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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,...
(Editors note: The graphic above the headline shows a summary of the number of cases filed in each category for 2024 and 2025.)2025 was another busy year for the court system in Wright County. Overall, case numbers were down from 2024. Some case categories had substantial increases in filings from...
Morgan French
A Mountain Grove man has officially been charged with second degree assault after an alleged incident involving a hammer and a pizza delivery driver’s car window back on Feb. 4.Morgan French, approximately 66, was taken into custody by the Mountain Grove Police Department and was put on a 24-hour...
Several locals represented Wright County at the state annual Farm Bureau meeting as they received the President’s Award. Locals included, from left: Charlie Brooks, Teresa Clifford, Stan Coday, Ted Probert, Tiffany Kaufman, DyAnna Shaver, Pam Probert, Archie Daily, Susan Brooks, Hala Edquist, Chris Daily and RaMona Andrus.
Wright County Farm Bureau was recognized with the President’s Award at the state annual meeting at the Lake of the Ozarks.The award recognizes the top Missouri county in Farm Bureau activities. WCFB’s mission is “working to improve the quality of life for farmers and all members of our county”....
A large fire plows its way through the roof of both the former radiator shop, on the left, and Discount Dave’s Carpet & Flooring in the 300 block of W. 3rd St. in Mountain Grove on Sunday, Feb. 1. This view is from the back side of both structures.
Nine area fire departments responded to a pair of structure fires on Sunday, Feb. 1 in Mountain Grove with many firefighters still monitoring the area through the early morning of Monday, Feb. 2.Mountain Grove Fire Chief Clinton Gibbens said his department responded to a call that came in around 6...
Currently, victims of domestic violence and sexual assault needing a safe shelter must be taken nearly an hour from their homes to either Springfield and West Plains.That soon will change thanks to the vision of the Southern Missouri Advocates, Inc., a nonprofit group formed in 2002 that has signed...
Stuart Haynes, Missourii Municipal League Deputy Director
Some residents, City officials and staff attended a Mountain Grove’s Citizens Advisory Board (CAB) informational meeting on the Use Tax back on Jan. 15 inside the Mountain Grove High School cafeteria.Stuart Haynes, Missouri Municipal League Deputy Director, shared a video presentation and answered...
On Jan. 8, at approximately 3:30 a.m., the Wright County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to Grovespring, to a call for service regarding a camper that was on fire in close proximity to an occupied residence.An attempt had previously been made to set the same camper on fire and a suspect had been...