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Gasconade County R-2 Board of Education directors met for a special closed session meeting on March 14 to interview and promote Assistant Superintendent Dr. Staci Johnson to the superintendent …
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By Roxie Murphy, Assistant Editor
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3/18/26
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The family of the late Rosalie Brauks recently donated some park board files she had collected over the years.
Brauks was an original and long-serving member of the Gerald Park Board. Serving …
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3/18/26
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Anna Mae Rademacher loved her community. She loved art, creativity, philanthropy, and education. Her legacy is ArtWorks on Main Gallery, a non-profit volunteer-run art center in the heart of …
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3/18/26
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HERMANN – Three weeks into the filing period for Gasconade County government offices hints at either a lack of interest or an example of patience being shown by would-be candidates.
After the …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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3/18/26
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(Editor’s note: Owensville Area Ambulance District’s administtator and chief, Karen Hubenthal-Arnold, provided the following information about the upcoming Proposition Owensville Ambulance which …
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3/18/26
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I brought flowers to mom this week. Springtime stems of forsythia, dogwood, and lilac. It’s too early for the real thing—but silk is fine.
March was mom’s favorite month, and on the first …
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By Robin Garrison Leach
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3/18/26
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House Bill 2273 (132 pages) is about preventing grooming children for sex, anti-trafficking efforts and sex crimes against minors. The bill was sponsored by Rep. Ed Lewis. The senate handler was …
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By Paul Hamby
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3/18/26
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Dear Editor,
Twice now, the proposed bond issue for the Gasconade County R-2 School District has narrowly failed. Each time, the margin has been small — a reflection not of opposition to our …
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3/18/26
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Letter to the Editor:
We are being asked again to vote on an extension to our present bond of approximately fourteen million dollars. This has caused me to research out the current financial …
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3/18/26
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Retiring Gasconade County Collector of Revenue Shawn Schlottach has released her final fiscal year report on county tax collections.
The Collector of Revenue’s fiscal year ended Feb. 28, 2026, …
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3/18/26
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Owensville’s Board of Aldermen passed three bills Monday evening with a real estate transfer and project contract awarded unanimously and the contract for fair security receiving three “yes” …
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By Christine Yearwood, Republican Staff Writer
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3/18/26
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HERMANN – For the first three months of this year, Gasconade County’s General Fund Sales Tax has posted healthy amounts of revenue, putting 2026 on a pace ahead of last year’s revenue.
In …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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3/18/26
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Superintendent Dr. Jeri Kay Hardy tendered her resignation during a special meeting on March 9 to the Gasconade County R-2 Board of Education with a June 30 effective date. The 10-year administrator …
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By Roxie Murphy, Assistant Editor
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3/18/26
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3/18/26
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All through the fall hunting season, those of us who love to hunt waterfowl prayed for rain. The one thing you need for great duck hunting is plenty of water, and we just didn't have it. It is …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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3/17/26
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Recent headlines have pushed colorectal cancer back to the top of news feeds with the unfortunate passing of actor James Van Der Beek. Like Chadwick Bozeman, who died of the disease in 2020, Van Der …
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3/17/26
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In the early 1970s, my kid sister — Denise — and I pooled our resources together and signed up for the Columbia House Record Club. Thirteen records or tapes for only one penny. Who could turn …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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3/17/26
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The hunt for a mythicized fossil hot spot took a team of researchers on a journey through the Sahara Desert.
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Paul C. Sereno, University of Chicago, The Conversation
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3/16/26
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JEFFERSON CITY — A Missouri House committee held a public hearing Monday for a bill that would repeal the death penalty.
Missouri is one of 27 states with a death penalty, and uses it, or life …
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By Eric Hughes, Missouri News Network
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3/16/26
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JEFFERSON CITY — A bill simplifying licensing for food trucks in Jackson County ahead of this summer’s FIFA World Cup was heard in a Senate committee on Monday.
Under SB 1255, sponsored by …
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By Emma Farrel, Missouri News Network
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3/16/26
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