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ROSEBUD – Directors of the Gasconade County Enhanced-911 program are considering changing it primary banking facility, which would mark the first time the agency changed it home bank since its …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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7/15/26
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Governor’s action starts process for county effort to obtain federal funding to repair damaged roads
HERMANN – Gasconade County officials are hoping Gov. Mike Kehoe’s action Thursday will clear the way for nearly three dozen counties seeking help with financing road repairs caused by June storm …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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7/15/26
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A crowd of between 50-60 county residents Friday night wanting to hear from the leading advocate of a proposed repeal of the state income tax left a bit disappointed after only hearing his voice …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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7/15/26
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HERMANN – Gasconade County taxpayers won’t be hit as hard as they could have been in picking up the cost of the capital murder trial of Kenneth Lee Simpson.
The final bill forwarded from …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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7/15/26
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HERMANN – Here’s something not heard around the Gasconade Courthouse in a long while: The county’s General Fund Sales Tax revenue is running behind the amount collected at this time last year.
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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7/15/26
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OSAGE COUNTY — A widespread Independence Day weekend storm left thousands of Missourians without power, including communities throughout Osage County, as utility companies worked around the clock …
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By Elise Brochu, Staff Writer
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7/8/26
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HERMANN – A flatbed tractor-trailer loaded with a large excavator crept along Highway 100 West early last week, slowly making its way up what locals refer to as John Deere Hill just past the …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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7/8/26
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One person suffered minor injuries in a two-vehicle crash June 23 on U.S. 50 at Missouri 19 north in Gasconade County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
The crash occurred at …
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7/1/26
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HERMANN – The format and location of a July 10 public meeting that was to focus on Amendment 5 have evolved into a discussion and meet-the-candidates gathering.
Dennis Granahl, founder and …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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7/1/26
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HERMANN – Working while being short-staffed and with reduced hours at one of the offices has been challenging for the personnel of the Gasconade County Health Department. Finding a way to ease that …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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7/1/26
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HERMANN – Friday was a fitting day, perhaps, for state and federal emergency management staffers to meet about a program that helps local governments pay for roads damaged by storms. Friday was the …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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7/1/26
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SWISS – A proposed Missouri constitutional amendment that would eliminate the state income tax will be the focus of a public forum Friday, July 10, at Swiss Evangelical & Reformed Church.
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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6/24/26
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BLAND — Residents from across the area are invited to gather at Bland City Park on Saturday, June 27, for a community celebration marking America’s 250th anniversary.
The “Celebrating 250 …
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By Edward Gehlert, Staff Writer
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6/24/26
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HERMANN – Those federal disaster-response funds that Gasconade County officials hope to receive to help pay for road repairs caused by recent storms might be a long time in coming — if at all, …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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6/24/26
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BLAND — The Bland Board of Aldermen approved a request for additional law enforcement personnel during the community’s upcoming Fourth of July celebration.
Officials reminded residents that …
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By Edward Gehlert, Staff Writer
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6/17/26
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HERMANN – The Gasconade County Commission last week heard that billions of dollars are available to help counties recover some of their expense of repairing rain-damaged roads — such the work in …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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6/17/26
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BLAND — City officials reported an improving financial outlook during the June meeting of the Bland Board of Aldermen, citing cost-saving measures, increased revenues and a stronger year-end …
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By Edward Gehlert, Staff Writer
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6/17/26
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HERMANN – Gasconade County government this month received the first of three hits it will be feeling in its General Sales Tax Fund, thanks to a refund of the sales tax paid by Hermann’s then-only …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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6/17/26
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UNION – Formal sentencing for Kenneth Lee Simpson is scheduled for Thursday afternoon in the Franklin County Justice Center.
At 1 p.m. in Courtroom 302, 20th Circuit Presiding Judge Craig E. …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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6/17/26
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HERMANN – After casting the deciding vote Monday night on three bills, Mayor Bruce Cox mildly chided two aldermen for their opposition that he says casts a bad light on the city to outsiders. …
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By Buck Collier, Special Correspondent
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6/10/26
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