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Two individuals passed away in a fire Thursday night. The Missouri Division of Fire Safety is investigating. “Because of the extent of the damage,” says a release from DFS,” the cause of the fatal fire…is undetermined.” The Peace Valley – White Church Volunteer Fire Department requested that...
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The members of the Mountain View Garden Club met in Mountain View and carpooled to the home of Robi Tanner for their November meeting. Debbi McNew, program leader for this activity, had planned an exciting day of playing with cement, one of the members favorite activities. McNew had collected a...
Texas County Memorial Hospital's emergency room has seen an increase in positive respiratory virus cases as Missouri enters its respiratory virus season, the board members learned this during their monthly meeting on November 28. “During the last 30 days, 51 COVID-19 patients, 13 respiratory...
State Budget Director Dan Haug announced today that net general revenue collections for November 2023 declined 1.2 percent compared to those for November 2022, from $1.01 billion last year to $1.00 billion this year. Net general revenue collections for 2024 fiscal year-to-date decreased 2.2...
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On Thursday, Dec. 7, a holiday presentation was hosted by the Mountain View Public Library.  To illustrate the origin of various American Christmas traditions gained from the Dutch New Netherlands and colonial New Amsterdam, Edwin Woolsey read two selections from Book Five of his Chronicler...
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The Willow Springs Arts Council hosted a very successful fundraiser on Saturday, Dec. 2 at the Ferguson Building. Twenty contestants entered wreaths to be judged and auctioned to benefit the Arts Council. This event generated $650.00 to be used on Arts Council projects and events for the...
West Plains City Council held a special meeting on Friday, Dec. 8. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss Resolution 2023-35, which concerns the housing development projects being constructed by Garner Villas, LP, near Garner Boulevard and Bruce Smith Parkway.  The bill was approved and went...
Luke and Miyah Keplar of Hardy, Ark., are the parents of a baby boy, Ezekiel Augustus Keplar. He was born Nov. 9, 2023, at 4:48 a.m. at Ozarks Healthcare. He weighed 10 pounds 20 ounces and was 21 and 1/2 inches long. His grandparents are Sue Cloud of Richardson, Tex., and Jacob and Stacy Keplar...
The Public Safety Advisory Committee cancelled their Monday, Dec. 4, meeting due to low attendance. Such meetings are run according to Robert’s Rules of Procedure, which requires that assemblies must reach a quorum before the meeting can take place--quorum is defined as “such a number as must be...
Howell County News/ Amanda Mendez
The crumbling and bulging wall that has long been a concern in downtown Willow Springs is coming down brick by brick. Work continues at the McClellan Building this week, and the efforts are unmissable. Masons in a lift have been dismantling the north wall of the building. According to Willow...

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