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DPD cracking down on impaired drivers
(Local News ~ 08/19/15)
The Dexter Police Department has been aggressively enforcing and pursuing impaired driving violators over the course of this calendar year through a grant funded by the Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT). Extra funds were obtained through the same grant which will allow additional officers to be out in full force and continue the enforcement efforts through the remainder of the MODOT calendar year (ending October 1st for 2015). ...
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Statesman to Montana
(Local News ~ 08/19/15)
Maxine Vaughn of Bloomfield took a recent trip to Montana and remembered to take along The Daily Statesman. For doing so, she will be receiving a free one-month subscription to the paper.
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Police Reports
(Local News ~ 08/19/15)
Dexter Police Aug. 19, 2015 At 8:15 a.m., Monday, Aug. 17, Dexter Police arrested April S. Cage, 34, of Dexter, on a Stoddard County warrant for probation violation. There is no bond, and she was transferred to the Stoddard County Jail. At 10:03 a.m., Monday, Aug. 17, Dexter Police investigated a possible burglary at 322 West Stoddard Street...
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Another grant cycle open for historic preservation grants
(Local News ~ 08/19/15)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Members of the Stoddard County Historical Society told the Stoddard County Commission Monday that another round of grants from the Mo. Department of Natural Resources, The Heritage Properties Program were being awarded with a Sept. 11, 2015, deadline for submitting grant applications...
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Highway Patrol stresses safety on the road
(Local News ~ 08/19/15)
The Missouri State Highway Patrol recently released an announcement concerning safety during the upcoming Labor Day Weekend. However, following a week filled with numerous accidents, Colonel J. Bret Johnson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, has issued the following letter...
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Bloomfield Board sets tax levy at $3.01
(Local News ~ 08/19/15)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Bloomfield School Board set the property tax rate at $3.01 at a tax hearing Monday night prior to the start of the regular board meeting, but not without a discussion about increasing the tax amount for the general fund. The tax levy for the general fund is at $2.75 per $100 valuation, the minimum required by state statute...
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Kinder addresses Ferguson, healthcare, Right to Work
(Local News ~ 08/19/15)
Along with taking a staunch stand on preventing another event like Ferguson in Missouri and voicing a fierce opposition to Common Core, an optimistic Missouri Lt. Governor Peter Kinder identified his planned priorities, should he win the 2016 race for governor of the state during his Aug. 14 visit to Stoddard County...
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Former Bearcats' mission underway
(Local News ~ 08/19/15)
A few die-hard Bearcat fans and a lot of elbow grease are making a difference on the Dexter Bearcat football playing field -- more specifically within the confines of the team's field house on the south end of Charles Bland Stadium -- and now a little more help from a caring community is needed to complete the project...
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Malden woman requests change of judge in murder trial
(Local News ~ 08/19/15)
KENNETT, Mo. -- A Malden woman charged in the death of her child made another appearance in court Wednesday and requested a change of judge. The attorney for Tina Burton, Mary Patricia Tucka, is requesting Judge Stephen Sharp. Wednesday she appeared before Circuit Judge Robert Mayer...
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Harty "pays forward" with library annex
(Local News ~ 08/19/15)
PUXICO, Mo. -- Local businessman and banker, Norman B. Harty, has lived in Dexter for many years, where he and his late wife, Billie, seized a business opportunity several years ago and built an empire, first in the business of explosive industrial blasting and later in the business of banking...
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2015 Fall Sports Preview: Advance Hornets Volleyball
(High School Sports ~ 08/19/15)
ADVANCE, Mo. - The Advance Hornets volleyball program enters the 2015 season with three returning starters and a solid group of underclassmen off of last season's squad that finished 17-14-2. "We are going to be very young," new Advance Hornets head volleyball coach Erin Hoffman said. ...
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