The latest local news, weather and high school sports from the Heartland

KIRKSVILLE, MO. -- KTVO has learned the State of Missouri is suing Wi-Fi Sensors in Kirksville.

That's the focus of Thursday’s Facebook Story of the Day.

The Missouri Attorney General's Office told KTVO it filed a lawsuit Thursday against Wi-Fi Sensors, Incorporated on behalf of the Missouri Department of Economic Development.

The purpose of the lawsuit is to collect the $1 million state loan made to Wi-Fi back in July of 2009, plus more than $312,000 in unpaid interest and penalties.

The interest and penalties are accruing daily to the tune of almost $507.

The Attorney General’s Office told KTVO the lawsuit was filed after efforts to resolve the case were unsuccessful.

According to the person in charge of business licenses for the City of Kirksville, Wi-Fi Sensors went out of business effective February 28, 2011.

We went to the plant Thursday afternoon to see if anyone was there to talk to about the company’s predicament.

Surprisingly, the front doors of the building were unlocked.

They led to a lobby with a nice seating area.

A couple of other doors leading from the lobby into the rest of the building were locked.

Our reporter pushed a button that had a sign reading, "Ring for service," but no one responded.

A call to the Adair County Collector's Office revealed that Wi-Fi did not pay its personal property taxes for 2010 or 2011.

A spokeswoman at the Collector’s Office said the company did not even turn in last year's assessment sheet listing its personal property.

KTVO received no reply to an e-mail we sent to Wi-Fi Sensors on Thursday morning seeking comment from the company.

Click here  to read the petition filed by the office of the Missouri Attorney General.