Two Carrollton residents were hurt early Thursday night when a car hit an implement being towed by a farm tractor on Highway 65 just south of Carrollton. The driver of the car, 30-year-old Pamela Rinehart of Carrollton, was flown by medical helicopter to University Hospital in Columbia with serious injuries. A passenger in the car, […]
Two Jamesport residents were injured yesterday afternoon in a rural Livingston County accident involving a truck as well as a farm tractor towing a grain wagon. The highway patrol said the truck driver, 54-year-old Danny Souders of Jamesport received moderate injuries and was taken by ambulance to Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe. His passenger, 25-year-old […]
Two Pollock residents were injured Tuesday afternoon when the car they were in collided with a farm tractor south of Lemons in Putnam County. The driver of the car, 44-year old Jackie Reed, was flown by medical helicopter to University Hospital at Columbia with serious injuries. A passenger in the car, 37-year-old William Waugh of […]
A tractor cruise left the Mercer County Fairgrounds in Trenton at 9 o’clock this (Friday) morning in connection with this weekend’s Calamity Jane Days Festival in Princeton. The participants will be traveling to Cainsville, where a lunch will be served at the Cainsville Community Center by the ladies of the Bethel Church. The tractors will […]
An accident in eastern Putnam County at 6:30 Monday evening injured a woman from Worthington, Missouri when there was a collision involving a car and farm tractor at a bridge five miles to the southwest of Livonia. The highway patrol reports 52-year-old Thersa Steiser of Worthington was flown by medical helicopter to Methodist Hospital in Des […]
The Mercer Homecoming holds a lawnmower tractor pull this morning at 9 o’clock at Homecoming Park just north of Mercer on Highway 65. The Iowa/Missouri Truck and Tractor Pullers Association holds a pulling competition this afternoon at 1 o’clock at Mercer Homecoming Park. Admission is five dollars with children ages eight and younger admitted free. […]
The Mercer Homecoming Committee has announced that a Lawnmower Pull will start at 9:00 am Monday, Sept 5. The Iowa/Missouri Truck and Tractor Pullers Association will be Pulling at 1:00 pm. There will be concessions on the grounds. Admission at the gate is $5.00 children 8 and under free. Anyone having questions may call Steve […]
A Hatfield man received minor injuries when the farm tractor he was operating tipped over in a farm pond. 78-year old Edwin Hulett of Hatfield was taken to Ringgold County Hospital at Mount Ayr, Iowa. The accident happened late Saturday afternoon in a farm field one mile west of Hatfield in northwestern Harrison County. The […]
A Cameron teenager was injured yesterday when his vehicle struck the rear of a tractor trailer one mile north of Easton in Buchanan County. The Highway Patrol listed 18-year-old Dakota Morris with minor injuries. The Highway Patrol listed 18-year-old Dakota Morris with minor injuries and was transported by private vehicle to Mosaic Life Care of St. […]
Yellow, orange, red, blue and green, all makes and models of tractors will hit rural roads in northwest Missouri on July 16, 2016, during the Missouri Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture’s third annual Keep Missouri Farming Tractor Cruise. The model year 1972 and older tractors are welcome on the 38-mile scenic journey, starting and ending […]
Gates open at 10 o’clock this morning for the Sliced Bread Jam Bluegrass Festival near Chillicothe. Three bands perform tonight. KBA Treblemakers are at 6 o’clock; the Peterson family is at 7, and Lonesome Road performs at 8 o’clock. Admission for today (Friday) is ten dollars for adults and five dollars for students from kindergarten […]
A northeast Missouri man was fatally injured when the motorcycle he was operating hit a farm implement that was being pulled by a tractor, in an accident early Saturday north of Wyaconda in northeast Missouri. The rider of the motorcycle, 30-year old Randy Yates of Wyaconda was pronounced dead at Scotland County Hospital. The operator […]
It’s getting to be that time of year in north Missouri, planting season. Drivers should pay special attention as they travel rural roads and highways during spring planting time, says University of Missouri Extension health and safety specialist Karen Funkenbusch. It’s the time of the year when the rural roads are filled with tractors pulling […]
