The Missouri Army National Guard’s 548th Transportation Company out of Trenton left for Fort Leonard Wood Thursday. The company will complete four weeks of pre-mobilization training to prepare for deployment overseas in March. More than 150 citizen-soldiers are receiving combat skills and weapons training. The unit plans to hold a departure ceremony after training is […]
At its meeting Tuesday evening, the Trenton R-9 Board of Education approved Superintendent Dan Wiebers’s request for approval of agreements made with Mullen Coughlin Law Firm and EPIQ Data Breach Services to assist those affected by the district’s W-2 data breach. Wiebers reported that about 260 employees and previous employees were affected.He said internal changes […]
Two defendants waived preliminary hearings Tuesday in Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court and were bound over to next month’s court session in Division One. 36-year old Robert Ewing of Trenton faces two counts of non-support of a minor. 25-year-old John Jackson Millar of Humphreys is charged with a felony: operating a vehicle without a […]
During reports being given at last night’s Trenton City Council meeting, Mayor Nick McHargue inquired whether a hard surface road was promised for the MC Power solar farm and Rapid Removal Disposal transfer station. The facilities are located on the east side of a graveled, Pauper Grade Road, north of Trenton. The Mayor raised his […]
An old house at 501 Main will be torn down this year following action taken last night by the Trenton City Council. It will be one of six structures to be demolished by the Red Rock Company from Kidder. The Forefront Environmental Company was selected for asbestos abatement involving those structures. The city council had […]
A show featuring arrowheads and Native American artifacts is slated for February 25 in Trenton. There’s no charge to display items, and admission is free to the public to see the show. The event is Saturday, February 25 from 7:30 until 7 o’clock in the evening at the Trenton Rock Barn. The show previously was […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of two people. Thirty-four-year-old Brandon Brewer of Spickard was arrested yesterday on a charge of a class C felony of second-degree burglary. Bond is $10,000 cash or corporate surety. Court documents accuse Brewer of entering unlawfully into 1025 Northwest 25 Avenue in Spickard owned and/or possessed by Kevin […]
Trenton is accepting sealed proposals for hay ground at the Trenton Municipal Airport, the area around the trap and skeet range, and north of the water treatment plant for three years and the area north of the fire station on a year by year basis. Proposals will be accepted at City Clerk Cindy Simpson’s office […]
Main Street in Trenton will be closed Wednesday, February 15th from 11 o’clock in the morning to 1 o’clock in the afternoon between Crowder and 13th Street as part of North Central Missouri College Safety Week. NCMC Housing staff, criminal justice students, and Trenton police will conduct a distracted and impaired driving exercise for NCMC […]
The Trenton Board of Adjustments approved a variance request from GFG Inland Elevator and Grain, LLC at a public hearing last night. GFG requested a variance of 25 feet on the front yard setback requirement of 35 feet at 915 Shanklin Avenue in Trenton. City Administrator and Utility Director Ron Urton provides more information about the […]
Trenton High School students have several leadership opportunities available to them. Principal Ron Franklin says he believes these leadership opportunities help carry out Trenton R-9’s mission of preparing “students to be capable, contributing, caring participants in an ever-changing world.” He says three small student-run businesses are operating out of the Trenton High School business department. […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Trenton woman on a charge of passing a bad check of less than $500 with no account or insufficient funds, a class C felony. Forty-nine-year-old Patricia Todd was arrested Tuesday and is scheduled for the Associate Division of circuit court February 14th. Bond is set […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Trenton woman for a parole violation of drugs. Thirty-five-year-old Alyssa Miller was arrested Tuesday and is being held at the Grundy County Jail. Miller was originally charged with two counts of receiving stolen property.
The Trenton Park Department is accepting sealed bids to buy about 50 container trees with a minimum of one and a half inch caliper and about 100 lightly branched bare root trees with a minimum of four feet tall. Bids need to be marked either “sealed bid for park container trees” or “sealed bid for […]
Chief Tommy Wright of the Trenton Police Department has awarded the Trenton Police Department 2nd highest honor, the Distinguished Service Medal, to Officers Jennifer Plummer, Tyler Anderson, Detective Gerald Smith, and Sgt. Larry Smith. “It is with great pride and admiration that I commend Sgt Larry Smith, Detective Gerald Smith, Officer Jennifer Plummer, and Officer […]
Four arrests are in the Monday morning report provided by the Grundy County Sheriff’s Department. Twenty-four year old Nicholas Martin, formerly of Trenton, faces two counts of second-degree burglary of properties in Spickard. Martin is accused of break-in’s for the alleged purpose of stealing on July 20, 2016 at Route C and 2nd Street and […]
Trenton and Grundy County Rural firefighters battled a blaze that destroyed a storage building in Trenton overnight Saturday. Trenton Fire Department Lieutenant Jeremy Summers said the structure containing old lumber was owned by Sue Peyton Woolridge of Trenton. The location is in an area southwest of the ConAgra plant. The cause of the fire […]
Several events to help veterans will be held in the next week. Veterans Service Officer Wayne Kleinschmidt says a Veteran Center Counselor will be at the VFW Hall in Trenton today from 9 o’clock in the morning to 1 o’clock in the afternoon. Kleinschmidt talked about the counselor who comes to Trenton in an interview […]
New scholarships will be available to Trenton, Chillicothe, and Albany high school students this spring. The Cara and Kipp McClellan family established the Kadyn McClellan Memorial Scholarship in honor of their son who died in December 2015. The family also established two scholarships for students pursuing careers in allied health and agriculture. A minimum of […]
Linda Overton and Tracy Ross presented information on the Third Judicial Circuit Court Appointed Special Advocate Program to the Trenton Rotary Club’s meeting. Overton and Ross spoke on how the local program representing abused and neglected children in the juvenile system in Grundy, Mercer, Harrison, and Putnam counties has existed for about 20 years. Overton […]
