The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in north Missouri for the week of June 24, 2019. Continued flooding may cause schedule changes in some of the planned work. There may also be moving operations throughout the region such as pothole patching, striping, […]
The Missouri Department of Transportation has announced an extension of an allowance for heavier-than-normal truckloads of rock, sand, and gravel to travel on Missouri highways in flood relief and for levee and other public infrastructure flood repair. The waiver allows private and for-hire motor carriers to haul up to 10% more than their licensed weight […]
After an extended closure due to flooding in our neighboring state of Iowa and occasional flooding in Missouri, Interstate 29 is open north of St. Joseph. The roadway briefly reopened May 29, 2019, but had to be reclosed that same day. Traffic may be narrowed to one lane in some locations between St. Joseph and […]
A chip seal project to extend the pavement life of Interstate 35 will begin next week from the Iowa state line to Eagleville. Contractors from Herzog Contracting Corp., working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, are scheduled to begin work Wednesday, June 19 and complete the project on Friday, June 21. Wednesday, June 19: Complete […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in North Missouri for the week of June 17 – 23. Continued flooding may cause schedule changes in some of the planned work. There may also be moving operations throughout the region such as pothole patching, […]
The Families and Friends of the Developmentally Disabled of Grundy County will provide transportation to the Arabia Steamboat Museum once this month and once next month. The bus will leave Friendship Place Apartments on the morning of June 29th and July 27th at 8 o’clock. Families and Friends of the Developmentally Disabled Executive Director Kayla […]
A balanced budget has been approved by the Grundy R-5 Board of Education. Meeting Wednesday evening, the board accepted the 2019-20 budget which shows a surplus for the year of nearly $9,800. Anticipated revenues are listed at $2,388,055. Projected expenditures are $10,000 at $2,378,261. A purchase was approved to have three school buses from Masters […]
A Novinger couple was killed Wednesday afternoon in a two-vehicle accident at Monroe City, in Marion County. The highway patrol reports the driver of a pickup, 77-year-old Janie Goodwin, was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger, 72-year-old Earl Goodwin, died less than an hour later at University Hospital in Columbia. The eastbound pickup attempted […]
Rural residents of Livingston County can purchase 911 Rural Location Signs at the Livingston County Health Center of Chillicothe to help emergency services find residences. The 18 by six-inch blue prismatic reflective double-sided aluminum signs with four-inch white numbers are made possible through an initiative of the health center’s Aging in Place Coalition. It is […]
The Laredo R-7 Board of Education accepted bids for propane, fuel, and milk Monday evening. Secretary Robin Griswold reports the propane bid was from Ferrellgas for 98 cents per gallon and the fuel was from Landes Oil at a five cent discount per gallon. Central Dairy was accepted for milk. The board approved voluntary student […]
Good news for Chariton County as crews from the Missouri Department of Transportation were able to reopen both lanes of U.S. Route 24 and Route 5 east of Brunswick Monday morning after floodwaters receded and the roadway was cleared. A portion U.S. Route 24 to the west of Brunswick between Routes 11 and 41 remains […]
The Rooks Branch Bridge on Route BB in Sullivan County is now open after contractors from Chester Bross Construction Company, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, completed a bridge deck replacement project. Crews continue work on the Sullivan County Route ZZ West Locust Creek Bridge deck replacement project and plan to begin work on […]
The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in North Missouri for the week of June 10 – 16. Continued flooding may cause schedule changes in some of the planned work. There may also be moving operations throughout the region such as pothole patching, […]
Kate Dougherty attempted to drive her shiny white SUV across a road flooded by the swollen waters of the Fabius River in northeast Missouri. In a self-shot Facebook video, she calls the experience a combination of mortification and embarrassment. Though she survived, Dougherty realized she had put her life in danger. And she totaled the […]
The 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. 29, […]
Crews from the Missouri Department of Transportation were able to re-open both lanes of U.S. Route 24 east of Keytesville Monday morning after floodwaters have receded. The roadway remains closed west of Keytesville, through Brunswick and DeWitt. Portions of Routes 5 and 10 and U.S. Route 24 south of Carrollton are also closed in the […]
Damage from flooding has closed another bridge in Northwest Missouri. Inspectors from the Missouri Department of Transportation noted significant scour damage on the Grand River Bridge on Route A, just south of Route T in Gentry County. Route A will be closed at this location until further damage assessment and repairs can be made. A […]
The bridge on Sullivan County Route EE over the Medicine Creek Bridge just east of Newtown is now closed, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation. The bridge was closed this afternoon due to damage from recent flooding. The anticipated closure time will not be known until inspection and further assessment can be completed. Motorists […]
Interstate 29 is once again closed at U.S. Route 71 (mile marker 57) due to flooding in Missouri. Water is over the road on U.S. Route 59 in Mound City and has begun to go over I-29 near mile marker 85. The Missouri Department of Transportation is working closely with the Missouri State Highway Patrol […]
Bid letting will be this fall through the Missouri Department of Transportation’s Highways and Transportation Commission for Highway 6 resurfacing through Trenton in 2020. Trenton has several projects it wants to take care of prior to the Highway 6 resurfacing. City Administrator Ron Urton says those include two water main projects around Adams Park Apartments […]
