Twenty-five female graduates of North Mercer R-3 and Princeton R-5 high schools have been awarded a combined total of more than $108,700 in scholarships for the Fall 2018 semester by the Gene Kauffman Scholarship Foundation, Incorporated. Seven recipients are attending Northwest Missouri State University of Maryville. The others are attending seven other institutions in Missouri. […]
At the most recent meeting of the Highway 5 Corridor Coalition, a unanimous vote was taken to endorse Proposition D on the November ballot. Proposition D raises the motor fuel tax by 2.5 cents each of four years totaling 10 cents per gallon in the fourth year. The funds will directly offset money in the […]
A family from Marceline has given the University of Missouri Athletic Department a $10,000,000 gift. Don and Audrey Walsworth’s contribution will go toward the South End Zone Facility currently under construction as well as future department projects. With this donation, the Walsworths have given more than $25,000,000 total to Missouri Athletics. In response, the University […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Brookfield man sustained minor injuries when a car struck a tractor-trailer truck’s trailer Friday morning. Twenty-three-year-old Matthew Moser of Brookfield traveled west on U. S. Highway 36 two miles west of Meadville when the car he drove hit the trailer in the rear. The driver of the tractor-trailer truck is […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Trenton teen sustained moderate injuries when one pickup truck struck another three miles southeast of Chula Friday morning. Eighteen-year-old James Knight traveled west on LIV 216 when the pickup he drove crossed the center of the road and hit a pickup driven by 57-year-old Mark Hopper of Chula. Knight’s truck ran […]
Thousands of dollars are missing, city funds were used to pay a personal credit card and firearms are unaccounted for according to an audit of Glasgow released by State Auditor Nicole Galloway. The suspicious activity took place under the supervision of a former city administrator, Kevin Atwood, who was responsible for many of the city’s […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Cainsville man sustained serious injuries when he was ejected from a pickup truck after a car struck his truck north of Bethany Thursday morning. Twenty-three-year-old John Hamilton of Cainsville drove west on Route A when the car driven by 34-year-old Andrew Moody of Holt Summit reportedly failed to yield after […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Cameron man was airlifted to a hospital following a one-vehicle accident south of Ozark, Missouri Tuesday morning. Fifty-six-year-old Robby Rosenau traveled south on U. S. Highway 65 when the vehicle he drove ran off the road, became airborne, and landed at the bottom of a steep embankment on some large […]
The North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees at its meeting Tuesday night approved early repayment of the Barton Campus bond issue. Associate Vice President for Business and Finance Tyson Otto presented information that outlined an option for the early repayment of the bond issue on November 15th. Total payment due is $940,459.11 with the […]
The Trenton City Council last night voted to authorize a 5% reduction in electric rates effective with the bills received in November, and the council ultimately voted to have an electric rate study done, but not until after the Mayor vetoed two separate motions. Last week, the utility committee advanced discussion on having a three-month […]
Trenton authorities are reporting the arrest of two individuals on a multitude of charges. Thirty-three-year-old Trenton resident, Cody Burchett, has been arrested on Grundy County charges accusing him with third-degree domestic assault on September 9th, as well as failure to appear in court in connection with charges of first-degree stalking and third-degree assault, both of […]
A Centerville, Iowa woman arrested by the Highway Patrol in Putnam County Thursday morning has been charged in Putnam County. Online court information shows 42-year-old Mindy Sager was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance except for 35 grams or less of marijuana or synthetic cannabinoid as well as the misdemeanors of exceeding the […]
Information was shared this week with the Utility Committee on water and sewer line projects that are in the design process. There are four street locations in Trenton with a total cost collectively more than $1,000,000. Each is projected to be done before street and state highway work is done to avoid tearing up a […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Cameron man sustained moderate injuries when a car struck an International truck one mile north of Lathrop Tuesday morning. Twenty-one year old Gavin Roberts of Cameron drove south on Interstate 35 when traffic reportedly slowed approaching a crash. His vehicle then hit the rear of the southbound truck driven by […]
A lengthy discussion last night on electric rates evolved into a request to establish a minimum of three months operating reserves and a recommendation to ask for a rate study. The two-hour utility committee was attended by its three members plus the other five city councilmen; mayor, city administrator/utility director, city clerk, and four department […]
Authorities report four individuals were arrested on various charges, two of them brothers, over the weekend in Grundy County. Twenty-two-year-old Justin Lee Kleihauer of Trenton faces four felony counts and two misdemeanor counts. His bonds total $43,000 cash with an appearance September 25th in the Associate Division of Grundy County circuit court. Justin Kleihauer is […]
A former executive of a Springfield, Mo., charity pleaded guilty in federal court to misprision (the deliberate concealment of one’s knowledge of a treasonable act or a felony.) of a felony in connection with the concealment of a multi-million-dollar scheme by which other charity executives embezzled and diverted millions of dollars from the Springfield nonprofit […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of four individuals on various unrelated charges. Forty-four-year-old Miriah Butler of Trenton was arrested Thursday on failure to obey judge’s order on felony charges of third-degree domestic assault—third or subsequent offense and distribution, delivery, manufacture, or production or attempt to possess with intent to distribute, deliver, manufacture, […]
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is awarding almost $1 million to help eight community water systems in northwest Missouri counties hardest hit by drought. The department made this emergency funding available in response to Governor Parson’s Executive Order No 18-05. The funding will assist with construction projects intended to ensure drought-impacted small communities are able […]
Widespread drought conditions during the 2018 growing season in most of Missouri resulted in hay and forage shortages, says University of Missouri Extension agronomist Dhruba Dhakal. Dhakal offers some alternative/emergency forage options to feed beef cattle during fall, winter, and spring. Stockpiling tall fescue If fescue stands are strong, stockpiling tall fescue is one of […]
