A single vehicle accident Tuesday, north of Jamesport, has claimed the lives of four young adults from Trenton, three of them are siblings. The highway patrol listed the accident location as one half mile west of the Daviess – Grundy County line on Highway 190. The report notes none of the occupants was using a […]
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Missouri Department of Conservation sets migratory game bird and waterfowl hunting seasons
At the latest meeting, the Missouri Conservation Commission approved recommendations from the Missouri Department of Conservation for the upcoming 2017 migratory-game-bird hunting season and 2017-2018 waterfowl hunting season. 2017 MIGRATORY GAME BIRD HUNTING Mourning Doves, Eurasian Collared Doves, and White-Winged Doves Season: Sept. 1 through Nov. 29 Limits: 15 daily and 45 in possession combined […]
Rollover crash at Leisure Lake injures Trenton woman
A rollover accident yesterday at Leisure Lake injured a rural Trenton woman. 70-year-old Diana Hoppe received minor injuries and was taken by a private vehicle to Wright Memorial Hospital. The highway patrol reports Mrs. Hoppe was eastbound when her sports utility vehicle went off the right side of Leisure Lake Drive and struck a wooden […]
MoDOT schedules several bridge inspections this week
In-depth under-bridge inspections are part of the Missouri Department of Transportation’s program of inspection, repair, and maintenance of the more than 10,000 bridges across the state. This program ensures the bridges are kept in the best possible condition for as long as possible for all those that travel across Missouri’s roadways. Several bridges in Northwest […]
Chillicothe Police warn residents of email scam
The Chillicothe Police Department is informing the public of an email scam. A subject emails the victim and identifies themselves as a “portfolio manager” to a deceased relative. The manager claims to have made investment decisions on behalf of the deceased in the form of shares, bonds, and other securities. The manager claims in accordance […]
Young hunters tag nearly 3000 deer during late youth portion of season
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows young deer hunters ages 6 through 15 checked 2,944 deer during Missouri’s late youth portion of this year’s deer hunting season. Of the nearly three thousand deer harvested this past weekend: 1,149 were antlered bucks, 426 were button bucks, and 1,369 were does. The two different […]
Health “needs assessment” underway by health department
Grundy County Health Department is conducting a survey about health needs of citizens. It’s called a “needs assessment.” The last time such a survey was conducted in Grundy County was 2005. Letters arrived this week in the mail. A copy of the survey is available on the website www.GrundyCHD.org, or through a link on their […]
Grundy County Health Department renews to provide WIC services
The Grundy County Health Department has signed a contract to continue providing services to women, infants, and children. Under terms of the contract, the Grundy County Health Department will Serve 289. WIC is a nutrition education program offering supplemental food for pregnant women and families with children under age five. The health department says income […]
NCMC to observe “Safety Week” with impaired driving exercise
NCMC will be conducting safety week October 17 through October 21st. Wednesday October 19th, the Housing staff will combine efforts with NCMC Criminal Justice students and the Trenton Police Department to conduct a Distracted/Impaired Driving exercise for NCMC students from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. The exercise will be held on Main Street in front of Geyer […]
Trailer-truck destroyed in Chillicothe school district parking lot
The Chillicothe Fire Department yesterday responded to a semi truck on fire in the parking lot of the Chillicothe R-2 school district, on old Highway 36 West. The report indicates the 1999 Peterbilt semi was fully involved when firefighters arrived on the scene during the noon hour Monday. Approximately 200 gallons of water was used […]
Chillicothe Police/Fire departments square off in “Battle of the Badges”
When it comes to rivalry, you can always see a bit of good natured fun between police and fire departments. To that end, the Chillicothe Police Department and the Chillicothe Fire Department are coming together on October 1, to test themselves in the “Battle of the Badges,” a softball game that will benefit the Grand […]
Grundy County Health Department to hold Flu shot clinics
The Grundy County Health Department will be giving Flu shots, on a walk-in basis, on five consecutive Tuesdays beginning September 27th at 17th and lincoln in Trenton. The schedule is September 27th from 1 until 4 o’clock, October 4th and 11th during the morning and afternoon from 9 until 11:30 and again from 1 until […]
City of Laredo receives grant from Missouri Department of Natural Resources
The City of Laredo has been awarded a small community engineering assistance grant from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. The nearly $49,000 grant is to pay for engineering costs relating to a waste water treatment facility evaluation. The Aldermen were to have had a meeting Monday night, but there was not a quorum. City […]
Meadville woman faces meth charge in Grundy County
A Meadville woman has been arrested on a Grundy County warrant. Thirty-one year old Dorothy Kathryn Archuleta is charged with possession of a controlled substance, identified as methamphetamine, on May 24th. Bond is $15,000 cash, with the defendant to appear in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court on Tuesday, September 13th. Thirty-year […]
Chillicothe Fire Department responds to rural blaze
The Chillicothe Fire Department late Saturday afternoon responded to a rural location after receiving a report of a “boom” and then smoke. It turned out to be a controlled burn of a brush pile that had several tires on top of it. Chillicothe Fire Department Lieutenant/EMT Tracy Bradley said one of the tires was burning. […]
Missouri Department of Conservation reminds hunters of deer and turkey regulation changes for fall
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds deer and turkey hunters of regulation changes that apply to hunting this fall. Crossbows have been added as a legal method during archery deer and turkey seasons and also during the fall firearms turkey season. As a result, MDC has removed the “hunting method exemption” requirement for hunters […]
Hamilton Police Department responds to 121 calls the first 2 weeks of August
During the first week of August, Hamilton Police Officers took approximately 70 calls for service, 8 reports, affected 5 arrests, and conducted 9 traffic stops issuing 4 citations. On August 1, Officer took a report of a motor vehicle accident, where a white or silver vehicle backed into another vehicle and left the scene in […]
Trenton Firefighters respond to upper lake in Trenton
At approximately 12:40 pm on Monday, August 15th Firefighters responded with Grundy County EMS, Grundy County Sheriffs Department, and Trenton Police Department personnel to a situation at Upper Lake Trenton. An adolescent boy found himself stranded in the lake after his boat became entangled in something under the water. Firefighters provided a rope to a bystander in […]
Livingston County Sheriff reports on inmates transferred to the DOC
Recently the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office received orders from the Circuit Court to transport the following detainees to the Missouri Department of Corrections for either a sentence or attend a program. Jason Gerdsen, 36, Chillicothe Possession Controlled Substance – Institutional Post Conviction Drug Treatment Program Ronald Greener III, 25, Chillicothe Interfering with arrest – 4 […]
2 arrested after Chillicothe Police Department drug raid
The Chillicothe Police Department executed a Livingston County search warrant for narcotics on August 13, 2016, in the 1500 block of Fair Street. During the During the investigation, officers seized approximately 13 grams of methamphetamine, marijuana, drug paraphernalia, and over $500.00 cash. As a result of this investigation, 32-year-old James Blanton, and 33-year-old Martin Nicholas […]