The Gallatin Board of Aldermen has approved bidding out electric barn roof repairs following a discussion on the number of electric reserve funds released when the city refinanced electric bonds last year. City Administrator Lance Rains and City Clerk Hattie Rains led the discussion. The cash amount deposited in March 2018 was $98,220.31. The last […]
A field agronomist says harvest dates for late-planted corn in Missouri might come sooner than expected. Dana Harder with Burrus Seed tells Brownfield historically his area loses about six-tenths of a point of moisture per day in September, but the last two weeks of heat have bumped that to eight-tenths of a point. “And […]
The Shooting Sports Club at North Central Missouri College began its fall season with a trap shoot competition at the Mozingo Outdoor Education and Recreation Area near Maryville, Mo. The match was hosted by the Trapshooting Club at Northwest Missouri State University. The event consisted of 50 targets from the 16-yard line, 25 targets based […]
The Gallatin High School crowned Homecoming royalty on Wednesday night and announced the King is Gage Wright, and the Queen is Madalyn Shubert. The Gallatin Homecoming Parade will be held on Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock. The football team will play Polo in the Homecoming game Friday night at 7 o’clock with the Homecoming dance […]
A fourth-grader in the Princeton R-5 School District and member of the Pine Evershine 4-H Club of Princeton donated to the Princeton FCCLA for its Care Closet. The $100 Alexis Schurke donated came from selling her market lamb at the Northwest Missouri State Fair in Bethany. She wanted to pay it forward and help purchase […]
Counselors with the State Health Insurance Assistance Program CLAIM will be available in Chillicothe starting next month to help with Medicare Open Enrollment. The counselors can help individuals compare Part D and Medicare Advantage plans, check coverage, and lower costs at the Grand River Multipurpose Center Wednesdays October 16th through December 4th. The help will […]
The North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees approved the formation of a lay committee Tuesday evening. Board President Don Dalrymple was interested in creating a lay committee to review and possibly change existing policies for recognition of donors and naming opportunities. He appointed Trustee and NCMC Foundation Board of Directors member Chris Hoffman to […]
This is Chillicothe High School’s Homecoming Week with many activities planned for students. High School Principal Dan Nagel says the Homecoming Parade will start in Downtown Chillicothe Friday afternoon September 27, 2019, at 2:20. The football team will play Saint Pius the Tenth Friday night at 7 o’clock with Homecoming Coronation to follow the game. King […]
Volunteers will help with approximately 20 projects when members of Serve Trenton gather this weekend. The initiative will start at C. F. Russell Stadium Saturday, September 28, 2019, and Sunday, September 29th at 8 o’clock for a time of praise and worship. Volunteers will then disperse to their designated projects following worship time. The projects […]
Although it’s a year away, the TSA is alerting travelers of some new regulations. Beginning October 1st of 2020, all airline passengers will need to have a REAL-ID compliant form of identification to board a commercial flight. Millions of travelers may be affected if they don’t have the proper ID, like a U-S […]
Rural Dale Baptist Church has announced the Living Proof Simulcast with Beth Moore on Saturday, September 28, 2019. Along with Beth Moore, considered one of today’s top Bible teachers, Christian recording artist Travis Cottrell will lead worship via simulcast. The theme for the simulcast event will be Strong Sisters, she is clothed in strength and […]
A Galt teenager sustained injuries when the car she drove was reportedly struck by another vehicle two miles west of Galt on Friday morning. The Patrol reports an ambulance transported 18-year-old Danielle Whitcher to Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton with minor injuries. The car traveled west on Highway 6 before it was allegedly struck in […]
Children five years old and younger can compete in the Missouri Day Baby Show in Trenton next month. Registration will open at the Rock Barn Pavilion the evening of October 18th at 5:30 with the “Precious Pumpkins”-themed baby show will start at 6 o’clock. Fall or Halloween attire is welcome. Participants will compete in several […]
The results have been announced for Friday evening’s Baby Show at Chautauqua in Gallatin. First place for Little Miss Chautauqua went to Annika Baker, and Little Mister Chautauqua went to Jaxten Parker. In the three-year-olds division first place went to Cole Chadwick and Zaya Brown, two-year-olds, first place went to Deiontie Mayfield and Harlyn Walker […]
Examples of small towns revitalizing their rural economies were presented when Andrew McCrae spoke Wednesday in Trenton during an event sponsored by the Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri. McCrae is one of the board members. McCrae is the host of the American Countryside radio program heard weekdays on KTTN and hundreds of other radio stations. […]
A medical marijuana advocate says patients who get state approval can legally grow their own marijuana. But Columbia attorney and medical marijuana supporter Dan Viets says transporting the seeds to Missouri is illegal. Viets says there’s a lot of interest from pain patients. Legal medical marijuana sales will probably start early […]
A Missouri man in his mid-40s died this week at Mercy Hospital St. Louis due to an illness associated with the use of e-cigarettes. This is the first vaping-related death in Missouri and the eighth nationwide. Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services concluded it was a vaping-related lung injury after lung samples were taken […]
Not many Missourians know that the U.S. military’s daily newspaper, Stars and Stripes, was founded here on Nov. 9, 1861. Union soldiers occupying the town commandeered the printing press of the Bloomfield Herald and issued a four-page newspaper with that title. The newspaper proved to be a morale booster for troops away from their families, […]
Wright Memorial Hospital recently launched a new program that will provide an oncology nurse navigator dedicated to easing the physical, spiritual, emotional, and financial hardships of living with and beyond cancer. The program is being funded in part by the Wright Memorial Hospital Foundation. The program will center around an on-staff oncology nurse navigator whose […]
Bryan Savage, saxophonist, and flutist will be performing in Chillicothe, Saturday, September 28th, 2019, 3:00 p.m., at the Gary Dickinson Performing Arts Center, 2800 Hornet Drive. The show is sponsored by the Chillicothe Area Arts Council and is part of their Season Shows. Bryan was born and grew up in Chillicothe, Missouri, the son […]
