David Adam, MRN Editor
MRN Editor David Adam talks to Joe Harris, the agricultural specialist for TI-Trust about farming, farm markets and the weather. Are we past the point of no return on a drought this year? Mercantile Bank sponsors the Business Spotlight.
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CANTON, Mo. — The Canton Police Department went from four officers to one on Monday night, and Canton Mayor Jarrod Phillips wants to plan for a forum next week to discuss public law enforcement options in the city. However, Lewis County Sheriff David Parrish says he won’t recommend his department make any deals with the…
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CANTON, Mo. — The Lewis County Prosecutor recently told the mayor of Canton and the city’s Board of Aldermen that her office will not file any cases investigated by the Canton Police Department unless an outside law enforcement agency provides assistance. Chelsea Fellinger also said, because of “ethical obligations” to the state, she recommended the…
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QUINCY — Jacob Messmer hopes to open Quincy’s newest community event space in three phases. Maverick’s Landing Zone, Lounge and Venue, 500 S. Eighth, will open Sept. 30 with live music during an open house weekend. In the winter, he hopes to have a lounge bar with a one-page menu restaurant. “And then by the…
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MADISON, Mo. — Lyle W. Miller allegedly admitted to a witness he struck 88-year-old Betty L. Hayes of Holliday, Mo., in the head and placed her body in a pond on a 40-acre lot he owned, according to a probable cause statement filed Friday in Monroe County Circuit Court. Miller, 65, was arrested Friday night.…
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GRIGGSVILLE, Ill. — Michael Rohn, a trucker for St. Louis-based Angie’s Transportation, was on U.S. 40 last month near Bowie, Ariz., about two hours into a cross-country trip, when he noticed an accident about a mile ahead. “I was headed east, and a van was headed west,” said Rohn, who lives in Griggsville when he’s…
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MRN Editor David Adam talks to Cheryl and Dennis Williams of Bella Ease and how they have expanded their services to help local youth.
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QUINCY — A rare Civil war pistol delivered to John Wood is in the auction block, and it will be unveiled on Friday night during an invitation-only event at Quincy Country Club, 2410 State. Will Sullivan Auction Company in Carthage recently acquired a Colt Model 1861 Navy, also known as the Navy Belt Pistol. The…
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QUINCY — During a June 28 Zoom meeting to discuss mold problems in the 84,000-square-foot Adams County Courthouse, Larry Schwartz of SafeStart Environmental gave his conclusions about the April testing his company conducted to the 125 people who participated online. “The real hard facts are, right now, knowing what I know, and I can’t say I’m absolutely…
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QUINCY — The installation of a handful of automatic license plate reader cameras in Quincy already has paid off for the Quincy Police Department. Adam Yates, chief of the Quincy Police Department, gave the Quincy City Council an update on the ALPRs. Aldermen on March 15 approved a two-year agreement with Flock Safety for 20…
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QUINCY — A Quincy man will remain in the Adams County Jail while he waits for a mental health evaluation to be completed. Jack R. Blanke is facing a charge of criminal trespass to real property, a Class B misdemeanor punishable in Illinois by up to two years of probation, a fine of up to…
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QUINCY — Candy Anderson still has a screen shot of the quote on her phone. Days after an Aug. 14, 2020 crash at Fourth and Broadway that killed a grandmother and her three grandchildren, First Assistant State’s Attorney Todd Eyler said during a press gathering he believed the crash was no accident. He said his…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Police Department will have a town hall meeting about sex offenders and sexually violent people at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 26 in the Quincy Senior Center, 639 York. This meeting will be an opportunity to meet with James Brown, a sergeant with the Quincy Police Department, to learn about the sex…
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QUINCY — A Quincy woman facing four counts of first-degree murder after a 2020 accident has agreed to a plea. Natasha McBride, 39, appeared Monday morning in Adams County Circuit Court with her attorney, Public Defender Todd Nelson, before Judge Tad Brenner. A three-day bench trial was scheduled to begin Monday morning. However, when Brenner asked…
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I see signs around town that say things like “F**K Joe Biden.” I don’t want my grandchild to see bumper stickers like that around town. Can the Quincy Police Department do anything to make people take down signs with vulgarity? Adam Yates, chief of the Quincy Police Department, says he has discussed this topic with…
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QUINCY — Bradley Yohn is no longer in Adams County. He was taken to Graham Correctional Center, a medium security adult male correctional facility two miles southeast of Hillsboro on Route 185, on Tuesday morning — less than 24 hours after an Adams County jury found him guilty in his criminal sexual assault trial. “Thank…
