The Better Woman Conference in Trenton during March will feature a mentor to women at a Canadian church. Niagra Falls Mountain Park Church Teaching Pastor Brenda Drost will speak at the First Assembly of God during the event on March 13th and 14th. Dinner will be served Friday evening at 6 o’clock, and service will […]
Grundy County Commissioners adopted a deficit budget for the calendar year on Wednesday, however, as in recent years, commissioners hope expenses will be less than projected and revenues come in higher than anticipated. That combination has allowed Grundy County to finish the calendar year with a balanced budget. Such was the case for 2019 when […]
Mercer County Public Water District has issued a precautionary boil advisory for some of its rural water customers. Affected are all customers from the intersection of Arcadia Street and Highway 65, north along 65 to the Iowa-Missouri state line. Repairs were completed to a water main on Monday. The precautionary advisory to boil water for […]
With just four out of seven members present, Trenton’s Building and Nuisance Board met Monday evening and took action on several properties of concern. Public hearings were held about five residential locations. Each was then advanced to the next step in the process called “findings of fact.” Those addresses are 409 East 19th Street, 1437 […]
Contractor bids are due on February 21st with the awarding of a bid possibly on March 4th regarding the Highway 6 resurfacing project through Trenton. MoDOT Area Engineer Randy Mendenhall said the Trenton portion has been combined with a similar project in Daviess County (I-35 to Route K east of Gallatin) plus other work to […]
The Trenton City Council Monday night authorized the Howe Engineering Company to proceed with plans to have repairs made to a flood-damaged sanitary sewer force main under Muddy Creek. During the flooding of last May, the stream bank severely eroded and exposed the force main pipes. City Administrator Ron Urton said the piping is still […]
The state has awarded 192 licenses to companies interested in selling medical marijuana inside highly-secured retail locations. Medical marijuana dispensary facility licenses were approved for several companies in the area. Those include Mo Med Chillicothe at 941 Washington Street at Chillicothe, Red Stag Retail at 509 North Main Street at Gallatin, BMD Cameron at 714 […]
The Chillicothe Police Department requested the Chillicothe Fire Department respond to a possible trailer fire in the 100 block of Herriford on Friday night. Fire Lieutenant Rob Williams reports firefighters found light smoke in the area and flames visible inside the camper upon arrival. A one and three-quarter-inch hand line was deployed, and about 200 […]
Trenton City Administrator Ron Urton says overnight snowfall hampered the street department’s efforts in removing snow from streets. Trenton’s emergency snow route ordinance will once again go into effect Friday night at 11 o’clock until Saturday morning, January 25th at 7 o’clock. This allows snow to be cleared from streets designated as emergency snow routes. Vehicles […]
The city of Trenton will have its emergency snow ordinance in effect, beginning at 11 o’clock Thursday, January 23 until 7 a.m. on Friday, January 24. Vehicles are to be removed from streets on the list to allow for snow to be moved. Failure to remove a vehicle from snow routes could cause the vehicles […]
Planning is underway for the 2020 Piccadilly Ladies Night Out Auction & Gala. Tickets will go on sale on Thursday, January 30, 2020, at 5:30 pm at the Celebrations Event Hall located at the south end of The Fast Lane Entertainment Center. “We have some wonderful and exciting things in store for our eleventh annual […]
Trenton Municipal Utilities has issued a boil advisory for a portion of Trenton due to the repair of a water main. Water was turned off until Tuesday afternoon from West 18th Street from Cedar to Bolser Street, Merrill Street from West 18th to West 20th, Carnes and Bolser streets from West 15th to West 20th, […]
The Trenton Economic Development Committee on Tuesday evening reviewed a visitor’s guide and discussed possible incentives to offer businesses. City Administrator Ron Urton reports a few changes are to be made on the visitor’s guide before it is distributed to the public. Those changes include updating pictures and fixing typos. The committee also talked about […]
The Gallatin Board of Aldermen took action on various matters Monday evening. Certificate of deposit rates from Farmers Bank of Northern Missouri and BTC Bank were reviewed. The board approved cashing out the sales tax CD that matures January 27th for $65,199.06 and purchasing a 36-month CD at the highest interest rate between Farmers and […]
The City of Trenton will be accepting sealed bids for cash renting approximately 65 acres, more or less, of row crop north of Trenton beginning March 1, 2020. Bids will be for one year at which time the Lease shall automatically renew for a period of one year, four times. Lessee will be required to […]
Eleven defendants have been indicted for their roles in a $1.7 million conspiracy to distribute 150 kilograms of methamphetamine and 10 kilograms of heroin, as well as illegally possessing numerous firearms. Kamel Mahgub Elburki, 31, Ashley Brooke Clevenger, 37, Edward Jason Alberty Jr., 23, Rachel Gale Simpson, 36, Daniel Jessie Ruiz, 35, and Matthew John […]
All ordinances on the agenda were approved during Monday nights’ meeting of the Trenton City Council. One ordinance begins the process that ultimately involves the re-development of land at the southwest corner of 28th street and Highway 65 as the future location for a new Orscheln Farm and Home store. A funding agreement was unanimously […]
A resident used a fire extinguisher to put out what was described as a small fire inside an apartment at 1300 Lord. The Trenton fire department was called to the scene after 6 o’clock Sunday night, however, the fire was out by the time crews arrived. Trenton Lieutenant Jeremy Summers reported a twin size mattress […]
Chillicothe police say they received a report on Saturday afternoon of a person on a four-wheeler pulling two small children on sleds on Trenton Road. Police were unable to locate the group, however, Chillicothe Assistant Police Chief Rick Sampsel reminded the public it’s not only unsafe to perform an activity like this, but it’s also […]
Three people were injured Sunday morning in a head-on collision when two pickup trucks collided at Parnell in eastern Nodaway County. Fifty-seven-year-old Ronald Petersen of Grant City was taken by ambulance to Mosaic Life Care in Maryville with serious injuries. The other driver, 58-year old David Auffert of Parnell, was taken by private vehicle to […]
