MS&T engineering students make pitch for Showboat Theatre upgrades

HERMANN — Last Wednesday evening, Missouri S&T students met with the Showboat Theater board of directors at the Hermann Library, to present their plans for renovating portions of the …

GTA’s 31st Springfest well attended

Gasconade Timing Association officials reported 161 cars were entered into the group’s 31st car show held during Springfest activities. Mild spring weather brought a steady stream of visitor to …

Paving on 28

Capital Paving has installed new asphalt through last Friday on Highway 28 from Route EE to west of the Canaan community and was starting Monday on a 13-mile stretch of Route EE to F in northern …

City of Owensville formally welcomes new officials at Board of Aldermen meeting

Following a closed executive session Monday of Owensville’s Board of Aldermen, John Kamler opened his final meeting as mayor, welcoming newly-elected Mayor Kevin McFadden to the role. …

Hermann hosts 15 schools for invitational track, field meet

Wednesday, April 24

HERMANN —Hermann hosted 15 other schools at the Hermann Invitational track and field meet Monday, April 22, and the home teams performed well against the large field with two first place …

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Aldermen ponder amount of bond money for sewer upgrades to seek in August vote

HERMANN — The Board of Aldermen will be taking the next two weeks to consider how much bond money City Hall will ask voters to approve in August to finance sewer system improvements. The …

R-2 Booster Club, Legends Bank partner to buy $100K in scoreboard equipment for high school

BELLE — The Athletics Booster Club has partnered with Legends Bank to donate $99,920 in new scoreboards and equipment to Owensville High School for the big gym. The Gasconade County R-2 Board …

Hermann EMS, fire to be toned out by Gasconade Central 911 Dispatching

HERMANN — Two key public service agencies are pulling out of their agreement with the city of Hermann’s dispatch operation, a move that might nudge the city closer to becoming a full-time …

Commission News

AQM, county to map out bid specs, upgrade to harden computer network

HERMANN — Gasconade County government officials and their information technology (IT) provider are expected in the next couple weeks to begin mapping out a plan for bolstering the security of …

Schulte continues push for upgrades for MO19 ahead of megasite traffic

Gasconade County Presiding Commissioner Tim Schulte, R-Hermann, is continuing his campaign for improvements to Highway 19 as it runs through this county in anticipation of increased traffic in the …

Commission considers expanding grader fleet

HERMANN – This might be the year Gasconade County administrators expand the highway agency’s fleet of roadgraders. As the members of the County Commission Thursday morning pondered …

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Sports

Soccer Dutchgirls work double overtime for win at Eugene

For the first time in nearly two years, an Owensville High School girls soccer match needed more than 80 minutes to decide a winner. Last Tuesday night in their first meeting against …

The road to Adkins

Beginning tomorrow (Thursday), all seven Warden Publishing schools will begin their road to the 2024 Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) Track and Field Championships in …

Dutchmen nine score pair of FRC wins

Stay in the hunt for a Four Rivers Conference (FRC) title. Steven Kemp’s Owensville Dutchmen baseball team was trying to do exactly that Monday night on the road in Phelps County against …

Sports

OHS Track teams place second to North Point

Defend the home track. Matt Candrl’s Owensville High School (OHS) Dutchmen and Dutchgirl track teams looked to do that Friday at Dutchmen Field during the annual OHS Relays. …

All-Area Honors

Now that we’re into spring, the Washington Missourian recently released their All-Area teams for basketball and wrestling. Both Owensville and Hermann were well represented on their …

Hermann track takes part in Thunderbird Invite

The Hermann track and field teams traveled to Kingdom City Monday, April 8, to take part in the North Callaway Thunderbird Invite, where they faced off against 10 other schools across 22 events. …