An application was submitted to the Livingston County Commission at a hearing Tuesday morning to close a road in the Jackson Township. Livingston County Commissioner Dave Mapel reports there was no opposition to the closing of LIV 531, but no action was taken. The commission has to wait 90 days before taking action on the […]
The Grundy County Commission reports Grundy County Road and Bridge is working on bridge maintenance in Liberty Township. The department is to finish bridge maintenance in Madison Township, weather permitting. Jerry and Tammy Brundage, on behalf of the Spickard Special Road District, met with the Grundy County Commission Tuesday morning, September 24, 2019, to talk […]
Examples of small towns revitalizing their rural economies were presented when Andrew McCrae spoke Wednesday in Trenton during an event sponsored by the Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri. McCrae is one of the board members. McCrae is the host of the American Countryside radio program heard weekdays on KTTN and hundreds of other radio stations. […]
Veterans In Defense of Liberty’s® (ViDoL) Board of Directors voted unanimously in favor of Liberty Riders of America™ (LRA) taking up the torch for the Midwest that was carried faithfully by Rolling Thunder, Inc® on the national level for 32 years. The affirmative vote authorized Liberty Riders of America™ to organize and coordinate the inaugural 256-mile ride […]
When storms and floods struck the state in the spring and summer of 2019, the Missouri Department of Corrections staff and offenders invested long workdays and hard-earned dollars to help fellow Missourians. Supervised by staff working extra hours outside their usual shifts, more than 350 offenders from Missouri prisons contributed 1,548 workdays to flood relief, filling and placing […]
Grundy County’s delinquent tax sale this morning generated $2,926 from the five properties that were sold. The sale began with 86 properties being offered for sale by the Grundy County Collector-Treasurer’s office. The highest price bid was for a parcel in Wilson township that went for the amount of taxes against it $1,473.98. This was […]
A Port Townsend, Washington man with ties to Spickard plans to write a screenplay for a movie about Spickard. Mark Clemens says his father was Charles “Chuck” Clemens, who was a fourth-generation Spickard resident and moved to Iowa in 1946. Clemens says he visited Spickard last year and someone mentioned the book The Gazette Girls […]
As of 11 o’clock Friday morning, the Grundy County Collector-Treasurer’s Office reported 93 properties will be offered at the Annual Delinquent Tax Sale on Monday, August 26, 2019. The tax sale will start at the courthouse in Trenton Monday morning at 10 o’clock with thirty-five properties in Leisure Lake Township. Twenty-six of the properties are […]
As of the time of the publication of this article, there are 98 properties listed for the annual delinquent tax sale scheduled for Monday, August 26, 2019, at the Grundy County Courthouse. The sale begins at 10 o’clock. Collector Treasurer Barbara Harris is requesting those interested in being a possible bidder at the tax sale […]
Special elections regarding tax levies were held in Sullivan County and the Rich Hill Township of Livingston County on Tuesday, August 6, 2019. The proposed 50 cent levy on the $100 of assessed valuation for Sullivan County Road and Bridge purposes did not pass. There were 312 yes votes and 331 no votes. Absentees accounted […]
Tax levy elections will be held today in Sullivan County and for one township in Livingston County. Voters across Sullivan County are casting ballots today on a proposed 50 cent levy on the 100 dollars of assessed valuation to go toward road and bridge purposes. Voters within Rich Hill Township in Livingston County are voting […]
Awards have been announced from the Rock Barn area of this year’s North Central Missouri Fair in Trenton. Seventy-eight youth entered a number of categories, with entries coming from the general public, FFA chapters, and 4-H clubs. Seven youth participated in the special woodworking category, with prizes sponsored by Moore’s Construction and Woodworking. Individuals participating […]
