A power outage this morning affected some customers of Trenton Municipal Utilities along and near the railroad tracks through Trenton. That’s according to City Administrator and Utility Director Ron Urton who reported an insulator went bad at a substation by the GFG main office which tripped a breaker. TMU crews replaced the insulator, reset the […]
With high school girls, basketball teams from Trenton and North Mercer competing this week in the state tournament in Columbia, both school districts have canceled classes on Thursday, March 9th which is the day of the games. Trenton plays Whitfield at 12 noon Thursday in the class three tournament. Mercer takes on South Iron County […]
Chillicothe’s’ burn ban and the Livingston county burn advisory has been extended until 9 o’clock tonight. That information came in this morning from the Fire Chief, Darrell Wright. Continuing with burn bans until further notice are the cities of Trenton and Spickard plus Putnam county. Rural areas of Grundy County remain under a burn advisory […]
Grundy Electric Cooperative has announced Winners of trips to Washington D.C. and Jefferson city for high school Juniors. Madyson Williams of Grundy R-5 and Dereck Bowman from South Harrison of Bethany earned trips to the Rural Electric Youth Tour to Washington D.C June 9 through 15. Lauren Cox of Princeton R-5 and Ella Leininger of […]
The Trenton Area Chamber of Commerce honored a local organization, two businesses, and two couples at its annual banquet at the New Hope Building Friday night. Chamber President Debbie Carman and Board of Directors Chairperson Rick Hull presented awards for Organization of the Year to the Family and Friends of the Developmentally Disabled, Businesses of […]
Rissler Elementary School in Trenton participated in Jump Rope for Heart in February. The school raised a total of $7,348 and the grade that raised the most money was second with $1,670 and the class that raised the most money was Miss Taylor McCartney’s third-grade class with $689.50. Emma Merrin was the top money raiser […]
The Trenton Middle School Choir will hold a spaghetti dinner fundraiser in the Trenton High School Commons Tuesday evening at 6:30. Middle School and High School Choir Director Tyler Busick explains the purpose of the fundraiser. Busick says people can pay what they want and eat what they want for the dinner and […]
The Trenton Area Ministerial Alliance will host the Run for Trenton in April. Sign in for the run and walk will be at the First Baptist Church in Trenton the morning of April 22 at 8 o’clock with the event starting at 9 o’clock. A Pre-Race Spaghetti Dinner will be at the church April 21st […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Trenton man on felony charges of violation of a protection order for an adult, second offense; third-degree assault, special victim; and resisting or interfering with arrest for a felony. Thirty-seven-year-old Lucas Griffin was arrested Thursday and he is scheduled for the Associate Division of circuit […]
Trenton Middle School’s March Fairness Students of the Month have been selected. Students selected are fifth graders Aubree Dalrymple and Zane Michael, sixth graders Serenity Marsh and Josh Templeton, seventh graders Delaney Franklin and Randy Bowden, and eighth graders Kenzie Yuille and Elijah Merrin.
The Trenton Police Department reports a phone scam was reported to them recently. The scam involved someone claiming to be a grandson asking for money, however, the resident recognized the call to be a scam and hung up. The police department says others who receive a phone call like this should ask the caller for […]
The times for the Emergency Operations Center exercise and training to be held the morning of Saturday, March 11th have been changed. The training will now start at 7:30 with the exercise set to start at 8:45 and end by 10:30. Attendees should bring a laptop with them. The changes are due to the National […]
The Trenton Rotary Club heard a presentation at its meeting Thursday about the types of services the Hanger Clinic in Trenton provides. Certified Orthotist and Rotary Club member Mary Easter said the clinic provides all types of prosthetic and orthopedic services to about 800 patients. She showed a video featuring patients who discussed how the […]
According to the Missouri Lottery, residents of Hale and from Trenton won in the Missouri Lottery’s Powerball Power Cruise promotion drawings held Thursday. Donna Huffmon of Hale was listed among first place winners; Debra Huffstutter of Trenton was among second place winners. They are among nine players who won a five-night cruise onboard a Royal Caribbean […]
Trenton Fire Chief Brandon Gibler has issued a burn ban for the City of Trenton effective immediately. The ban will be in effect until further notice as dry conditions continue to persist. The wind will also be a factor as forecasters at the National Weather Service in Kansas City are predicting gusts between 20 and […]
After a series of meetings, the finance committee to the Trenton City Council has completed work on the next fiscal year budgets for both the city of Trenton and for the municipal utility. Finance committee members Wednesday evening voted to recommend approval of the budgets during the next meeting of the Trenton City Council Monday, March […]
The Trenton Park Board discussed a storage building that Trenton High School, North Central Missouri College, AA, and AAA baseball could use. Vice President Josh Lisle and board member Curtis Crawford said they would get together to determine the size and location of the building and talk to the board about it in the future. […]
The Missouri National Guard’s 548th Transportation Company based in Trenton will hold a deployment ceremony at the Ketchum Community Center on the North Central Missouri College campus the afternoon of March 11 at 1:30. Friends, family members, and supporters are invited to attend the ceremony. The unit will leave after the ceremony for the final […]
A rollover accident yesterday at Leisure Lake injured a rural Trenton woman. 70-year-old Diana Hoppe received minor injuries and was taken by a private vehicle to Wright Memorial Hospital. The highway patrol reports Mrs. Hoppe was eastbound when her sports utility vehicle went off the right side of Leisure Lake Drive and struck a wooden […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of two Trenton men on Tuesday. Forty-three-year-old Patrick Shaun Michael was arrested on misdemeanor charges of violation of a protection order for an adult and violation of a child protection order on February 14. Bond was set at $5,000. Court documents accuse Michael of knowlingly violating protection […]
