missouri Department of Transportation contracted with Klocke, Inc. to repair scour damage at the Higgins Ditch Bridge. The contractor plans to close the driving lane between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. daily beginning Tuesday, Aug. […]
The Grundy County R-5 Board of Education set the district’s operating levy at a tax rate hearing Monday evening. The levy remained at $5.9207 per $100 of assessed valuation. The assessed valuation for the district for the 2018-2019 school year is $12,295,181, which is an increase of $1,035,724. During the regular board meeting, the lunch […]
The Chillicothe Fire Department responded to a fire at the Hibner Saw Mill on Route CC Monday afternoon. Captain Les Hinnen reports firefighters found light smoke coming from the north side of the building upon arrival. Further investigation led to the discovery of smoldering sawdust along the inside of the north wall. Dry chemical extinguishers […]
A Braymer resident was fatally injured when the dirt bike he was operating hit the rear wheel of a four-wheeler, went over a curb, and hit an exterior wall of a building, ejecting him from the bike. Nineteen-year-old Aaron Leamer of Braymer was pronounced dead late Friday night at Cameron Regional Medical Center approximately an […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the North Missouri planned for the week of August 13 through the 19 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be other road work conducted throughout the region. Many of these will be moving […]
The highway patrol reports a motorcycle struck a deer resulting in two persons from Bevier being thrown off the motorcycle in Macon County Thursday night killing one of the individuals and hospitalizing another. The operator of the motorcycle, 74-year-old Phillip Long of Bevier received serious injuries and was transported to University Hospital in Columbia while […]
The Kirksville Police Department has announced that Troy Franklin is the subject of this week’s “Warrant Wednesday.” The Kirksville Police, Adair County Sheriff Department, and Missouri State Highway Patrol are attempting to locate Troy Franklin in reference to an active warrant through Adair County for felony resisting arrest. Franklin is a white male, 6’00”, 165 […]
Severe drought conditions through much of the state have prompted the Missouri Department of Transportation to offer a special overwidth hauling permit to help farmers and ranchers move hay as needed. Loads must be of legal height, length and weight. Permits can be requested via phone and will, in most cases, be issued within minutes […]
The bridge on Route AA/H over Interstate 35 in Harrison County is now open to all traffic. Crews from Chester Bross Construction Company of Palmyra, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, were able to reopen the bridge last Friday, August 4 and opened all lanes of I-35 to traffic this morning. Contractor crews closed […]
A motorcyclist seriously injured in an early Saturday crash near Stewartsville died Saturday afternoon at Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph. Twenty-year-old Riley Flint of Stewartsville was pronounced dead about 15 hours after the southbound motorcycle he was operating traveled off Route Y at a curve, striking an embankment causing Flint to be thrown from […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Stewartsville man was ejected from a motorcycle early Saturday morning, sustaining serious injuries. Twenty-year-old Riley Flint traveled south on Route Y when he reportedly lost control of the motorcycle he was driving as he rounded a curve. The motorcycle ran off the road, struck an embankment, and came to rest […]
