The United States Department of Agriculture is investing $237,000,000 in 119 rural community service facilities in 29 states with some of that money is going to recipients in northern Missouri. The Sunnyview Foundation, Incorporated will receive a $36,500 loan and a $19,400 grant to be used to purchase an accessible lift van for the Grundy […]
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Close-up cow’ barns help cows avoid heat stress, produce more milk
Martin Prairie Farms near Humansville treats dairy cows like guests. The family-owned dairy farm north of Humansville in Hickory County dedicates itself to top-of-the-line herd nutrition and care, says University of Missouri Extension dairy specialist Reagan Bluel. Freddie and Mary Martin, son David, and David’s spouse, Alana, own and operate the nearly 3,000-acre farm. Almost […]
Bred heifer buyers think short grass, bid $1,598 average at Palmyra sale
Hot, dry weather with short grass growth slowed bidders at the spring sale of Show-Me-Select replacement heifers in northeastern Missouri, Saturday, June 2 with 134 calving-ease bred heifers averaging $1,598 in the final of four spring sales in the state. The heifers will calve this fall. “It was a tough but successful sale,” said Daniel […]
Overturned semi truck loaded with hogs causes chaos for motorists in Cameron
The Cameron Police Department and Highway Patrol report westbound Highway 36 at Highway 69 at Cameron is back open after a tractor-trailer truck hauling hogs overturned causing some of the animals to escape the trailer Thursday morning. A spokesperson for Troop H of the Highway Patrol reports westbound 36 was cleared around 10:50. The Patrol […]
Emergency responders extricate Trenton man from wreckage in crash east of Trenton
A Trenton resident is hospitalized in Kansas City following a Highway 6 crash Tuesday evening near Trenton that involved a pickup truck and a big rig. The highway patrol listed injuries as serious for 24-year-old Jordin Curtis who was flown by Lifeflight Eagle helicopter to the Truman Medical Center in Independence. The report indicated Curtis […]
Trenton man injured when big rig strikes his vehicle
The highway patrol reports a Trenton man, Philip Helton, was injured early Monday evening when the car he was driving was struck from behind by a semi on Interstate 35 in northern Harrison County. Seventy-seven-year-old Helton was listed with moderate injuries and was taken by ambulance to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany. The truck […]
Grundy County Nursing Home Board of Directors approves health insurance, room rates
The Grundy County Nursing Home District Board of Directors approved health insurance and room rates at its meeting this week. The board approved the current minimum essential health insurance plan with Life Styles, which remained the same price. Also approved was the comprehensive medical plan with Blue Cross Blue Shield, which increases by $40 for […]
Kirksville student semifinalist for United States Presidential Scholars program
A Kirksville High School student was selected as a semifinalist for the United States Presidential Scholars. Richard Ma was one of nine Missouri students selected as a semifinalist. U. S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’s office announced two other Missouri students as members of the 54th class of the U. S. Presidential Scholars. Interim Commissioner […]
Two area residents hurt in crash on I-35
The Highway Patrol reports two area individuals sustained moderate injuries when their vehicle collided with a semi truck in Clay County Wednesday morning. Sixty-two-year-old Connie Queery of Bethany traveled south on Interstate 35 when she reportedly attempted to pass the semi, driven by 52-year-old Carlton Coleman of Parsons, Kansas. Her vehicle hit the truck’s rear […]
Big rig accident blocks Highway 136 in Harrison County on Monday
An Iowa truck driver was injured in an accident Monday afternoon three miles west of Mount Moriah in Harrison County. The highway patrol reports 44-year-old Richard Trout Junior of Seymour, Iowa refused medical treatment at the scene for minor injuries. Trout was eastbound when his semi-truck traveled off the south side of Highway 136. The […]
Big rig rolls over on Highway 36 near Stewartsville
An Illinois truck driver was treated and released following the big rigs’ rollover accident yesterday morning one mile east of Stewartsville. At 5:30 Thursday morning, 35-year-old John Zimmerman of Mount Sterling, Illinois was westbound when the semi tractor-trailer traveled off the south side of U.S 36, and overturned onto its driver’s side in the median. Zimmerman […]
Video Report: Person of interest identified in semi hit-and-run involving young Macon girl
(KOMU) – Macon police confirm a young girl was seriously injured after being struck by a tractor-trailer Monday evening. Police found the injured girl at 5:19 p.m. at US Highway 63, known as Missouri Street at the junction of Elm Street. They say she tried to run across the highway against the crosswalk sign when […]
Trailer-truck hauling cattle overturns on Highway 36, two motorist strike cattle, one life-flighted
A tractor-trailer truck hauling cattle overturned off Highway 36 near Osborn early today. The highway patrol reports several cattle from the truck got onto highway 36 resulting in two other injury accidents. At approximately 4 o’clock Friday morning, the westbound truck hauling the cattle went off the left side of the road, hit a ditch, […]
St. Joseph man injured in accident at U.S. 36’s “Osborn Junction”
At the Osborn Junction at the intersection of Highways 36 and 33, a 2017 model semi tractor-trailer was demolished in an accident at approximately 3 o’clock this (Friday) morning. Sixty-two year old David Goodale of St. Joseph was taken by ambulance to Mosaic Life Care (in St. Joseph) for the treatment of moderate injuries. The […]
Carrollton big rig driver loses control on I-35
A truck driver from Carrollton, 43 year old Gary Sims, was taken by ambulance to Cameron Regional Medical Center shortly after 1 o’clock Tuesday morning, May 31st. The highway patrol reports Sims was northbound on Interstate 35 when his semi tractor-trailer traveled off the west side of the highway; the driver over-corrected, causing the big rig to […]
Mercer County firefighters respond to big rig fire
Over the weekend, Mercer County Fire Protection District sent an engine, a tanker, and brush truck to a report of a semi-truck fire east of Princeton near Route CC. Upon arrival, the fire had been extinguished by a small dry chemical extinguisher. The truck was inoperable and blocking a portion of the roadway. Units remained on the scene for awhile […]
Trenton City Council Meeting Report for Monday, February 22, 2016
The Trenton City Council’s finance committee meets several times during preparations for the city budget for the fiscal year beginning May 1st. That’s also the case this year, with two more meetings announced for Wednesday, February 23, and Friday, February 26, both at noon. Trenton mayor nick McHargue, during last night’s city council meeting, said […]