Routes for the Law Enforcement Torch Run, leading up to the Special Olympics Missouri State Summer Games, will go through several Northwest Missouri communities next week. Torch run routes on Tuesday will start at the Nodaway County Courthouse in Maryville at 9 o’clock that morning, at the Kawasaki plant in Maryville heading south on U. […]
The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Trenton presented a proposal for a new scoreboard at Pleasant View R-6 at the Board of Education meeting Friday. The scoreboard will cost $4,500, with Coca-Cola to contribute $2,000 towards the purchase. The district agreed to exclusively use Coca-Cola products for eight years. The board approved the lease renewal for […]
The Second Harvest Community Food Bank based out of Saint Joseph and the National Association of Letter Carriers will participate in the 26th Annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Saturday, May 12. Second Harvest Communications Director Blake Haynes describes the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive as the biggest one-day food drive in the country. Post […]
One of multiple programs the Community Action Partnership of North Central Missouri provides is the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Executive Director Aaron Franklin says that LIHEAP assists families by paying utility bills. He says the agency began the winter portion of the program in November. The agency was able to make a one-time […]
The Missouri Junior Academy of Science and the Mid-America Regional Science Fair was held on March 12, 2018, in St. Joseph Missouri with funding and support from Nestle and Missouri Western State University. Students from Pleasant View R-VI competed in both competitions and received the following awards: M.J.A.S. 3rd place Natalie Ricker, 2nd Lilly Berti and 1st […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Saint Joseph woman sustained moderate injuries as a result of her sports utility vehicle running off the road seven miles west of Unionville Friday night. Twenty-five year old Cayce Salgado traveled east on U. S. 136 when the vehicle ran off the right side of the road, struck the end […]
The North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees approved purchasing a tractor and fitness equipment as well as renovation costs at its meeting Tuesday evening. Agriculture Instructor Rustin Jumps recommended the purchase of the new John Deere tractor to be added to the fleet at the Barton Farm Campus. It was purchased from Sydenstricker Implement […]
The Heartland Foundation of Saint Joseph will hold the Big Muddy Mini Maker Faire Saturday. The fair will be at the Restoration Nanatorium on the corner of Francis and North Second Streets in Saint Joseph from 10 o’clock in the morning to 5 o’clock in the evening. The event will provide learning opportunities in science, […]
Missouri Region H Hazmat based out of Saint Joseph assisted law enforcement in a confined space search in Mercer County Thursday to look for a missing Centerville, Iowa man. Mercer County Sheriff Stephen Stockman reports an area near a hog barn was drained Wednesday in preparation for Thursday’s search for Sebastian Husted, who has been […]
A St. Joseph resident was hurt late Friday afternoon West of Osborn when the car she was driving veered off Highway 36 in an attempt to avoid another vehicle. 26-year old Brooke Rogers was transported to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph with moderate injuries. The accident happened three miles west of Osborn on Highway 36 […]
The Great Plains Growers Conference will be held in Saint Joseph at the beginning of next year. The conference will be held on the campus of Missouri Western State University January 11th through 13th. Horticulture Specialist Tim Baker says the event is one of the premier conferences for horticulture producers. Baker says anyone […]
A St. Joseph, Mo., in-home health care nursing assistant has been charged in federal court with stealing bank account information from one of her clients to illegally transfer more than $180,000 out of her account. Ashley N. Garr, 32, of St. Joseph, was charged with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in a complaint filed […]
An officer-involved shooting in St. Joseph has left a woman dead in an incident outside of a bar Sunday night. Police in St. Joseph responded to a disturbance call at approximately 6 p.m. Sunday evening at Neighborhood Tavern at the intersection of Pacific and South 10th Street. Upon arrival officers witnessed several subjects fleeing the scene. […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of several men in unrelated incidents. The Trenton Police Department arrested 35-year-old Christopher James Warren of Trenton Sunday for felony delivery of a controlled substance as well as a probation violation of laws, association, drugs, and special conditions on an original charge of forgery. His bonds total […]
The northwest district of the Missouri Department of Conservation will hold an open house celebration next week in St. Joseph. MDC will host the event in honor of its 80th anniversary on Tuesday, September 26th. The event is from 5 o’clock until 8 o’clock and is designed for the public to get information and provide […]
Services for former State Representative Mike Lair, of Jefferson City and formerly of Chillicothe, have been announced. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Jefferson City Tuesday, September 12 at Noon. A rosary will be held at the church Monday afternoon at 3:15 with visitation scheduled at the […]
Triumph Foods, LLC of Saint Joseph donated 33,000 pounds of premium pork products to Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Missouri. The donated meat included lean, high-quality pork spare ribs, back ribs, hams, loins, tenderloins, and pork steaks. The donation will help provide over 100,000 meals across the 19 counties Second Harvest serves in Northwest […]
The Cameron Police Department reports it arrested a Cameron man in connection with a report of a stolen vehicle in the 500 block of North Walnut. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department and Cameron Police arrested 39-year-old Justin Lamb, who was in possession of the stolen vehicle in the Walmart parking lot Tuesday. He was arrested […]
Grundy County has expanded its Adult Education and Literacy course offerings. Morning classes have been added to provide more adults the opportunity to earn a high school equivalency diploma and provide them with a better opportunity for career placement or college enrollment. The Adult Education and Literacy courses started in May 2016. The Northwest Workforce […]
A St. Joseph, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Michael Robinson, 35, of St. Joseph, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs to nine years in federal prison without parole. On May 22, 2014, Robinson pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute […]
