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Rural Development seeking projects to fund in 2015
(Local News ~ 01/20/15)
The federal budget for USDA Rural Development was funded in December, 2104, and the agency with offices in Dexter is looking for projects that qualify for federal funds. Phyllis Minner, Area 4 director of USDA Rural Development in southeast Missouri, spoke to board members at the recent meeting of the Bootheel Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission (BRPC). Rural Development invested $760,450,901 in the state in 2014...
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Puxico teen electrocuted after accident
(Local News ~ 01/20/15)
PUXICO, Mo. -- A Puxico teen died around midnight Friday after he apparently stepped on a live electrical line following a motor-vehicle crash on Highway 51. The teen is identified as Marcus Lauder, 19. He is a 2014 graduate of Puxico High School, where he played varsity basketball...
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Rust family, Winans, inducted into SEMO Athletic Hall of Fame
(Local News ~ 01/20/15)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Former Southeast Missouri State men's basketball player Derek Winans stood on a stage in the middle of the Show Me Center on Friday night, a place he'd been accustomed to for most of his life. This time it was to be inducted into the Southeast Athletics Hall of Fame along with three other individuals, a team and a family...
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Central students "Explore" history
(Local News ~ 01/20/15)
Fifth graders in Nicole Guethle's classroom at Dexter's Central Elementary School have been learning about explorers lately, and on Jan. 16, the explorers they've been studying came to life as Guethle's classroom was transformed into an Explorer Wax Museum...
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Fire destroys Essex house
(Local News ~ 01/20/15)
A house at 208 Taylor Street in Essex was destroyed by fire over the weekend. Firefighters from the Essex Fire Department with assistance from the Dexter Fire Department battled the blaze for more than six hours Saturday after the fire call came in at 12:30 p.m. ...
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Police Reports
(Local News ~ 01/20/15)
Dexter Police Jan. 18- 19, 2015 At 4:39 a.m., Friday, Jan. 16, Dexter Police arrested Jeffery D. Ray, 26, of Dexter on a Stoddard County warrant for insufficient funds. Bond was set at $2,500, 10 percent cash or surety. At 12:37 p.m., friday, Jan. 16, Dexter Police received a report of stolen motor fuel from Super Town and Country Fuel...
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Dexter wins Owensville wrestling tournament
(High School Sports ~ 01/20/15)
OWENSVILLE, Mo. - The Dexter varsity wrestling team took home the top prize at the 14-team Owensville Tournament Saturday. Dexter calculated a first-place team score of 330.5. Host Owensville placed second with a team score of 214, Festus finished third with a 211.5, Park Hills finished fourth with a 187.0, Sullivan placed fifth with a 185.0, St. ...
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Dexter girls fall at state-ranked Park Hills, Bernie boys down Holcomb
(High School Sports ~ 01/20/15)
PARK HILLS, Mo. - The Dexter Bearcats varsity girls basketball team suffered a 71-57 loss at state-ranked Park Hills Central Monday night. Park Hills jumped out to a 20-7 lead in the first quarter before Dexter responded with 11 unanswered points to trim the deficit to 20-18 with six minutes remaining in the first half...
- Patton - Patton Junction Livestock Auction: Feeder Cattle and Cow auction for 1/19/2015 (Agriculture Report ~ 01/20/15)
- Patton - Patton Junction Livestock Auction: Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 01/19/2015 (Agriculture Report ~ 01/20/15)
- Fruitland- Fruitland Livestock Auction: Monthly Sheep and Goat Report for 1/16/2015 (Agriculture Report ~ 01/20/15)
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Gordon Lee McKee
(Obituary ~ 01/20/15)
Gordon Lee McKee, 67, of Lapeer, Mich., formerly of St. Louis, died Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. Gordon was born Sept. 29,1947, in Poplar Bluff to Floyd and Reaven (Carney) McKee. He graduated from Dexter High School Class of 1965. He earned his bachelors degree from the University of Missouri and his medical doctorate from Washington University in St. Louis. Gordon served his country proudly in the US Navy...
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Marion C. Renard
(Obituary ~ 01/20/15)
Marion C. Renard, 89, of Jacksonville, Ill., died Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015, at his residence. He was born July 13, 1925, in Essex the son of John F. and Hazel M. Markham Renard. He married Delores P. Ettinger in Pekin, Ill., and she survives. Mr. Renard graduated from Grayridge High School in 1943. ...
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Freeman Aaron
(Obituary ~ 01/20/15)
Freeman Aaron of Malden, was born Feb. 27, 1944, to the late Hurbert Aaron and Nannie McGlann Aaron in Leachville, Ark., and died Jan. 18, 2015, at the SoutheastHEALTH Center of Stoddard County in Dexter at the age of 70. Mr. Aaron was married to Patsy Lea Corlew on Sept. 15, 1962, in Malden and she survives of their home in Malden...
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Donald Glenn Sanders
(Obituary ~ 01/20/15)
Donald Glenn Sanders, son of the late Elmer and Bessie Irene Purcell Sanders, was born in Essex, on Aug. 8, 1950, and died at the Southeast- HEALTH Center of Stoddard County in Dexter on Jan. 19, 2015, at the age of 64. Donald lived in Essex most of his life. He had worked at Tyson's Food where he retired in 2003...
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Betty Doris Edwards
(Obituary ~ 01/20/15)
Betty Doris Edwards, daughter of the late Everett and Verdie Trammell, was born on Oct. 7, 1931, in Dexter and died on Jan. 17, 2015, at Golden Living Center in Bloomfield at the age of 83. Mrs. Edwards was a member of the St. Joe General Baptist Church in Bloomfield. She had worked as a CNA at the Bloomfield Convalescent Home and was a resident of Bloomfield...
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Chris Huls
(Obituary ~ 01/20/15)
Chris Huls, son of Bonnie Lea Adkins Huls of Dexter and the late Cecil F. Huls, was born on March 13, 1960, in St. Louis, Mo. and died on Jan. 19, 2015, at his residence in Dexter at the age of 54. Mr. Huls worked for Mid-South Paint and Drywall in Dexter for 19 years. He was an avid fisherman, hunter and outdoorsman...
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