The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has accepted a bid for replacement of the East Medicine Creek Bridge on Sullivan County Route PP. Missouri Department of Transportation Area Engineer Randy Mendenhall reports the project was awarded to Widel, Incorporated for $1,382,931.70. A work schedule has not yet been announced and all work will depend on […]
As part of the on-going mission to help families in poverty across Missouri, Community Action Partnership of North Central Missouri (formerly GHCAA, or Green Hills) is currently conducting a Community Needs Assessment. The purpose of this assessment is to help the Agency better understand the current state of poverty within our nine-county service area. The […]
The Highway Patrol reports a pedestrian sustained minor injuries when a car struck her on private property one-third of a mile north of Milan Friday morning. A private vehicle transported 39-year-old Noelia Castruita Saucedo of Milan to the Sullivan County Memorial Hospital in Milan. The driver, 33-year-old Marc Simbi of Kirksville, was reported as not […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in northern Missouri for the week of Jan. 27 – Feb. 2. Though not listed below, some routes remain closed due to flooding. View all routes closed due to flooding at http://traveler.modot.org/map/. Inclement weather may cause […]
Missouri’s 2019-2020 deer hunting and fall archery turkey seasons ended Wednesday. The Missouri Department of Conservation reports a preliminary total deer harvest of 285,483. One hundred thirty-three thousand nine hundred fourteen were antlered bucks, 27,931 button bucks, and 123,638 does. Top harvest counties for the overall deer season were Franklin with 6,247 deer checked, Callaway […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in north Missouri for the week of January 20 – 26. Though not listed below, some routes remain closed due to flooding. View all routes closed due to flooding at http://traveler.modot.org/map/. Inclement weather may cause schedule […]
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a Winter Storm Watch that will go into effect late Thursday night, January 16 and continue through Friday evening, January 17, 2020. According to the weather service, A mixture of snow, sleet, and freezing rain will overspread the region from south to north as a strong […]
Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever, the Missouri Department of Conservation, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the Farm Service Agency will host several landowner meetings in Missouri. Information will be presented showing the options of the Conservation Reserve Program and other conservation programs along with a highlight of updated rental rates at two meetings in the […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in north Missouri for the week of January 13 – 19. Though not listed below, some routes remain closed due to flooding. View all routes closed due to flooding at http://traveler.modot.org/map/. Inclement weather may cause schedule […]
Sullivan County Public Water Supply District Number 1 has issued a precautionary boil advisory until further notice for some Sullivan County Rural Water customers. The advisory affects those on Route N from Route Y to Gable Drive, including Nile and Forest drives.
The American Red Cross currently has a critical need for blood donors of all blood types, especially type O – to make an appointment now to give and help replenish the blood supply after the holiday weeks. Right now, the Red Cross has less than a three-day supply of type O blood. To help tackle […]
The number of traffic fatalities in 2019 across Missouri is down compared to the previous two years. Statistics on the Highway Patrol website show 866 traffic deaths were investigated by troopers in 2019. which compares to 921 deaths in 2018 and 932 in the year 2017 in Missouri. Within the nine-county Green Hills Region, there […]
A Milan woman faces two felony charges following an alleged incident on East Fourth Street in Milan. Online court information shows 52-year-old Toni Lea Butler has been charged in Sullivan County with unlawful use of a weapon—while intoxicated—loaded weapon and first-degree burglary. Her bond is $10,000 cash only. A probable cause statement accuses Butler of […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in North Missouri for the week of January 6 – 12. Though not listed below, some routes remain closed due to flooding. View all routes closed due to flooding at http://traveler.modot.org/map/. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes […]
The Sullivan County Local Emergency Planning Committee will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday, December 31 beginning at 11:30 AM at the Milan Community Center. Federal law requires every county in Missouri to have an active (LEPC). By law, the LEPC must include, representatives from each of the following groups: elected State and local officials, […]
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows that deer hunters in Missouri harvested 10,543 deer during the antlerless portion of the fall firearms deer season Friday through Sunday. According to figures from the department, that’s four thousand more than the same period last year. Top harvest counties from the weekend were Callaway with […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in North Missouri for the week of December 9 – 15. Though not listed below, some routes remain closed due to flooding. Inclement weather may cause schedule changes in some of the planned work. There may […]
The Community Emergency Response Team training which was to begin in Newtown this Wednesday evening (December 4th) has been postponed due to what Sullivan County Emergency Management Agency Director Dennis Goldsmith calls “unforeseen circumstances.” The free class will now begin at the Newtown-Harris School on December 11, 2019. Questions regarding the change should be directed […]
The recent announcement of a large federal grant is expected to accelerate the program in developing a large lake north of Milan. The East Locust Creek Reservoir project receives a grant of nearly $13,500,000 with the money designated for infrastructure improvements including roads in rural Sullivan County. Brad Scott, the general manager for the North […]
Grundy County’s unemployment rate for October is steady with September but it’s lower than the figures reported for August and July. The latest statistics are for October which indicated Grundy County had 102 on unemployment out of a civilian labor force of 4,400. That’s a jobless rate of two point three percent. For the previous […]
