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The Dexter High School Student Council along with Tim Holder, hosted a recent Halloween Dance. The students collected canned goods and $350 to be donated to the Stoddard County Gospel Mission. Pictured making the check presentation from left are: Carter Dorton, Kim Lemons with the Stoddard County Gospel Mission, Magi McBride, Mike Morris with the Stoddard County Gospel Mission, Ellie Dowdy and Destiny Ahrens...

Three Dexter students have been selected to the Missouri All State Choir. The three students selected are: junior Mattilyn Williams, senior Madeline Parker and junior Tyler Montgomery. They will represent Dexter at the January 2020 MMEA convention held in Osage Beach, Mo. over the course of four days...

The Dexter Board of Aldermen passed two ordinances and asked City Attorney Yewell Lawrence Jr. to start writing the wording on a third. The first ordinance addressed was one intending to simplify the wording on harassment. Before the ordinance spelled out more specific acts of harassment such as threatening communications in writing or by telephone. ...

Local authorities continue to search for a Poplar Bluff man who is accused in the weekend shooting of another man in critical condition at a St. Louis hospital. Poplar Bluff Police Lt. Josh Stewart said officers have been searching for Carlos James Wallace, who should be considered armed and dangerous, since Saturday afternoon...

BLOOMFIELD — Floodplain manager Joe Pulliam, of Smith and Company, updated the Stoddard County Commission on his progress of accounting for properties in the floodplain during Monday’s meeting. The State Emergency Management Agency requires that each community or county have a certified floodplain manager, who handles the necessary paperwork and notifies residents of changes to the floodplain map...

A rainy Saturday (Oct. 26) moved the Dexter Veterans of Foreign Wars benefit concert indoors but it didn’t dampen the spirits of those involved. The event was originally scheduled to take place in Downtown Dexter across from the VFW building but was moved to the Dexter National Guard Armory. The events included live music, food, bounce houses, face painting, games and trick-or-treating...

Third Grade Honor Roll Kingston Banken, Kenton Barbour, Lola Barr, Kohen Batchelor, Stacy Bowers, William Busse, Eben Carr, Jaden Carter, Lindsay Lee Christian, Mila Clark, Carter Claussen, Seth Clubb, Grace Cobb, Beau Craft, Makinley Crosby, Ethan Taylor Davis, Ashton Deberry, Taran Deprow, Reed Dodson, Audriana Dukes-Cazares, Eli Earnheart, Kennedy Essner, Lilly Fields, Payden Fowler, Bryan Galloway, Addelyn Gill, Matthew Glore, Miley Gold, Elliott Goldschmidt, Jaxson Goodman, Aaron Gott, Eli Gott, Lilah Grimes, Gabrielle Guethle, Greta Guethle, Gabriel Hammond, Tyler Hankins, Ethan Harris, Harley Haws, Olivianna Hester, Farrah Hofer, Samuel Howard, Ella Hutson, Zachary Jackson, Ada Jarrell, Parker Keena, Aubree Killian-Mcdonald, Kayleen Kingston-Horn, Alexzander Alan Lin, Chase Lowman, Liam Luttrull, Addison Mann, Gunner Matney, Aiden Mcclish, Lily Mccord, Jagger Mcfaddin, Clayton Mcgowan, Dennis Mcintyre, Melora Mckay, Sebastian Mcroy, Addison Meador, Bronsen Menley, Jiles Monroe, Mason Monroe, Hudson Moore, Marlie Morris, Jett Mosier, Trista Murphy, Gracy Neal, Mckendree Neuhaus, Kyle Nichols, Lilly Nugent, Triston Oliva, Korbin Olsen, Robyn Ordway, Ava Parker, Blake Pfeffer, Silas Pfeffer, Hailey Pratt, Lana Rangel, Hayden Redfering, Bryson Rice, Andon Ridenour, Marcus Rios, Elyzabeth Robison, Jacob Rowland, Seth Rowland, Selah Sepulvado, Kamden Shaver, Mason Smith, Zoey Smith, Clarabelle Sok, Hunter Spain, Bailey Stevens, Alison Stonis, Ba Templemire, Sawyer Thurlkill, Hadley Walton, Korben Warner, Emmarie Watkins, Addilyn Williams, Clara Williams, Blake Wilson, Hayden Wilson, Peyton Wright. ...

Orscheln in Dexter held a ribbon cutting to celebrate its grand reopening after an extensive remodel. Pictured on the front row from left are: Interim Chamber Director Ed Dust, Dexter Mayor Jason Banken; Orscheln representatives Al Osvron, Randy Croney, Tisha Cole, Rebecca Pulley, Destiny Cagle, Jonathon Simmons, Lara Simmons, Angela Rauscher; Dexter Chamber member Maddie Guethle, SouthHEALTH of Stoddard County CEO Sue Ann Williams, Dexter Alderman Jerry Corder, Dexter Chamber member Cecil Haley, Dexter Chamber member Jennifer Whitesell and Dexter Chamber President Alisha Trammell. ...

Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dexter will hold its annual turkey dinner this Sunday, November 3, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Turkey and ham with all the trimmings, along with drink and dessert will be served. An adult ticket will be $10, children age 6 to 10 will be $5 and children under 6 eat free. Carry outs are available and require an adult ticket...

“I never thought about living to be 107 years old,” Eldon Stafford remarks matter-of-factly, “but here I am!” Born October 12, 1912, Stafford has been witness to over a century of change and innovation. Reflecting on farm life during his childhood, Stafford observes, “When I was born, and during most of my growing-up years, we had no electricity, no running water, plowed with teams, and used an outhouse to do our business,”...