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Fire Chief Mark Bushong announces plans to retire

  Mountain Grove Fire Chief Mark Bushong officially announced his plans to retire during the City of Mountain Grove’s City Council meeting held on Tuesday, May 9. In a letter …

Mountain Grove Class of 2023 Graduates

Mountain Grove receives $2.5 million grant

It became official last week that the City of Mountain Grove will be receiving a $2.5 million grant through the Missouri Department of Economic Development’s Industrial Site Development Grant …
Mansfield

OATHS OF OFFICE FOR CITY OF MANSFIELD

City of Mansfield City Clerk Nancy Conley issued the oath of office at the April City Council meeting.

Mansfield Chamber holds a pair of ribbon cutting events

Mansfield Equine Club invites area residents to sign up for membership

Please welcome the Mansfield Equine Club! We are a 501c3 Equine Club that offers the community of Mansfield and surrounding areas a safe, fun and family oriented place to ride; and to promote safe …
Hartville

Hartville woman arrested in Douglas County

Way back on Jan. 6, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department received information from Probation and Parole that Cristin Liles had provided a community service work sign in sheet indicating that …

Celebration of Unity meeting set for May 1

The Celebration of Unity is holding its first organizational meeting for the 14th Annual Celebration of Unity. This event will be held Sunday, July 2 at the Hartville City Park. If you are …

Local woman loses life in area wreck

A 47-year-old Hartville woman was among two fatalities in a tragic accident that took place at 3:38 p.m. on April 18 in Webster County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol Crash …
Norwood

Norwood student presents at MVC Research Symposium

Cheyene Parsons, of Norwood, was among a record number of students presenting scholarly work at Missouri Valley College’s Student Research Symposium on May 1. The twice annual event was …

Class of 2023 graduates in Norwood

Norwood Gleanings for the May 3 issue

To all my Readers! I am changing my hours at Reds Pizza. I’m gonna open on Tuesday nights thru Friday 3-8 p.m. and 11 a.m.-8 p.m. on Saturdays. I’ve got to slow down a little and so I …
Education

Mountain Grove FFA Dairy Cattle team wins state

The Mountain Grove FFA Chapter won the dairy cattle evaluation career development event at the 95th Missouri FFA Convention. There were 60 teams in the competition. In effect, the team won the state …

Hartville students recognized at annual Science and Engineering Fair

Congratulations to the students who participated in the annual Ozarks Science and Engineering Fair held at Missouri State University on Tuesday, March 28. Jenna Kelly earned first place in …
Sports

Hartville’s Archer McDaris wins district title for Eagles

In their first ever season for Harrtville’s golf program, they have already crowned a district champion. Archer McDaris shot a 76 in the Class 1, District 3 match played at Schifferdecker …
Panthers fall in extras to No. 1 Logan-Rogersville
Heading into their Wednesday road match-up with Logan-Rogersville, the No. 1 team in Class 4 and the likely No. 1 seed in the upcoming District 10 tournament, Mountain Grove’s baseball team …
Lady Eagles clinch share of Summit title
The Hartville Lady Eagles’ softball team’s spring season came to an end last week. Not only did they end the spring on a three game winning streak, the Lady Eagles earned at least a …
Mountain Grove claims back-to-back Southern titles
The Mountain Grove Panthers’ baseball team are now back-to-back champions after they won the 10th Annual Southern Invitational this past weekend in Dora. In the championship game, the …
Lions get past Norwood and have won five in a row
After winning all four of their games last week, including a victory over rival Norwood, the Mansfield Lions’ baseball team is now on a five game winning streak. In the match-up with …
Obituaries
JOHN MCINTOSH SCHUDY
  John McIntosh Schudy was born May 5, 1936 in Douglas County, and departed this life on May 5, 2023 at Kabul Nursing Home on his 87th birthday. John McIntosh Schudy was born May 5, 1936 to …
JUNE EDNA (MORRIS) MILLER
  June Edna (Morris) Miller, daughter of the late Chester and Edna (Schwerdtfeger) Morris, was born June 11, 1926, in Davenport, Iowa, and departed this life May 11, 2023, at Autumn Oaks …
MARY DRAKOS COWLEY
  Mary Drakos Cowley passed away at her home in Mountain Grove, on May 7, 2023. Mary was born to Louis and Katherine Drakos on Dec. 27, 1929 in Farmington, Utah. She was the sixth child in …
Jack Edward Berry
Jack Edward Berry, son of the late Robert and Myrtle (Newby) Berry, was born Feb. 22, 1938 in Hockerville, Okla., and departed this life April 30, 2023, at his home in Norwood. He was 85 years, 2 …
Fern (Gaddis) Deighton
Fern (Gaddis) Deighton, daughter of the late Claud Carthel Pinson and Jewel Maxine (Brannon) Pinson, was born on July 25, 1943, in San Jose, Calif. She passed from this life on May 3, 2023, at her …
Opinion

Letter to the Editor

To the editor: The Friends of the Library sincerely thank all who attended and supported our April Book Sale. Your presence at the sale is our reward for hours of work put in by the Friends …