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FREE ACCESS - CORONAVIRUS - All county schools cancel classes
(Local News ~ 03/17/20)
STORY UPDATED All county schools have canceled classes Wednesday, March 18 through Friday, April 3 amid concerns over the Coronavirus. Statements released by the schools via email and Facebook stated this decision was made after gathering information from health officials and other county school officials. School officials also listened to community leaders and parents before taking this action. The decision was also made to reduce the burden on the healthcare community by helping...
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county commission - Lease signed with First Midwest Bank
(Local News ~ 03/17/20)
BLOOMFIELD — The Stoddard County Commission signed a lease-purchase agreement with First Midwest Bank of Dexter on Monday to pay expenses for the jail expansion. Mark Spykerman, of St. Louis law firm Gilmore and Bell, answered questions regarding the contract that he prepared...
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Harry Taylor - A glimpse into days gone by
(Local News ~ 03/17/20)
“Everybody was poor back when I was growing up,” recalls Harry Taylor of Dexter. “People did whatever they could to make their own way. Nobody wanted handouts—they wanted to work.” Taylor, who turned 106 on November 12, vividly recounts the days of his youth in Southeast Missouri...
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Dexter School Board authorizes the sale of bonds
(Local News ~ 03/17/20)
At a special meeting Thursday afternoon the Dexter School Board authorized the sale of $5,075,000 of general obligation refunding bonds. According to a press release from the Dexter School District and L.J. Hart and Company, the bonds have reoffering yields of 0.85 percent to 1.05 percent compared to the average interest rate of 2.31 percent for the 2015 refunding bonds...
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Elmer E. Wilson
(Obituary ~ 03/17/20)
Elmer E. Wilson, son of the late Earl Wilson and Emmer Stewart Wilson, was born on May 3, 1922 near Bloomfield and departed this life on March 13, 2020 at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter at the age of 97 years. Mr. Wilson was a veteran of the United States Army, serving in World War II. ...
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Mary S. Richardson
(Obituary ~ 03/17/20)
Mary S. Richardson of Dexter, daughter of the late Paul Everett St. Cin and Della Juanita Marqis, was born in Bell City, on January 12, 1950, and passed away at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, on March 14, 2020, at the age of 70 years 2 month and 2 days...
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Charles Ernest Hoffmann II
(Obituary ~ 03/17/20)
Charles Ernest Hoffmann II, son of the late Ernest Hoffmann and Elsie Throwkill Hoffmann, was born on August 20, 1946 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri and departed this life on March 9, 2020 at his residence in Poplar Bluff at the age of 73 years. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, March 12, 2020. Interment followed in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...
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Donald Edward Maddox
(Obituary ~ 03/17/20)
Donald Edward Maddox, son of the late Clarence Maddox and Sylvia Umfleet Maddox, was born on July 17, 1937 in Dudley, Missouri and departed this life on March 16, 2020 at his residence in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 82 years. Visitation was held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Wednesday, March 18, 2020 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Funeral services were then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Chapel on Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at 1 p.m. Interment follow edin the Dexter Cemetery...
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Darrell Eugene Zimmerman
(Obituary ~ 03/17/20)
Darrell Eugene Zimmerman 71 of Bernie, passed away March 14, 2020 at his home. Visitation was held Monday, March 16, 2020 from 5 p.m. till 8p.m. in Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon, March 17, 2020 at 1 p.m. Burial in Bernie Cemetery. Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie is in charge of all arrangements...
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Stoddard County Sheriff's Department for the week of March 18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/17/20)
• Jesse Scott Brown, 26, out of Scott City, was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on a warrant for speeding-school zone. • Kalleigh Ann Reeves, 24, out of Mayfield, KY-was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on two separate warrants for Failure to Appear-Misdemeanor...
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Dexter Police For the week of March 18
(Local News ~ 03/17/20)
• A report of stealing $25,000 or more and second-degree burglary was made at 11:59 a.m. March 1 at 6 S. Kitchen St. Investigation is ongoing. • Pamela Duncan, 58, of Dexter, was arrested at 1:50 p.m. March 2 on charges of leaving the scene of accident, not maintaining financial responsibility and property damage...
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Missouri State Highway Patrol for the week of March 18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/17/20)
• William E. Pate, 23, of Dexter was arrested at 12:08 a.m. Thursday, March 12, on suspicion of DWI. He was booked at the Stoddard County Jail and released. • William D. Gray, 19, of Dudley was arrested at 12:08 a.m. Saturday, March 14, in Stoddard County on a felony Butler County warrant and a failure to yield to an emergency vehicle. He was held in the Butler County jail...
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Stoddard County Court Records for the week of March 18
(Local News ~ 03/17/20)
Stoddard County Warranty Deeds County Recorder Kay Asbell March 2-6, 2020 • Jerry Thanel Evans and Heather Roe Evans to Gary Brett Reutzel and Polly Reutzel. Section 14 Township 28 Range 10. • John Henry Reiter to Christopher Cody Swain and Dustin R. Taylor. SEC 27 TWP 27 R 9...
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Keller Library to temporarily close
(Local News ~ 03/17/20)
Director Pam Trammell has announced that The Keller Public Library will temporarily close amid the coronavirus concern.. Starting at 5 p.m., Tuesday, March 17, the library will remain closed until Monday, April 6. At that time management will evaluate local, state and federal recommendations...
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