The administrative committee of the Trenton City Council has given its consensus to allow officials with the Trenton Chamber of Commerce and state license office to consider re-locating to part of a vacant building at the airport. The site most recently was the location of Green Hills Animal Nutrition which made pet treats. With unpaid […]
Trenton City Administrator Ron Urton reports the fire scene in the 600 block of Main Street in Trenton is now under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the State Fire Marshal. Authorities have not allowed Main Street to be reopened to traffic as they continue their investigation. Detour routes […]
Chillicothe’s Fire Chief provided his news release on their mutual aid efforts in fighting the fire last night in the 600 block of Main Street in Trenton. In part, Chief Darrell Wright credits a firewall between the middle building and the north building which slowed the spread of the fire. That would be the firewall between […]
Multiple fire departments responded Monday afternoon to a fire that caused most of two buildings to collapse in the 600 block of Main street. A west wall remained upright. A third building remains standing but the extent of damage is unknown. The location is across from the Law Enforcement Center in downtown Trenton. Destroyed were […]
Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture is giving funding priority in a key grant program for applications to address opioid misuse in rural communities. “The opioid epidemic is dramatically impacting prosperity in many small towns and rural places across the country,” Hazlett said. […]
The Newtown-Harris R-3 Board of Education voted Wednesday evening to amend this year’s school calendar for makeup days due to inclement weather. Superintendent Doctor Kim Johnson reports Newtown-Harris has missed 13 days this school year so far, and 10 will be made up. She says makeup days include February 18th, March 22nd as an early […]
A fundraising event will be held next week for the Trenton Area Ministerial Alliance’s Good Samaritan Fund, a ministry to help residents pay for their utilities. The Sharing of the Heart Baked Potato Bar and Homemade Pie Auction will be at The Space in downtown Trenton the evening of February 22nd from 5 to 7 […]
Specifications have been approved regarding bids to be sought for residential sanitation collection and disposal in the city of Trenton. The city council last evening reviewed details of the bid documents. City Administrator Ron Urton said the request for bids will be published this week, with bids due at the city hall by 2 o’clock […]
The Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri, Incorporated’s Eighth Annual Meeting will feature a Northwest Missouri native. Radio host, author, and farmer Andrew McCrea will speak at the “Rethinking Small Town America” event at the Stoney Creek Inn of Saint Joseph February 22nd. Doors will open at 8:15 that morning with breakfast at 8:30 and the […]
The Grundy County Commission will meet with a representative of the Howe Company next week regarding bridges. The weekly meeting will be held at the courthouse in Trenton on Monday due to the observance of Lincoln’s Birthday Tuesday. John Dwiggins with the Howe Company is on Monday’s agenda at 10 o’clock. Ambulance Director Steve Tracy […]
The Trenton Downtown Improvement Association has been selected to participate in a cost-sharing affiliate grant that provides training, mentoring, and technical services to revitalization programs in Missouri’s historic commercial districts. Missouri Main Street staff will visit with Trenton downtown community members to evaluate existing and future needs and schedule customized training and mentoring sessions to […]
A community developer at the Green Hills Regional Planning Commission of Trenton has been hired as the new City Administrator of Gallatin. Lance Rains says he was hired Thursday, January 31st out of six applicants and will begin the position February 19th. Rains has lived near Gallatin since 1992 applied for Gallatin City Administrator because […]
The Trenton Downtown Improvement Association welcomed a new executive director at its annual membership meeting Tuesday evening. Megan Derry of Trenton will begin her part-time duties February 11th and will work out of an office on the first floor of the Grundy County Courthouse in Trenton. She will be responsible for the day-to-day management of […]
The city of Trenton and Trenton Municipal Utilities are offering some reminders during the extremely cold weather. With below freezing rigid temperatures, supply pipes, and also the pipes in customer’s homes, are more susceptible to breaking. When water mains freeze or burst, it can create a lot of problems. Frozen pipes can also create a […]
An educator, with over 20-years experience as a Superintendent in Kansas, will become the next Trenton R-9 School Superintendent. The R-9 Board of Education made the announcement Monday morning that Mike Stegman of Cimarron, Kansas has been hired as Trenton’s Superintendent beginning July 1st for the 2019-2020 school year. Stegman currently is Superintendent of the […]
The Trenton Downtown Improvement Association will hold an election at its annual membership meeting next week. All members are encouraged to attend the meeting at the North Central Missouri Development Office at 713 Main Street Tuesday evening, January 29th at 5:30. The agenda includes the election of four members of the Trenton Downtown Improvement Association […]
A Raytown man sustained injuries when a car slid off a snow-covered road and overturned three miles south of Atlanta Monday night. Twenty-two-year-old Ian Mahl was treated for minor injuries and released at the scene. Mahl traveled north on U. S. Highway 63 when he reportedly lost control of the car, and it slid off […]
The Newtown-Harris R-3 Board of Education approved Linda Hague as a foster care liaison at a meeting this week. Principal Dustin Freeman reported the Professional Learning Committee met with the Northeast Regional Professional Development Center Representative Lori Ladwig to plan second-semester curriculum goals and meeting dates. Missouri Assessment Program and End of Course exam scores […]
Story by Alisa Nelson of Missourinet The Crossroads Correctional Center in northwest Missouri’s Cameron could be closing. Governor Mike Parson’s state budget proposal includes shuttering the prison and moving the inmates and many of the workers to the other prison in town – the Western Missouri Correctional Center (WMCC). “As governor, I am […]
An area Shopko store is to close due to the Green Bay, Wisconsin-based retailer and its subsidiaries filing voluntary petitions for a court-supervised financial restructuring under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. The company’s website provides a list of the 38 stores to close including the Shopko Hometown store in Carrollton. The expected […]
