Specifications have been approved regarding bids to be sought for residential sanitation collection and disposal in the city of Trenton. The city council last evening reviewed details of the bid documents. City Administrator Ron Urton said the request for bids will be published this week, with bids due at the city hall by 2 o’clock […]
The North Missouri Sportsman’s Alliance is sponsoring its annual free deer antler scoring day Saturday, March 16, at the Elks Lodge in Chillicothe. “We will again be providing certified Pope & Young and Boone & Crockett and Missouri Big Bucks scorers for area hunters,” said Steve Shoot, president of the NMSA. “This is free to […]
An accident Sunday night at 7:45 pm one mile east of Berlin in Gentry County injured a Maysville resident and demolished the car he was driving. Fifty-one-year-old Brent Jestes was transported by ambulance to Mosiac Life Care in St. Joseph with moderate injuries. Jestes was westbound when the car crossed the center of Gentry County […]
A single vehicle accident at 8:30 Sunday night three miles west of New Hampton injured a resident of Bethany. The highway patrol reports 21-year-old Kiana Bennett was transported by private vehicle to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany with minor injuries. A sports utility vehicle was westbound on Highway 136 when the driver apparently failed […]
A resident of Mercer was injured when two vehicles collided on a slush-covered highway in Harrison County Sunday afternoon one mile south of Bethany. Sixty-one-year-old Billy Fisher was taken by private vehicle to the Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany with minor injuries. Fisher was a passenger in a vehicle driven by 16-year-old Quinton Johnson […]
Three residents of Hamilton, including an infant, received injuries Wednesday night when a car slid off an icy highway 36 in Buchanan County one mile east of Easton. The highway patrol listed injuries as minor for the driver, 29-year-old Timothy Stone, and an infant boy Karter Stone. Another passenger, 23-year-old Kasey Elliott, received moderate injuries. […]
A deadline for comments has been set in a case before the Missouri Public Service Commission regarding ownership of the Grain Belt Express Clean Line. This is the proposed energy transmission project that would carry energy from Kansas to Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. The proposed route would pass through northern Missouri counties including from this […]
A free program regarding Missouri’s Fence Law will be held at the North Central Missouri College Barton Farm Campus of Trenton later this month. The University of Missouri Extension Agricultural Business Specialist Joe Koenen will provide a comparison of the two-state fence laws in the Lager Building the evening of February 21st from 6 o’clock […]
Three Cameron, Mo., residents are among five defendants who have pleaded guilty to their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Benjamin W. Clark, 26, of Cameron, pleaded guilty today before U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge Matt J. Whitworth to the charge contained in a Nov. 16, 2017, federal indictment. Clark is the fifth defendant to […]
Across Northwest Missouri, the effects of winter weather are evident everywhere you look frozen ground, canceled classes, snow-covered fields, and potholes. The Missouri Department of Transportation normally launches its pothole efforts in March, but with the extreme weather we’ve faced this year, the roads are taking a beating. When they’re not out plowing ice and […]
The incoming superintendent for the Trenton R-9 School District believes in educating students to pursue careers and skills that they need. Mike Stegman has been a Superintendent in Kansas for over 20 years for three different communities – currently at Cimarron, Kansas where they have one building Kindergarten through 6th grade and another for 7th […]
Discussion dominated meetings last evening involving members of the Trenton Utility Committee and Trenton Administrative Committee. City Administrator Ron Urton said no action was taken but information was shared with councilmen on several topics. Utility committee members Dave Mlika and Travis Elbert reviewed the TMU net metering report. Urton said the report, in part, noted […]
Much has been said in recent months about revenues, expenses, and profits of Trenton Municipal Utilities. Information has been shared with the Utility committee that indicates December financials show a loss for the month instead of a profit. While profit is determined from revenues, minus normal operating expenses, debt payments and major construction costs are […]
This February, Missouri 4-H is partnering with Feeding Missouri in a first-of-its-kind statewide food drive. All of the state’s more than 1,600 4-H clubs, serving youth ages 5 to 18, are invited to participate. Throughout February, 4-H’ers across Missouri will engage in a friendly service competition to see which clubs can contribute the greatest amount […]
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports an investigation resulted in the Livingston County Associate Circuit Court issuing arrest warrants for three adults Tuesday on child endangerment charges. Forty-six-year-old Brandy Kay Davis and 56-year-old Marion Antone Davis, both of Chillicothe, as well as 24-year-old Shanae Damon possibly of Columbia, were charged with two counts of alleged […]
The city of Trenton and Trenton Municipal Utilities are offering some reminders during the extremely cold weather. With below freezing rigid temperatures, supply pipes, and also the pipes in customer’s homes, are more susceptible to breaking. When water mains freeze or burst, it can create a lot of problems. Frozen pipes can also create a […]
The Trenton Fire Department late Friday afternoon extinguished a small attic fire at the Kathy Reder residence located at 515 Monroe Street. Firefighter Derek Hert reports a thermal imaging camera verified the location of the attic fire above a bedroom where there was a darkened ceiling and occupants of the residence smelled a burning odor. […]
Just after 4 o’clock Thursday, the highway patrol reported 50-year-old Missy Obey of Riverdale, Georgia received moderate injuries in an accident one and a half miles north of Trenton. She was taken by ambulance to Wright Memorial Hospital. The pickup was northbound on 65 when it began sliding on the snow and ice covered road; […]
Twenty-seven year Marty Fisher of Trenton was westbound when the pickup he was driving traveled off Highway 6, began sliding on the icy road, went off the north side where it overturned and came to rest upright demolishing the pickup. Fisher, who was using a seat belt, was taken by ambulance to Wright Memorial Hospital […]
Trenton has seen a total of 23-1/2 inches of snow since the first snowfall of the 2018-2019 season October 15th, when KTTN measured a quarter of an inch with measurable snow falling on 10 different dates. The Trenton Fire Department, where official measurements are taken, reported a total of six and a quarter inches of […]
