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United States makes first sale of rice to China

GUANGZHOU, CHINA – After decades chasing the enormous China market, a sale of U.S. rice was confirmed here last week. “This sale marks a turning point for the U.S. rice industry and its relationship with China as it is the first ever of U.S. rice to a private importer and is truly historic as it […]

Missouri State Highway Patrol Crash Awareness and Reduction Effort (CARE) (MSHP

Highway patrol reports on DWI saturation efforts and Operation CARE during July 4th holiday

Grundy and Livingston counties, plus two others in extreme northwest Missouri, were locations where the highway patrol conducted driving while intoxicated saturation checks on July 4th. Results from the four counties, Grundy, Livingston, Holt and Atchison, show troopers issued seven citations, 21 warnings and assisted three motorists. Officers also made one misdemeanor drug arrest. The […]

Unemployment Rate

Unemployment figures in north Missouri remain steady

Grundy County’s latest unemployment rate for May is steady with the previous month. The Division of Employment Security reports Grundy County has a jobless rate of three point two percent which is a small fraction lower than the statewide average of three point three percent. May’s rate is based on 142 unemployed out of a […]

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Audio: North Missouri businessman to be sentenced in August for $142 million grain fraud scheme

A northwest Missouri businessman and former school board member faces a potentially lengthy prison sentence, for a 142-MILLION dollar grain fraud scheme.     Sixty-one-year-old Randy Constant is a prominent businessman in northwest Missouri and is also a former Chillicothe School Board member. Federal prosecutors in Iowa say Constant pleaded guilty in FEDERAL court in […]

Fair

Galt Community Fair set to kick off July 11th

Multiple activities are planned for the Galt Community Fair next week. The “Farming for the Future” themed fair will begin with the Galt Fire Protection District Ladies Auxiliary Spaghetti Supper the evening of July 11th from 5 to 8 o’clock. Activities July 12th will include 4-H exhibits as well as quilts, crafts, flower arrangements, and […]

Missouri State Highway Patrol

Hale woman arrested in Livingston County

The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a Hale woman in Livingston County overnight on Friday at 12:43 am, on several drug-related allegations. Thirty-six-year-old Jessica Corthon was accused of felony possession of a controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana and the misdemeanors of possession of marijuana—10 grams or less, unlawful possession of […]

County Fair

Livingston County Fair set to kick off Friday, July 5th

Many activities are planned for the Livingston County Fair in Chillicothe which kicks off Friday, July 5, 2019, and runs through July 19th. The activities will begin with a truck and tractor pull at the Livingston County Fairgrounds Friday evening, July 5th at 6:30. Saturday’s activities will include an archery shoot at 10 o’clock and […]

Missouri State Highway Patrol

Authorities report two arrests in Caldwell County

The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of two individuals in Caldwell County Wednesday night on various allegations. Sixty-two year old Gregory Dana of Saint Joseph was arrested on a Washington County Sheriff’s Office felony warrant for a traffic offense and was also accused of the felonies of driving while revoked or suspended, possession of a […]