The Grundy County Health Department will offer Social Media in Emergency Response Training next week. Department of Public Safety Director of New Media and State Emergency Management Agency Public Information Officer Sara Dayley will present the one-day, interactive training at the First Christian Church of Trenton Monday, September 10th, 2018. Training will be held from […]
Part two of a project will bring a new, smoother surface to Interstate 35 in Harrison County. The Missouri Department of Transportation contracted Herzog Construction Company of St. Joseph to resurface I-35 between Route N at Eagleville and the Iowa state line. The contractor completed concrete patching and bridge work earlier this construction season to […]
Two sections of U.S. Route 69 in Harrison and Daviess counties are getting a new surface this month. 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 35 and […]
The Missouri Department of Conservation and the Conservation Federation of Missouri encourage deer hunters around the state to share their harvests through the state’s Share the Harvest program. Deer season in Missouri runs from Sept. 15 through Jan. 15, 2019. Administered by MDC and CFM, Share the Harvest coordinates the efforts of thousands of deer […]
The 34th Annual Chautauqua in the Park will be held September 8-9, 2018 at Simpson Park in Chillicothe. This annual event, sponsored by the Chillicothe Area Chamber of Commerce and the Chillicothe Area Arts Council, and presented by Hedrick Medical Center, has a wide variety of entertainment, activities, artists, crafts, and food. “We have over […]
The Highway Patrol office in St. Joseph has released results of the Labor Day holiday weekend impaired driving enforcement operations. The northwest Missouri troop conducted DWI saturations in eight counties: Andrew, Buchanan, Daviess, Dekalb, Grundy, Harrison, Livingston, and Nodaway. There was one driving while intoxicated arrest, 39 traffic citations, five drug arrests, and two misdemeanor […]
Missouri is the first state in the nation to start regulating labels on meat substitutes that are grown in labs or made from plants. The state Agriculture Department says the advertising law is meant to prohibit misrepresentation of a product as meat. Becky Brown of Natural Health Organic Foods store in Cape Girardeau told KFVS-TV […]
Bridge inspection crews based in North Missouri work to inspect the bridges in the 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. But […]
The Highway Patrol has released the statistics of the Labor Day holiday weekend. The Patrol reports that statewide there were 258 traffic crashes, 92 injuries, five fatalities, and 97 arrests for driving while intoxicated. The fatalities included two in Jefferson County and two in Saint Charles County investigated by the Patrol and one in Springfield […]
In the 2018 drought forages for cow herds are short. Without rain, pastures didn’t grow and stored hay for winter feeding fell short. But feed options are at hand that were not available before. This drought has more feed grains available at possibly lower prices, says Scott Brown, University of Missouri beef economist. Missourians hard hit […]
An open house for the North Central Missouri College Elizabeth and Arthur Barton Farm Campus will be held Wednesday, September 19, 2018, beginning at 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. at the Barton Campus. The event will begin with an opening ceremony at the Hoffman-Robbins Shelter House honoring donors followed by refreshments, student demonstrations, and farm […]
Exhibits for the Spickard Fall Festival may be checked in Thursday, September 6 as the Spickard Fall Festival gets underway. Quilts, needleworks, fruits, vegetables, canned goods, crafts, fine arts, woodworking, flowers, and other items may be checked in at the Wise Community Center from 3 to 6 o’clock. A scarecrow contest will also take place. […]
(Missourinet) – State Auditor Nicole Galloway is pleased legislation has become law requiring Missouri school districts to inform parents and guardians if their child’s personal information has been stolen. Galloway says the new law is common sense. Galloway says after a recent education audit, she urged legislators to pass the measure. […]
(Missourinet) – Missouri has about 16,000 known sinkholes. Fletcher Bone with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources says they can be found statewide but are prevalent in certain parts of the state. Bone says sinkhole reports often increase during certain times of the year. He says the size of sinkholes can […]
Officers responded to the 1000 block of Graves street for a report of stealing. Heather Dawn Mammen was arrested for stealing from a business and released with a Municipal citation to appear in court. Officers responded to the 600 block of Webster for a scam report. The victim reported that she had been a part […]
A Texas man was taken to the hospital in Cameron after being struck early Monday by a car on Interstate 35, approximately ten miles south of Cameron. The highway patrol reports 40-year-old Natayvis Byrd of Belton, Texas was struck on the leg and left hip after he had got out of his vehicle to check […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Cameron woman sustained serious injuries when the car she drove lost power and drifted off the road four miles south of Cameron Friday morning. Thirty-two-year-old Joann Willits traveled south on Interstate 35 when the vehicle reportedly stopped functioning for an unknown reason before it drifted off the road, struck a […]
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in North Missouri planned for the week of September 3 – 9 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. MoDOT will halt temporary lanes closures throughout the state to accommodate an increase in traffic due to the Labor Day holiday. Most temporary lane closures […]
Chillicothe and Bosworth residents died last night as a result of a head-on crash four miles south of Chillicothe. The highway patrol reports 23-year-old Nicholas Lawson of Chillicothe died at Hedrick Medical Center and 49-year-old Orville Cooper of Bosworth was pronounced dead at the scene. Lawson was northbound and Cooper was headed south when one […]
A St. Louis lawyer is trying to force former Republican Governor Eric Greitens’ nonprofit group to disclose its records. Attorney Elad Gross argued his case against the organization, A New Missouri, Thursday at a circuit court in Jefferson City. Joann Sandifer, who represents the nonprofit, thinks Gross is improperly trying to make political advances through […]
