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Cape Girardeau - KFVS12 proudly honored dozens of the Heartland’s Best students Saturday June 5th at a ceremony for selected area high school high achievers. Among those honored was La.nd01 ZolL representing BERNIE High School. The 35th annual Heartland’s Best ceremony was held in the Academic Hall auditorium on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. ...

BLOOMFIELD — The Stoddard County Commission asked SEMO Electric Cooperative about the cost for bringing high-speed internet to Puxico and rural areas of western Stoddard County during Monday’s meeting. Loyd Rice, manager of fiber services for SEMO Electric Cooperative, requested the commission use its American Rescue Plan funds to bring fiber optic internet service to Puxico during last week’s commission meeting...

BLOOMFIELD — The Stoddard County Commission voted 3-0 Monday to commit $800,000 of the county’s American Rescue Plan funds over the next two years to a water-and-sewer system for a project to bring a truck stop and hotel to property near the U.S. Highway 60-Missouri State Highway 25 interchange...

The Bernie School Board approved the budget for the 2021-22 school year and two purchases at its June meeting. Budget, ESSER II expenditures, FV4 grant The district received an FV4 grant for Business Ed and FACS that will allow the district to make several technology upgrades totaling $68,280. ...

Three Rivers College is hosting its 29th Annual Children’s Theater Drama Camp for students entering grades 2-8. The camp will be held 9 a.m. to noon July 12-16 at the Tinnin Fine Arts Center on the TRC-Poplar Bluff campus. The students will have a final performance at 11 a.m. July 16 at the Tinnin center...

MAPLEWOOD, Mo. — Puxico native Cory King and his wife, Karen, have been brewing craft beer for eight years now at Side Project Brewing in St. Louis County. But the beers they brew aren’t your typical beers. The Kings age their beers in oak barrels, giving them a distinct taste. All of their beers are rated at least 3.95 stars out of five on Untappd, with the average rating being 4.43. Most of Side Project’s beers are bottled in wine bottles, just like a fine wine...

Butler County will see more than $1 million in paving improvements after contracts were awarded recently by the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission. An additional $1.5 million in resurfacing is planned in Ripley and Carter counties and nearly $2 million in Wayne County. Almost $2.3 million in pavement improvements will occur in Stoddard County...

A two-vehicle accident in Stoddard County resulted in serious injuries for a Bernie woman. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, the accident occurred at 5:20 a.m. Wednesday, June 9, on Highway 25, one mile south of Bernie. A 1997 Chevrolet Silverado operated by Gunner J. Williams, 27, of Malden was passing another vehicle when he struck a 2007 Saturn Acura head on, troopers reported. The Saturn was operated by Sarah E. Sawyer, 42, of Bernie...

Stoddard County EMA Director, Andrew Bohnert, has announced the postponement of today's monthly test of the Stoddard County emergency sirens. This test was originally scheduled for last Wednesday, June 2 but was postponed due to weather. Weather has again forced the test to be postponed. Bohnert said that the test will now take place on the regular scheduled testing day of Wednesday, July 7 at 9 a.m...

A Dexter man suffered serious injuries at 2:20 a.m. Tuesday, June 8, when his motorcycle struck an animal on Route AB, 10 miles east of Bloomfield, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol...

BLOOMFIELD — Loyd Rice, manager of fiber services for SEMO Electric Cooperative, requested the Stoddard County Commission use its American Recovery Act funds to bring fiber optic internet service to Puxico. Rice told the commissioners at the April 12 commission meeting that the Federal Communications Commission awarded $159 million of the $346 million designated for Missouri to improve rural internet access to a Minnesota-based company...

BLOOMFIELD — Dexter City Manager Trevor Pulley spoke to the Stoddard County commissioners Monday morning about using some of the county’s American Recovery Act funds to extend the city’s water-and-sewer system to a property near the U.S. Highway 60-Missouri State Highway 25 interchange...

The Dexter Board of Aldermen held two public hearings at its June meeting on Monday evening. The first was to approve the budget for the fiscal year ending in June 2022. The budget ordinance detailed how the new budget would affect various departments. Those detailed were:...

After going virtual in 2019, the Ben Kruse 18 Fore Life Banquet returned to its traditional in-person format Friday evening at the Dexter Elks Lodge. The charity celebrated both its 20th anniversary and $3 million in love offerings to those fighting cancer...

SPRINGDALE, Ark. – Tyson Foods is providing Southeast Missouri Food Bank $40,000 to support hunger relief in the Dexter area, the company announced Thursday. Southeast Missouri (SEMO) Food Bank is the Feeding America network food bank for southeast Missouri, serving more than 140 hunger-relief organizations across 16 Missouri counties...

Stoddard County EMA Director Andrew Bohnert has said in a release that cold air funnels are possible today. Bohnert has asked that anyone seeing elevated funnel clouds, take photos to send them to the Stoddard County EMA office. This can be done via Facebook. Bohnert said These cold air funnels typically stay elevated...

The summer reading program at Keller Public Library will once again be in front of a live audience after being conducted virtually last summer. The program will run every Wednesday for six weeks from June 16 to July 21. The program will start each week at 11 a.m...

Stoddard County EMS Director Andrew Bohnert has announced the county siren test scheduled for this morning has been postponed due to weather. The test is now scheduled for next Wednesday, June 9 at 9 a.m.

A Carter County man was arrested Friday afternoon on a warrant for first-degree child molestation. Denver Wade Gore, 45, of Van Buren was arrested at the Carter County Sheriff’s Department in Van Buren and later transported to the Butler County jail to be incarcerated on a 24-hour investigative hold...

Stoddard County Emergency Management Director, Andrew Bohnert has said the monthly outdoor warning siren test will take place tomorrow, Wednesday June 2nd at 9 a.m. Bohnert said a chime tone will be used and each siren will be set off individually. The testing process may result in a time period of several minutes before the siren becomes activated in each city...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Wappapello Lake will host its annual Jack Miller Memorial Kids Fun Day event Saturday, June 5. “The kids enjoy it tremendously,” said Wappapello Lake Park Ranger Andrew Jefferson, who noted the event has been held for more than 20 years...

A new columbarium wall was dedicated Monday afternoon at the Missouri Veteran's Cemetery during the annual Memorial Day service. The ceremony opened with Kara Boone singing the national anthem and Chaplain Madonna McDonald leading the invocation. “Memorial Day is about the men and women who bravely served and paid the ultimate sacrifice,” said keynote speaker, Rep. ...

The Dexter VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) participated in the annual Poppy Day. "Buddy" Poppies were handed out to area residents in exchange for a monetary donation. The proceeds are used by the VFW to assist military veterans with whatever their needs may be such as utility bills, gas and more. Above VFW member Steve Rahm hands a Poppy to a resident at the VFW roadblock Saturday morning. The Dexter chapter of the VFW opened in 1942...