Trenton City Council, acting on a recommendation from the Building Board, selected Red Rock of Kidder for the next round of housing demolitions. Derrick Fee submitted the only bid to tear down as many as 16 structures at Trenton. Next, it will be up to the property owners if they wish to pursue demolition on […]
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Audio: Sweeping new utility law criticized by watchdog groups
(Missourinet) – A sweeping new law allows Missouri utility companies to use an accounting practice that lets them recover depreciation on investments up front. Ameren, the state’s largest power company, says it stimulates investment in long-needed infrastructure upgrades. Cara Spencer with Consumers Council considers the accounting practice a ploy on the part of utilities to […]
Train hits trash truck killing Macon man
A Macon man has died after a train engine struck a trash truck three miles north of Clark Friday afternoon. The Highway Patrol reports 36-year-old Nathan Dunlap drove west on County Road 2655 when he failed to yield to the train engine, operated by Scott Pope of Decatur, Illinois. The Randolph County Coroner pronounced Dunlap […]
Georgia woman sent to hospital after her big rig crashes near Stewartsville
The Highway Patrol reports a woman from Macon, Georgia sustained serious injuries when her 2019 Peterbilt truck ran off the road three miles east of Stewartsville in DeKalb County Friday morning. Forty-eight-year-old Sabrina Hyman drove west on U. S. Highway 36 when the vehicle traveled off the north side of the road, struck an embankment […]
MoDOT planned road work for North Missouri for the week of June 25, 2018
The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the Northern Missouri region planned for the week of June 25 through July 1 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, mowing, shoulder work, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs, […]
Bridge replacements underway over West Fork Locust Creek and Elm Branch
The West Fork Locust Creek Bridge closed Monday, June 18 and the Elm Branch Bridge is scheduled to close Monday, June 25. Both bridges, located on U.S. Route 136 east of Lucerne, will be rebuilt in the same alignment as their predecessors. The Missouri Department of Transportation contracted with Boone Construction Company of Columbia to […]
Teen injured after striking cow with car on Highway 65 north of Princeton
A Princeton teenager was injured Thursday night when, according to the Highway Patrol, the car he was driving struck a cow on Highway 65 north of Princeton. Seventeen-year-old Soyer Wimer of Princeton received moderate injuries and was transported by ambulance to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton. A trooper reported a cow as in the roadway when it […]
Missouri Department of Conservation sets CWD sampling efforts for upcoming deer season
The Missouri Conservation Commission recently approved recommendations by the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) for its fall and winter efforts to find cases of chronic wasting disease and help limit the spread of the deadly deer disease to more deer and more areas. MDC confirmed 33 new cases of CWD following the testing of nearly […]
Grundy County Nursing Home District board accepts resignation
A member of the Grundy County Nursing Home District board, Sherry Knapp, has resigned from that position. At a board meeting this week, her resignation was accepted by the remaining members of the board. A bid from Joe Devorss Construction of Trenton was accepted to demolish and replace a section of the employee parking lot. […]
4-H members named as regional representatives
Several 4-H members from Northwest Missouri have been named as regional representatives and State 4-H Council executive members for 2018-2019. Regional representatives include Seth Hansen and Meredith Oesch of Livingston County, Katy Grant of Carroll County, and Hunter Todd of Lafayette County. State Council executive members include Kyle Hansen of Livingston County as treasurer, Hannah […]
Albany teen dies in Kansas crash; mother injured
An Albany resident died, and his mother was injured, in a one-vehicle accident seven miles east of Oakley, Kansas Monday night. A crash report from the Kansas Highway Patrol says 19-year-old Tristan Coleman drove east on Interstate 70 when he lost control of a pickup truck. The vehicle entered the median, and the driver reportedly […]
North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees approve budgets
The North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees approved 2018-2019 budgets for unrestricted accounts and auxiliary service accounts Tuesday evening. The unrestricted accounts budget projects total expenses of $10,568,066 with total revenue projected at $10,364,169. This means there is a budgeted operational deficit for unrestricted accounts of $203,897. The auxiliary service accounts budget projects total […]
MoDOT plans resurfacing project through Cameron
A much-needed resurfacing project through Cameron is scheduled to begin after the Independence Day holiday. The Missouri Department of Transportation has contracted with Herzog Contracting Corporation to complete the project which stretches from just west of Route 33 to just east of the Caldwell County line. Beginning Monday, July 9, the contractor will close one […]
Highway 36 work wrapping up near Osborn
Crews are putting the finishing touches on the new alignment of the westbound lanes of U.S. Route 36 near Osborn. Since March, crews from Herzog Contracting Corporation and their subcontractors, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, have been rebuilding the westbound lanes on a new alignment and added turn lanes at the junction of […]
Buddy Hannaford to conduct Fourth Army Band
A retired bandmaster from Trenton will be a guest conductor for the Fourth Army Band originally out of San Antonio, Texas when it holds its reunion in Branson. Buddy Hannaford will be a guest conductor for the Reunion Concert in the Jones Auditorium on the campus of the College of the Ozarks the night of […]
Truck and tractor pull to be held at Livingston County fairgrounds
Livingston County will host a truck and tractor pull on July 6th with competition to be held at the fairgrounds area of the Litton Ag Science center off Highway 190 northwest of Chillicothe. Organizers report they will be running two tracks and two sleds. Track one features eight categories and is sponsored by Brotherton Truck […]
Nuisance officer and downtown buildings dominate Trenton Administrative Committee meeting
Discussion of two topics dominated a meeting last night of the Trenton City Councils’ Administrative Committee. One involved downtown buildings with the other designating one person to handle nuisance violations on behalf of the city. For the last few years, Trenton Police officers have been responsible for investigating nuisances such as tall weeds, automobile parts; […]
New Hampton teen hurt when pickup crashes into tree near Bethany
A New Hampton teen received serious injuries when the pickup truck he was driving hit a tree just west of Bethany. Seventeen-year-old Isaiah Floress was taken to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany, then transferred to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph. The accident happened Saturday morning on South Street just west of Bethany when Floress was […]
One life-flighted after crash south of Chillicothe
The Highway Patrol reports a man sustained serious injuries when his car struck a tractor-trailer four miles south of Chillicothe Friday afternoon. Twenty-six-year-old Ryan Schuermann traveled south on Highway 65 when his car crossed the center line and struck the driver side and rear duals of the northbound tractor-trailer driven by 66-year-old Edgar Hoyt of […]
Drought conditions in North Missouri continue to worsen
Six area counties in northern Missouri are now listed with a D-2 or severe drought designation. The U.S. Drought Monitor index issued a map Thursday indicating worsening drought for the western parts of Grundy and Livingston counties as well as all, or nearly all, of Daviess, Caldwell, DeKalb, and Clinton Counties. Three counties in extreme northeast Missouri also […]