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This is in response to the release from Mayor Mike Troup on July 13, 2023, following the no-confidence vote by the city council and appeal by the members of the PB&PA Unit 12 for expanded residency. Mayor Troup said the city “chose” not to negotiate in the public. The fact is the city wasn’t negotiating…
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BOWLING GREEN, Mo. — A Quincy man was shot by law enforcement officers early Tuesday morning and now is hospitalized after a car chase ended near Bowling Green, Mo. Pike County Sheriff Steve Korte said his department was contacted at 2 a.m. Tuesday by the Quincy Police Department. “They were looking for this guy on…
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QUINCY — The first order of business after arriving at Chicks on the River Monday afternoon was to raise a glass to Mom. Nineteen months after Christine “Tina” Lohman Schmitt, was heinously attacked in her home on Nov. 9, 2021, her four adult children gathered to celebrate the end of the nightmare and a chance…
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QUINCY — Bradley Yohn was determined to convince an Adams County jury he was not the man who sexually assaulted Christina “Tina” Lohman Schmitt and invaded her home on Nov. 9, 2021. He started his closing statement by telling the jury he would call the person who actually committed those crimes of a “piece of…
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QUINCY — Josh Jones and Laura Keck were getting a little nervous. Testimony was complete and closing arguments had been delivered in the Bradley Yohn criminal sexual assault case Monday morning in Adams County Circuit Court. The two assistant state’s attorneys were awaiting the jury’s verdict while relaxing in the basement of the courthouse in…
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QUINCY — An Adams County jury began deliberation Monday afternoon in the Bradley Yohn criminal sexual assault trial. The 10-man, two-woman jury has been charged with determining the guilt or innocence of Yohn, 36. He is facing charges of home invasion with a dangerous weapon, home invasion predicated on criminal sexual assault, aggravated vehicular hijacking,…
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QUINCY — The criminal sexual assault trial of Bradley Yohn had strange twists and turns last week, but no one can predict what is coming Monday when Yohn continues his defense in Adams County Circuit Court. Monday will be the sixth day of Yohn’s trial before a 10-man, two-woman jury. Yohn, 36, is charged with…
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QUINCY — Bradley Yohn spent several minutes during his defense in his criminal sexual assault trial on Friday attempting to show proof that Tim Schmitt did not make a 911 call on Nov. 9, 2021 — the night his wife was allegedly assaulted by Yohn and an accomplice. Later in the day, however, Yohn introduced…
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QUINCY — Experts in shoe impressions, DNA testing and fingerprints from the Illinois State Police helped the prosecution wrap up its case Thursday morning during the Bradley Yohn criminal sexual assault trial in Adams County Circuit Court. Yohn began his own defense on Thursday afternoon by mostly rehashing testimony already presented by the prosecution. Yohn,…
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QUINCY — Throughout the testimony given during the Bradley Yohn sexual assault trial on Wednesday, the defendant dropped hints of his own defense strategy to come. Yohn, 36, is charged with home invasion with a dangerous weapon, home invasion predicated on criminal sexual assault, aggravated vehicular hijacking, aggravated criminal sexual assault with a weapon and…
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QUINCY — Assistant State’s Attorneys Josh Jones and Laura Keck showed video, photos, evidence and science discovered in its prosecution of the Bradley Yohn sexual assault trial as they laid the foundation of their case Wednesday in Adams County Circuit Court. Yohn, 36, is charged with home invasion with a dangerous weapon, home invasion predicated…
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QUINCY — When Tim Schmitt came home on the night of Nov. 9, 2021, he entered the home through a door in the garage that he noticed had been kicked in. When he went inside, he found his wife sitting on the floor crying. She said to him, “They raped me.” Schmitt, the husband of…
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QUINCY — When Tina Lohman Schmitt’s car had mechanical problems on Koch’s Lane on the night of Nov. 9, 2021, she noticed a car approaching. “How do you think she felt? Was she relieved? Did she think she was going to get help?” Assistant State’s Attorney Laura Keck asked during her 11-minute opening statement Tuesday…
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'This is the Tina Lohman show': Family anxious for justice as Yohn sexual assault trial gets started
QUINCY — The children of Christine “Tina” Lohman Schmitt are finally ready to see the man charged with sexually assaulting their mother go to trial. “We are glad this day is here, because this is not the Bradley Yohn show,” said Heidi Young, the oldest of Schmitt’s four children. “This is the Tina Lohman show.…
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