The CMU Electric Department has been approved to purchase a new Digger Derrick. CMU General Manager Matt Hopper says the Board of Public Works approved the purchase of the truck from Altec. The total cost is $223,495 and it will be delivered in about 600 days. That means the new truck will be here in the Spring of 2023. Hopper […]
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The Chillicothe Fire Department will have a new Brush Truck later this fall. The Chillicothe City Council approved the purchase of a 2022 1 ton Pick-up. The Fire Department will trade in a smaller 2008 pick-up and get $20,000 in trade-in value. Fire Chief Eric Reeter explains when they expect the new truck. The total purchase price after trade-in is […]
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A Chillicothe man had serious injuries in an accident Sunday evening, south of Chillicothe. Troopers report 37-year-old Dustin Holtzclaw was flown to Truman Medical Center for treatment. According to the report, Holtzclaw was southbound, three miles south of Chillicothe, and crossed the center line and struck a trailer towed by a northbound pick-up. Holtzclaw’s car overturned and came to rest […]
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A report of an SUV fire summoned Chillicothe Fire Fighters to the 400 block of Vine Street Tuesday evening. The call came in about 5:04 and the fire crew arrived in 2 minutes at 453 Vine to find the SUV fully involved, in the side yard of the home. About 2000 gallons of water and foam were used to put […]
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A Cowgill man was injured in a one vehicle accident southeast of Cameron Tuesday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a semi driven by 32 year old Christopher Ray of Cowgill was attempting to turn south from Caldwell County Route HH onto Crow Road. The report states the vehicle ran off the road, overturned onto the passenger side and […]
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