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Willow Springs Fire Department sent first responders to participate in Friday’s search for a drowning victim. WSFD was among many agencies in the surrounding counties who responded to Grovespring in Webster County to search for the missing young men who were swept off a low water crossing on...
Howell County News/ Amanda Mendez
Don Eddie Wheat, Operations Manager at Howell County PWSD #1, won the Dell Cornell Scholarship to attend the Missouri Rural Water District Association’s Annual Conference.  Statewide, there are two scholarships awarded to attend the conference, and each recipient must be nominated.  Wheat’s...
Howell County News/ Amanda Mendez
Downtown issues were the primary focus of the regular meeting of the Willow Springs Board of Aldermen Thursday. Two downtown business owners were on the agenda to voice concerns.  First, Christy Graves, co-owner of Vintage Floral and a founding board member of Main Street Willow Springs, LLC,...
An announcement at the beginning of a public hearing Thursday marks a major shift in efforts to repair a dangerous downtown building. The Willow Springs Board of Aldermen, acting as the Building Commission, called the public hearing after learning in February that the building’s owner, Main...
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is accepting applications from eligible public water systems for its Abandoned Well Plugging Grant program through April 30, 2023. The program offers up to $15,000 per project to properly plug abandoned water wells located within or near a groundwater-...
Kacey Blunk for Howell County News
Work on the city pool in Mountain View is progressing quickly, the Board of Aldermen heard last week. Mayor John Krasuski requested to amend the agenda to include the pool update, according to the meeting’s draft minutes. Because of the progress, the mayor suggested two CDs should be cashed in to...
Kenneth Chilton and Haley Radford of Eminence, MO, are the parents of a baby girl, Winnie Louise Chilton. She was born March 6, 2023, at 3:32 a.m. at Ozarks Healthcare. She weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces and was 21 inches long. Her grandparents are Derrick and Regena Radford of Mountain View, MO, and...
The Willow Springs Community Foundation is set to assume ownership and control over the dilapidated building at Main and Center Streets following an announcement at a public hearing Thursday. WSCF Director Dean Aye sat down for an interview with Howell County News Friday morning to discuss the...
A two-vehicle collision took place Monday morning at the intersection of Fourth and Ferguson outside Willow Springs High School, confirms the Willow Springs Police Department. A 911 call reported the call at 7:50 a.m. According to preliminary information, the crash was caused by a vehicle traveling...
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During the March 4 Ozark Spring National Society Daughters of the American Revolution meeting, Dorman E. Frazier was honored with the Patriot of the Month certificate in recognition of his outstanding patriotic service and dedication to his country. Frazier passed away on January 27, 2023 at the...

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