Three candidates filed for the Spickard Board of Aldermen’s April 3rd election. Betty Lee, Maggie George, and Frank Felder filed for the two open positions by Tuesday’s deadline. Lee and Felder are incumbents. The terms of the positions last two years each.
The Spickard Fire Protection District has received smoke detectors from the Red Cross of Saint Joseph to distribute. Spickard Fire Training Officer Jesse Richmond reports the smoke detectors come with a ten-year battery. He says the devices are available to anyone in the Spickard Fire Protection District. Anyone interested in receiving a smoke detector should […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the extradition of a Spickard man after being arrested in Augusta, Georgia December 1st. Fifty-year-old Robert James Coppock faces a charge of felony driving while intoxicated—persistent offender. He waived his extradition December 12th, and he is being extradited to Grundy County Thursday. His bond was set at $15,000 cash […]
The Spickard City Council voted to raise sewer rates at its meeting Thursday morning. Sewer rates will be raised by four percent and the council also voted to change the return check charge to $25. Council member Terri Holtzclaw asked questions about her water bill. Council member Maggie George made a motion to accept 5,000 […]
A spokesman for the Spickard Fire Protection District reports a fire overnight burned about half an acre near a sawmill. Training Officer Jesse Richmond said seven personnel responded to the Enos Schwatzentruber property near Spickard about 1:30 this morning. Richmond noted Spickard was assisted by the Mercer County Fire Protection District.
The Spickard Fire Protection District Monday night responded to a flue fire at a home about one mile east of Spickard. Training Officer for the department, Jesse Richmond, reported there was no damage to the home or the stove. He noted the fire apparently got too hot causing alarm for the occupants of the Hershberger […]
A Trenton man yesterday waived a preliminary hearing in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court. David Willey faces three felony counts: domestic assault, first-degree assault or attempt, and property damage. The cases were bound over to the January 11th docket in Division One of Circuit Court. Among other cases processed in the associate […]
The Spickard United Methodist Church will hold a Soup and Holiday Bake Sale December 2. The event will be held at the church that day from 11 o’clock in the morning to 2 o’clock that afternoon. There will be an assortment of soups, pies, and candies and attendees can eat and pay what they want. […]
Twelve agriculture students from North Central Missouri College participated in the Missouri Postsecondary Agriculture Student Organization State Conference November 13-15 at the NCMC campus located in Trenton, Missouri. There were 130 students, advisors, and guests from seven Missouri community colleges and universities participated in the conference. The NCMC group had the opportunity to travel to […]
The Trenton Police Department arrested a Spickard man Monday for property damage. The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports 37-year-old Bradley Steven Wilson was charged with felony first-degree property damage. His bond is $5,000 cash only, and he is scheduled for the Associate Division of circuit court November 28th. Court documents accuse Wilson of puncturing tires […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Department today reported the arrest of a man on a parole violation warrant issued through the Department of Corrections. 37-year-old Bradley Wilson, whose last known address was Spickard, was held without bond at the Grundy County Detention Center. The warrant from the division of Probation and Parole accused Wilson of several violations. His […]
The sewer rates in Spickard will remain the same for the year. The Spickard City Council voted against raising the rates at its meeting Thursday. Council members Alan Tharp, Betty Lee, and Maggie George voted against the measure. Council member Janice Vandevender conducted the meeting, due to Mayor Jesse Richmond’s absence, and did not vote. […]
A double-wide trailer home in Tindall is considered a total loss after a fire Thursday morning. Spickard Fire Protection District Training Officer Jesse Richmond reports the home in the 700 block of Northwest 60th Street was completely down on the ground and engulfed in flames when Spickard Fire crews arrived. He says crews were on […]
Two Spickard residents received injuries when cars they were driving collided Wednesday afternoon at an intersection three miles east of Spickard. The highway patrol listed injuries as moderate for 60-year-old Cheryl Burtch who was taken by ambulance to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton. The other driver, 19-year-old Nina Jermanovich, received minor injuries and according to […]
The Spickard R-2 Board of Education selected criteria for the Superintendent evaluation at its meeting Monday evening. The evaluation for Superintendent Burnie Schneiderheinze will be completed later this year. Schneiderheinze was appointed as the English Language Learners Coordinator. Board members also talked about the Missouri School Boards Association Conference.
Spickard Fire Protection District responded to a fire on Union Pacific railroad tracks early Sunday morning around 3:30 am. Spickard Fire Training Officer Jesse Richmond reports grinding on the tracks caused some of the railroad ties to catch on fire. He says the fire, between two intersections, looked good-sized, but it was running out of […]
Guests attending the Thompson Research Center Field Day near Spickard Thursday received a free dinner, took a farm tour, and heard several presentations. The farm tour included discussion of timber practices by Wurdack Research Center Superintendent Dusty Walter as well as a drone presentation by Hundley-Whaley Research Center Superintendent Bruce Burdick. University of Missouri Animal […]
Beginning September 26, 2017, the Trenton Municipal Utilities Water Treatment Plant will begin utilizing free chlorine, or a free chlorine burnout, in its water system. This entails feeding free chlorine, instead of chloramines (chlorine combined with ammonia), as the disinfectant at the leaving the Water Treatment Plant. This will affect customers of Trenton Municipal Utilities, Grundy […]
Today’s report from the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office includes the recent arrests of four persons in unrelated cases. Additional charges have been filed against 32-year-old Cory Jack Burchett of rural Trenton stemming from September 19th incident. Burchett faces charges of escape or attempted escape from confinement. While being placed under arrest for a probation violation, […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Princeton woman sustained moderate injuries as the result of a two-vehicle accident south of Spickard early Friday afternoon. Eighty-two-year-old Carol Branam traveled north on U. S. 65 when she allegedly crossed the center line and struck the driver’s side rear of a southbound straight truck driven by 49-year-old William Tefteller […]
