There are few candidate races and ballot issues for today’s primary election within the nine-county, Green Hills Region. Political parties will nominate their candidates to run in the November general election. Polls are open until 7 pm tonight. The only nominating race in Grundy County is for the Republican nomination for Grundy County Presiding Commissioner. […]
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Trenton R-9 Board of Education to hold public hearing
With a lower assessed valuation in the Trenton R-9 School District, an increase of a few cents has been proposed on the property tax levy. The R-9 Board of Education will hold a public hearing Tuesday, August 14th regarding the levy. The hearing is scheduled for 5:25 pm, just prior to the monthly board meeting […]
No timeline for water to be restored to Daviess County customers
Crews are continuing today with efforts on getting water flowing again to customers of Daviess County Public Water Supply District Number One. On Thursday morning, district officials announced an outage, or reduced water pressure, affecting rural water customers south of the Grand River, and south of the old Pattonsburg which includes customers in Weatherby and […]
Trenton police arrest man on violation of protection order
A Laredo resident was arrested Sunday by Trenton Police on two misdemeanor counts involving another individual. Fifty-one-year-old Duane Lawrence Jeffers Junior is charged in Grundy County with an alleged violation of a protection order for another adult as well as second-degree harassment. Bond is $5,000 cash with Jeffers to appear August 14th in the Associate Division […]
Grundy R-5 School District announces enrollment information
The Grundy R-5 School District has announced dates of enrollment information as well as open room opportunities. The hours for Tuesday, August 7th are from 8 to 11 o’clock in the morning and from 12 to 2:30 in the afternoon. Open rooms at the elementary school in Humphreys will be August 14th from 4 o’clock […]
Change in location announced for blood drive in Galt
A change in location has been announced for a blood drive on Tuesday, August 7th in Galt. Because the Galt Baptist Church is used as a polling site for the election, the blood drive will be held at the Galt Lions Hall. The community blood center will collect donations of blood on Tuesday afternoon from 2 until […]
Families and Friends of the Developmentally Disabled to hold public hearing
A meeting next week of Families and Friends of the Developmentally Disabled will begin with the annual tax rate public hearing. The meeting Monday, August 13th begins at 6 o’clock at the Grundy County Courthouse and those attending are asked to use the North entrance. The agenda includes a financial review, transportation report, as well […]
Grundy County Museum expands sports exhibit
In keeping with a longstanding tradition of bringing the best that Northern Missouri has to offer, the Grundy County Museum has added new photos, stories, statistics, and displays to the Museum’s Sports Exhibit. Included in the new items are photos of the Trentonettes, The Trenton Swim Club, the Hauck brothers, A baseball story by Seth […]
Bridge on Route AA/H over I-35 in Harrison County open to traffic
The bridge on Route AA/H over Interstate 35 in Harrison County is now open to all traffic. Crews from Chester Bross Construction Company of Palmyra, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, were able to reopen the bridge last Friday, August 4 and opened all lanes of I-35 to traffic this morning. Contractor crews closed […]
THS Foundation Trust to hold window decorating competition for Alumni Weekend
With Trenton High School Alumni Weekend coming up at the end of this month, the Foundation Trust for THS is reminding everyone of the first ever window decorating contest to commemorate Alumni Weekend. The Foundation agreed last September to sponsor such a contest as a result of the interest that has occurred in the past […]
Trenton Planning and Zoning Commission, Board of Adjustments to convene at City Hall
The Trenton Planning and Zoning Commission holds a public hearing tonight regarding a request for a conditional use permit, and the Board of Adjustments holds a hearing concerning a variance request. The conditional use permit would allow an existing business to be converted to a single family dwelling at 1242 Tinsman Avenue. The request is […]
Audio: 2018 Missouri State Fair opens Thursday in Sedalia
(Missourinet) – Thousands of people are expected to travel Thursday to west-central Missouri’s Sedalia for the opening of the 2018 State Fair. Governor Mike Parson is expected to speak at Thursday’s noon opening ceremony, on the fairgrounds. State Fair Director Mark Wolfe says one of the biggest changes involves SIX nights of fireworks, which are being […]
Audio: Key issues to watch during Missouri primary election day
(Missourinet) – Missouri voters will head to the election polls on Tuesday to decide several key issues and Alisa Nelson with Missourinet files this report. One of the most heavily-publicized efforts on Tuesday’s election ballot is a Right-to-work measure. It will ask Missourians if they want to adopt a bill which prohibits as a […]
Motorcyclist injured in Saturday crash dies in hospital
A motorcyclist seriously injured in an early Saturday crash near Stewartsville died Saturday afternoon at Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph. Twenty-year-old Riley Flint of Stewartsville was pronounced dead about 15 hours after the southbound motorcycle he was operating traveled off Route Y at a curve, striking an embankment causing Flint to be thrown from […]
Three injured, one child life-flighted after Saturday crash
The highway patrol reports three Maysville residents were seriously hurt Saturday night when a car traveled off Highway 33. A passenger in the vehicle, five-year-old Brenton Jestes was taken to Cameron Regional Medical Center, then flown by medical helicopter to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. Another passenger, three-year-old Alyssandra Jestes, was taken to Cameron […]
EPA’s reduction in fuel standards concerns Missouri leaders
Missouri’s air quality could take a hit in future years if a reduction in fuel-efficiency standards announced on Thursday by the EPA is allowed to take effect. The proposal would freeze fuel-economy standards to hold them to 2020 levels. It rolls back an Obama administration requirement to increase the fuel standard to 54 miles per gallon by […]
Environmentalists step up to oppose “Right To Work”
Voters will decide in less than a week whether Missouri will become a right-to-work state, potentially weakening unions. It isn’t just union members and labor groups opposing Proposition A: Environmentalists are standing against the right-to-work proposition as well. Dennis Roach, a former engineer, and union member and a current member of the Sierra Club said unions […]
Audio: Missouri Secretary of State says no chance of hacking in Tuesday’s election
(Missourinet) – Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft says federal authorities have told him Russians did not interfere with any votes or voter rolls in 2016, and he does not expect that to happen in 2018. Ashcroft says his office and a separate commission certify every voting machine. There’s a paper trail connected to […]
Stewartsville man ejected from motorcycle in crash on Route Y
The Highway Patrol reports a Stewartsville man was ejected from a motorcycle early Saturday morning, sustaining serious injuries. Twenty-year-old Riley Flint traveled south on Route Y when he reportedly lost control of the motorcycle he was driving as he rounded a curve. The motorcycle ran off the road, struck an embankment, and came to rest […]
Two from Brookfield killed in Highway 5 crash north of Marceline
Two individuals died and three others sustained injuries when a van and a heavy truck collided three miles north of Marceline Friday morning. The Highway Patrol reports 39-year-old Dennis Allen of Brookfield drove the van south on Missouri 5 when the vehicle crossed the center line. The van struck the driver’s side of the northbound […]