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Cassell Vineyards kicked off its annual Harvest Festival over the weekend, welcoming guests to celebrate with grape stomping, live music and local wine.The three-day event, held from Friday, Sep. 13 to Sunday, Sep. 15, featured musical performances by Steve Doyle, Rebecca White and Isaac Kenneth,...
Heather Widner
An employee at a Grovespring business, who claimed she was carjacked and robbed of a bank deposit, has since been arrested and charged herself after an investigation by the Wright County Sheriff’s Office.According to a probable cause statement, back on Sep. 3, Heather Widner, of Grovespring, was...
The 2024 Mountain Grove High School candidates for Homecoming Court. Front row: Lennon Carman and Coen Roark. Middle row: Senior king and queen candidates Faith Sonksen, Beau Nelson, Audrey Garner, Jaxon Kelly, Tatum Marsa and Cory Hicks. Back row: Freshmen candidates Jillian Melvin and Corbin Hicks along side junior candidates Zoey Healy and David Maddera. Not pictured: Sophomore candidates Shelby Reese and Gavin Jaeger.
It’s officially Homecoming Week for Mountain Grove High School.This year’s theme is “Hold Em’ Panthers.” Dress-up days will provide students an opportunity to dress up as their favorite teacher on Tuesday, a chance to use anything but a backpack to hold their supplies on Wednesday plus twin with a...
City of Mountain Grove Mayor Fred VanBibber signed a proclamation on Monday, Sep. 16 to mark Sep. 17-23 as Constitution Week. Also shown are National Society Sons of the American Revolution (NSSAR)-Josiah Howell Chapter members John Hass, Wayne Jones (President), Garry Pirch (Vice-President) and Dale Crandell (Treasurer).
City of Mountain Grove Mayor Fred VanBibber signed an official proclamation on Monday, Sep. 16 to designate Sep. 17-23 as Constitution Week inside City Hall.The date of Sep.17, 2024 marks the 237th anniversary for the drafting of the Untied States of America Constitution.Also attending the signing...
Randall Gann, right, is now serving as CEO of Missouri Ozarks Community Health as of Sep. 1 as Tim Shyrack, left, is retiring at the end of December.
Missouri Ozarks Community Health has announced that Randall Gann started serving as Missouri Ozarks Community Health’s next CEO as of September 2024. Gann is succeeding Tim Shryack, who has held the role of CEO since 2013 and is retiring at the end of December.Gann served as chief financial officer...
The Tobacco Station is located at 929 N. Main St. in Mountain Grove.
In the business world, where there is demand, there is supply. The demand for nicotine has been around for thousands of years. The notoriously addictive chemical found in tobacco dates back as early as 1400 BC, when it was used primarily for ceremonial and social functions. With the advent and...
Randy Lee Liles, Jr.
A Hartville man has been charged with the rape of a 14-year-old girl after an incident that took place in late August.According to information from both a Wright County Sheriff’s Office report and a probable cause statement, Randy Lee Liles Jr. reportedly assaulted a victim in the location of a...
Dean Butler
The official schedule is set for the 49th Annual Wilder Days event scheduled for Friday, Sep. 27 and Saturday, Sep. 28 in Mansfield.This year’s special guest will be actor Dean Butler, who portrayed Almanzo in the hit television series, “Little House on the Prairie.”He will first be at the Fifth...
All the fun and enjoyment of the Champion School Reunion will show up here next week. This week we can report that David and Bev Hutchison and Alfred and Clovis Brown paid a visit to the Historic Emporium on Wednesday where they met old schoolmates, kinfolks and friends. Kip Nunn had ventured all...
Delores Hayes, formerly of Norwood, with the book, “Little Town on the Prairie.”
When Delores Hayes talks about her days of growing up in Missouri, and personally knowing famed author Laura Ingalls Wilder, her eyes light up.“I remember her as such a beautiful lady,” said Hayes, who lives at the north edge of Mound Valley.The small town of Norwood was the perfect place for the...