Views: 0The Grundy County Health Department in Trenton will offer rapid Hepatitis C Virus Antibody testing next month. The Hepatitis C testing will be done in the office August 22nd by appointment and costs $20. The tests require a finger stick to collect a blood sample, and results are known in 20 to 40 minutes. […]
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Trenton City Council approves financing options for improvements to sewer plant
Views: 0The Trenton City Council last night approved two documents by way of ordinances, authorizing long term financing of sewer plant improvements. One document involves the re-financing of the effluent disinfection project. The other is for the headworks building project. Money is to be borrowed at a lower interest rate of three point six percent; […]
Missouri Department of Conservation proposes new efforts to limit spread of CWD
Views: 1The Missouri Department of Conservation is increasing its efforts to slow the spread of the deadly deer disease called Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) throughout Missouri by proposing new regulations that would change requirements for transporting deer carcasses and add carcass-disposal requirements for meat processors and taxidermists. If approved, the regulations would become effective Feb. […]
Audio: Missouri House Committee to hear Sexual Orientation Bill on Wednesday
Views: 0Legislation that adds sexual orientation and gender identity to Missouri’s Human Rights statute is scheduled to be heard Wednesday by a House committee in Jefferson City. GOP House Speaker Elijah Haahr has referred the bill to the House General Laws Committee. The Kansas City lawmaker, who is gay, is calling on Missouri […]
Grundy County Health Department to offer Hepatitis C testing
Views: 0The Grundy County Health Department of Trenton will offer Hepatitis C virus antibody testing to observe Hepatitis Awareness Month in May. Rapid Hepatitis C testing will be done May 17th at a cost of $20.00 The health department reports that Hepatitis C is an infection of the liver, and most individuals infected develop a […]
Study finds 9 of 10 smartphones violate radiation safety limits
Views: 8Public health groups are calling for a nationwide recall on some cellular phones after a new study showed some units when pressed up against the body, emit 11 times more radiation than Federal Communications Commission safety limits allows. A study done by a professor emeritus of electrical engineering from the University of Utah analyzed data […]
More Cases of Chronic Wasting Disease Discovered in Area Counties
Views: 0The Missouri Department of Conservation reports 41 new positive test results for chronic wasting disease (CWD) have been confirmed following its sampling and testing of more than 32,000 free-ranging Missouri deer during its 2018-2019 disease-surveillance efforts. The 41 new positive test results bring Missouri’s total CWD detections to 116 since 2012. The new positives […]
MU Thompson Farm results in advance calf production for beef herd owners
Views: 0 Thompson Farm, Spickard, makes a home for beef reproduction research from the University of Missouri. That doesn’t protect it from harsh weather of hot droughts and frigid calving season faced by all beef farms recently. Weather cut beef herd size and boosted costs for labor and feed, farm manager Jon Schreffler told a […]
Livingston County to test automatic voting equipment
Views: 0Automatic voting equipment will be tested at the Livingston County Courthouse of Chillicothe next week to comply with state law. The test will take place in the first-floor lobby on the morning of March 27th at 10 o’clock.
Voting equipment to be tested in Livingston County
Views: 0Automatic absentee voting equipment will be tested at the Livingston County Courthouse in Chillicothe next week. Representatives of political parties, news media, candidates, and the public are invited to attend the testing Tuesday morning, February 19 at 10 o’clock. Livingston County Clerk Shelly Parks reports the testing is done to comply with state law.
Trenton Municipal Utilities completes modifications at water plant
Views: 0Trenton Municipal Utilities reports that it has completed modifications at the city drinking water plant. The modifications are designed to protect private lead service lines and reduce the possibility of lead entering water used in homes with lead service lines. TMU will complete another round of lead testing in February at the 40 locations […]
Missouri Department of Conservation test results reveal more deer with CWD
Views: 0The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports 28 more deer from 11 Missouri counties have been found to have chronic wasting disease (CWD). This brings the number of cases of the deadly deer disease in Missouri to 103 since 2012. CWD is a deadly illness in white-tailed deer and other members of the deer […]
First case of Chronic Wasting Disease discovered in southwest Missouri
Views: 0Missouri Department of Conservation reports that a young buck harvested in Stone County in early November has tested positive for the deadly deer disease — chronic wasting disease (CWD). According to MDC, this is the first detection of CWD in Stone County and the first detection in the far southwest region of the state. […]
Electric rates are hotly contested in Monday meeting of Trenton City Council
Views: 0The Trenton City Council last night defeated one ordinance and adopted four others. After two attempts, the city council failed to collect enough votes to override the Mayor’s veto on a professional study of electric rates for Trenton Municipal Utilities. Toth and Associates of Springfield were to perform a cost of service and rate […]
Show-Me-Select sales offer records on quality beef heifer replacements
Views: 0Replacement heifers to upgrade cow-calf herds will be offered in six Show-Me-Select sales this fall. Also, owners can restock cow herds culled in the drought. With strength in beef demand and rains growing pastures, herd owners can rebuild. Dry weather’s impact on forages had farmers concerned. “Optimism of cow-calf herd owners should return,” says […]
Missouri Department of Conservation reminds deer hunters about CWD sampling, carcass disposal, and Share the Harvest
Views: 0The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds deer hunters that it is conducting mandatory sampling and voluntary sampling of harvested deer to help find cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD). MDC encourages hunters to properly dispose of deer carcasses to help limit the spread of the disease. MDC also encourages hunters to Share the […]
MoDOT statewide winter weather drill set for November 7th
Views: 0The Missouri Department of Transportation will test its readiness to plow snow for the upcoming winter season with a statewide drill on Wednesday, November 7th. Motorists may notice increased numbers of MoDOT vehicles on state routes during the drill. In rural areas, crews will deploy after 8 a.m. In urban areas, the drill will […]
TMU reports latest tests on drinking water shows 9 of 40 samples above EPA action level for lead
Views: 0Trenton Municipal Utilities recently received the latest round of official drinking water test results from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. TMU reports the results from samples collected in late July and early August show nine of the 40 sample Tier One locations were above the Environmental Protection Agency’s action level of 15 parts […]
Aviation unit from Sedalia, Missouri receives combat patch
Views: 0More than 40 U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers received their shoulder sleeve insignia for former wartime service, or combat patch, during a ceremony held in a CH-47 Chinook helicopter hangar at Camp Taji Military Complex, Iraq, Sept. 11, 2018. The Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 35th Combat Aviation Brigade, from Sedalia, Missouri, […]
Deer hunters once again encouraged to Share The Harvest
Views: 0The 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 […]