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The Inspirations, America’s No. 1 gospel quartet, blessed a large crowd in Mountain Grove with their singing talents during a free concert held Friday, March 13 inside the Shetler’s Event Center in Mountain Grove. In the 2025 Singing News Fan Awards, the group was voted as “Favorite Quartet and “...
Around 160 attendees came together for the First Annual Grand Event fundraiser on Feb. 27 at The Candler in Mountain Grove. The event featured guest speakers, a live auction and a silent auction, which raised around $40,000 in funds that will go towards renovating and staffing a shelter for...
OakStar Bank administrators and employees are joined by City of Mountain Grove officials, the Crossland Construction Company, LLC and the Baron Design & Associates, LLC during a groundbreaking ceremony held on N. Main St. in Mountain Grove.
An official groundbreaking ceremony was held last week for OakStar Bank’s new building to be constructed on N. Main St. in Mountain Grove.Several OakStar Bank administrators and employees were joined by City of Mountain Grove officials, the Crossland Construction Company, LLC and the Baron Design...
The Wright County Journal has officially released its list of All-Wright County boys basketball selections for the 2025-2026 season.End of the year statistics were submitted by all eight basketball programs (boys and girls teams) in the county. Statistics do help the Wright County Journal in making...
The Wright County Journal has officially released its list of All-Wright County girls basketball selections for the 2025-2026 season.End of the year statistics were submitted by all eight basketball programs (boys and girls teams) in the county. Statistics do help the Wright County Journal in...
Michael Spyres
(Edtior's Note: We have been attempting to get an interview with Michael Spyres for a few weeks, but to no avail. It is important to this basic information to get out as he is set to make his Met debut.)
New York, NY (January 29, 2026)—The Metropolitan Opera premieres a new production of Wagner’s...
Dr. Tammy Albrecht
Dr. Albrecht joins CoxHealth Center Mountain Grove, bringing decades of rural health care experienceCoxHealth is pleased to welcome Dr. Tammy Albrecht, a family medicine physician, to CoxHealth Center Mountain Grove. She brings more than two decades of experience serving rural patients across the...
Effective from the Feb. 14 meeting, two local Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) posts have now merged under a new name.The Mountain Grove VFW Post No. 3770 and the Hartville VFW Post No. 3135 have come together as the new Wright County VFW Post No. 3770.VFW Quartermaster Russell Olewinski said a mail...
Parental access to the elementary school was a contentious issue at the Feb. 18 Mountain Grove R-III School Board meeting.According to Superintendent Dr. Aaron Gerla, the accessibility of the elementary school “is an ongoing discussion from a few months ago. This is a difficult topic that all...
The Farmers Brew was joined by Hartville Area Chamber of Commerce for a ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday, Feb. 10. The ownersare Laron and Amy Arnall. Grady Grayson and employee Hayden Henley were among those present for the ribbon cutting at 105 W. Rolla St. in Hartville. For more information,...