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Bloomfield MSIP 5 scores are up
(Local News ~ 09/12/14)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Bloomfield School Superintendent Toni Hill reviewed the district's 2013 student scores on the Missouri School Improvement Program (MSIP) 5 which were up from last year. The district score this year was 86.4 percent, up from the previous year which was 70.7 percent. She released the scores at a recent meeting of the school board...
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Missouri lawmakers override governor's budget vetoes
(State News ~ 09/12/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Republicans and Democrats joined together Wednesday to override Gov. Jay Nixon's vetoes of millions of dollars of spending on initiatives for abused children, public schools and dozens of other government services. Whether the money actually gets spent remains to be seen...
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Bernie sets tax rate for coming year
(Local News ~ 09/12/14)
BERNIE, Mo. -- The Bernie Board of Aldermen set the tax rate for the coming year at .6312 per $100 of valuation on real and personal property at their regular meeting which was rescheduled due to the Labor Day holiday the previous week. The tax rate is .5412 for the general fund and .0900 for the park fund. There were no members of the public to address the issue at a public hearing held prior to the start of the board meeting...
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Local police hoping for good turnout for 'Cops and Bobbers'
(Local News ~ 09/12/14)
Getting area children to interact with law enforcement officials is something that Dexter Police Officer Lori Odell thinks is a good idea; and it's something she hopes to accomplish in a big way soon. "Cops and Bobbers" is an event Odell put together a few years ago and the inaugural event was well-received...
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Siblings prepare goats to show
(Local News ~ 09/12/14)
Emily and Seth Mouser are both slightly nervous as they prepare their Boar goats for showing at the Stoddard County Fair that begins next week at the fairgrounds. "I'm not sure my goats have been fully halter broken," reflects Emily, 15, a sophomore at Dexter High School...
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Chamber After Hours at Southern Bank
(Local News ~ 09/12/14)
Southern Bank hosted the Dexter Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours event recently. The event featured "Fun, Fair Food and Friends," and was catered by Patty Shell. A good crowd turned out for the event which is held monthly. Shown above are, from left, Christine Young with First State Bank and Trust, Scott Chesser with County-wide Abstract and Title Co., and Ben Worley with Edward Jones...
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T-Shirt time at Central School
(Local News ~ 09/12/14)
Hundreds of grandparents escorted their grandchildren to Grandparents' Night at Central and Southwest Elementary Schools this week. Several took advantage of the event to purchase their grandchildren this year's PTO T-shirts which were on sale by the school entrance. ...
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2 arrested on drug, traffic charges in city
(Local News ~ 09/12/14)
Dexter Police arrested two individuals just before midnight Tuesday following a traffic stop at Business 60 and Harris Drive. According to police, Shaun W. Flanery, 34, of Bernie was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and had a bond set of $260. ...
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Local man charged in Cape County Wed.
(Local News ~ 09/12/14)
A Dexter man was jailed Wednesday afternoon following a traffic stop by the Highay Patrol in Cape Girardeau County. According to the patrol report, Rickey D. Richman, 32, was charged with felony DWI, no seatbelt, failure to display valid license plates, failure to show proof of financial responsibility (insurance), and oeprating windshield wipers with no headlights...
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Dexter volleyball team pounds its way by Bernie
(High School Sports ~ 09/12/14)
DEXTER, Mo. - The Dexter Bearcats varsity volleyball program improved to 3-0 in SCAA play with a 25-10, 25-13 home victory against the Bernie Mules Thursday night. Dexter, which also beat Bloomfield Monday and Richland Tuesday, has collected three straight-set conference victories in the last four days...
- Missouri Weekly Hay Summary Week ending 09/12/2014 (Agriculture Report ~ 09/12/14)
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Gordon Noland
(Obituary ~ 09/12/14)
Gordon Noland, 54, of Bloomfield, was born in St. Louis, Mo. on Aug. 3, 1960, and died at the Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter, Mo. on Sept. 11, 2014. Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home of Bloomfield is in charge of arrangements.
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