The Trenton R-9 Board of Education approved refinancing of bonds at its meeting Tuesday evening. Doctor Brent Blevins of George K. Baum provided the board with information on the sale of the General Obligation Series 2010A Refunding Bonds. He said investors were confident in the district’s bonds, and it was a “great sale”. Blevins said […]
The Grundy County Rural Fire Protection District responded to a grass fire northeast of Trenton Monday night. The fire department reports high winds and dry surface fuels made the fire in a field at Route NN and Northeast 45th Street difficult to control. Galt Fire Protection District provided assistance and brush trucks from both fire […]
In what Nebraska authorities have described as “two persons of interest” in the disappearance and death of a 24-year-old Nebraska woman, they have now been charged in federal court with a crime apparently unrelated to the Sydney Loofe case. Officials have listed 23-year-old Bailey Boswell as once having an address in Trenton as recently as […]
Don Dalrymple of Trenton, Missouri was recently recognized by the Missouri Community College Association (MCCA) for his outstanding support as a board trustee for North Central Missouri College and his service to MCCA. Don received the 2017 Trustee Leadership award at the statewide MCCA convention held in Branson, Missouri. This award is given annually to […]
The four counties of the Third Judicial Circuit Court received awards during a late morning ceremony at the Grundy County Courthouse in Trenton. Presentations of plaques were handled by Missouri State Courts Administrator Kathy Lloyd on behalf of the Supreme Court of Missouri. Ms. Lloyd traveled to Trenton for the 11 am awards to the […]
Several arrests are Monday’s report from Grundy County Sheriff’s Department. 37-year-old Darrell Wayne Graham of Trenton was being returned to Grundy County from the Department of Corrections facility in Moberly. Graham is charged with child molestation in the first degree stemming from an incident in August 2013 that allegedly involved what was then a five-year-old […]
With the city of Trenton facing a July 2019 deadline per a settlement agreement with Department of Natural Resources on a bypass elimination disinfection plan, the City Council last night reviewed a draft of a design-build agreement on proposed wastewater plant improvements. Burns and McDonnell of Kansas City presented a two-phase project. The first one […]
At the two-thirds point in the city of Trenton fiscal year, city sales tax funds are running ahead of the pace from one year ago. The general sales tax fund has received $526,000 which is $21,000 more than the comparable period of a year ago. Capital projects sales tax is nearly $263,000 which is $11,000 […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest Thursday of two area men. Thirty-five-year-old Victor Tunnell of Galt was arrested for felony hindering prosecution of a felony. His bond is $10,000 cash only, and he is scheduled for the associate division of circuit court Tuesday. Court documents accuse Tunnell of preventing the apprehension of Austin […]
Manpower will hold hiring events at the Trenton Job Center twice this week. The hiring events will be Tuesday morning, December 12 at 10 o’clock and Thursday afternoon, December 14th at 1 o’clock and applicants will need to complete a profile before meeting with a Manpower representative. Applicants will also need to bring photo identification […]
The Trenton Police Department arrested a Trenton man for harassment and trespassing Tuesday. The Grundy County Sheriff’s Department reports 29-year-old Richard Bosley is charged with the misdemeanors of second-degree harassment and first-degree trespassing. His bond is $7,500 and he is scheduled for the Associate Division of circuit court December 12th. Court documents accuse Bosley of […]
After transporting the body found Monday, December, 4th in Trenton to Frontier Forensics an autopsy was performed. The remains discovered in a wooded area between Shanklin Avenue and the GFG Farm services have been identified as Tanner Ward. The forensic pathologist has ruled the death a suicide and no further information is available at this […]
A Trenton resident is considered one of two persons of interest in the disappearance of a Lincoln, Nebraska woman. Authorities said Tuesday that a body believed to be that of 24-year-old Sydney Loofe and evidence a crime was involved was found in southeast Nebraska’s Clay County. FBI Special Agent Randy Thysse said Loofe was reported […]
The Wright Memorial Hospital Spiritual Wellness Team will be hosting an event featuring a live nativity scene on Tuesday, December 12 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. The event will begin on the hospital’s walking trail and will end inside the hospital’s Education Center. The live display will feature five simple scenes that illustrate the story […]
Authorities report the arrest of a St. Joseph woman for her alleged role in helping Trenton resident James Earl Harding escape apprehension. 31-year-old Cassie Marie Leffler of St. Joseph is charged in Grundy County with hindering prosecution and resisting arrest. Both are felonies. Bond is $10,000 cash pending her appearance December 12th in the Associate […]
The Trenton Police Department is investigating the early morning discovery of a body in a wooded area along Shanklin Avenue in Trenton. Police report no information is available concerning the identity of the remains. Police Chief Tommy Wright said the word remains was used because it appears the body has been there for some time. […]
An evergreen tree was dedicated and a longtime downtown Trenton businessman was remembered during the Trenton Downtown Christmas activities Saturday evening. Trenton Downtown Improvement Association chairman Dave Bain spoke about Elvin Noel who died last March at the age of 77. Trenton Republican-Times publisher Wendell Lenhart, who is a Trenton Downtown Improvement Association […]
Trenton Middle School has announced its December “Kindness” Students of the Month. Those students include fifth graders Kaegen Croy and Colton Hammond, sixth graders Jena Harris and Leland Barger, seventh graders Katie Little and Timothy Kempton, and eighth graders Leslie Cotiangco and Brayden Geyer-Briggs.
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Trenton man Thursday in Sullivan County. Forty-year-old James Robert Anderson is charged with felony possession of a controlled substance. His bond is $15,000 cash only, and he is scheduled for the associate division of circuit court December 12th. Court documents accuse Anderson of possessing methamphetamine […]
The Trenton Police Department was notified on Friday by the Ankeny, Iowa Police that Anthony Floyd has been safely located. His family has been contacted and he is no longer listed as missing. The Trenton Police Department reports that no further information is available at this time.
