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Bobbi Jo Bayer

Several moves were made during two recent Board of Education meetings fro the Mountain Grove R-III School District.According the May 23 meeting minutes, Bobbi Jo Bayer was approved as the new Lady Panthers’ volleyball coach.Coach Bayer comes to MGHS after spending one year in Summersville, where...
Earning a spot on Drury University’s Dean’s List is a significant accomplishment. The recognition means a student earned a grade point average of 3.6 or greater (on a 4-point scale) while carrying a full-time course load of 12 or more semester hours at Drury, a top Midwestern university, according...

Terre Redmon, President DCFTBHA, presents a Certificate of Scholarship to Zoey Criner, of Mountain Grove High School.

The Douglas County Fox Trotting Horse Breeders’ Association (DCFTHBA) awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Zoey Criner, of Mountain Grove High School, a $500 scholarship to Michelle Walker, of Gainesville High School, and a $500 scholarship to Alyson Rainey, of Seymour High School, in a ceremony held at...
Southeast Missouri State University has announced its President’s List for undergraduate academic achievement during the spring 2025 semester.Students named to the President’s List earned a 4.0 grade point average and completed at least 12 hours of standard graded credit.Local Mountain Grove...
Spring has sprung—and so have the results of Vocabulary.com’s Spring 2025 Vocabulary Bowl, the world’s largest academic competition. Hartville Junior High School clinched the top spot in Missouri’s Middle/Elementary School Division—a remarkable achievement that places them in the top 5% of...
The following are summarized meeting minutes from the Mansfield R-IV School Board meeting held on May 14.Superintendent Dr. Clint Hall provided the financial report. Mr. Konyha, Ms. Coberly, Mr. Garrison and Mrs. Felker each provided written admin reports. Dr. Hall also provided the superintendent’...
Mansfield High School’s rootEd College and Career Advisor, Candice White, far right,  receives the Coover/Rural Schools Partnership Career Exploration Grant Program grant for $4,850 from the Community Foundation of the Ozarks. This grant will be used to purchase a college and career readiness...
Several area residents earned graduate degrees at Missouri State University Outreach.They include Samuel MacPherson, Mountain Grove, Bachelor of Science in Communication Studies; Robert Humble, Mansfield, Bachelor of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice; Abigail Allen, Mansfield, Whitney...
Awards and accolades abounded when faculty, staff and students at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) gathered April 24 for the Celebration of Leaders student awards ceremony at the West Plains Civic Center.Local award winners in the event were Sam MacPherson, Mountain Grove, Outstanding...
Members of the Wright County Retired Teachers and all other support personnel were invited to the Cherry Blossom breakfast in Marshfield this week. We had several attend, and were able to see several movie stars there. Jimmie Marler was able to present his drawing of John Boy to Richard Thomas, who...

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