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In a last-minute addition to the meeting agenda, the Mountain View Board of Aldermen approved a $242,200 loan to finance electrical repairs. The decision was “extremely time sensitive,” according to the draft minutes of the meeting. Mayor John Krasuski has repeatedly introduced the topic of...
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has issued construction and operating permits to ADP Waste LLC to construct and operate the Ozarks Waste Solutions Transfer Station in Shannon County.
The proposed processing facility will be operated as a solid waste transfer station. It will...
Emily Anstine of Bakersfield, MO, is the mother of a baby boy, Nikolas Alexander Mikel Anstine. He was born Feb. 7, 2023, at 6:29 p.m. at Ozarks Healthcare. He weighed 9 pounds and was 20 and 1/2 inches long. His grandparents are Leroy Meadows of Salem, AR, and Destiny Anstine of Bakersfield. ...
The Willow Springs Community Foundation is hosting a playing card raffle to benefit Willow Springs Police Department. There are 52 chances to win a Ruger 6.5 Creedmore donated by Howell County News and C&R Gun and Pawn. Chances are $35 each and may be purchased at the news office, the gun shop...
Potential business owners seeking space in Willow Springs may utilize a new tool, thanks to a group of community volunteers.
A list was compiled by an informal group of community-minded individuals, civic leaders, and business owners. The list is available at Willow Springs City Hall, the...
Howell County Sheriff’s deputies called the bomb squad to a location on County Road 5130 Sunday morning, according to a release from the sheriff’s office. Deputies responded to a report of a man slumped over the steering wheel of a vehicle stopped in the roadway.
The driver was found to have a...
Willow Springs aldermen have grave concerns about the impact of legalized adult use marijuana in the city, but ultimately decided to defer action for the time being. In the regular meeting on Thursday, Feb. 17, recreational marijuana was the final item for discussion on the agenda. Where the city...
A Mountain View man was sentenced in federal court last week for murdering his estranged wife during an argument when they met in a national park. On Feb. 14, Dylan J. Hanger, 31, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 21 years and 10 months in federal prison without parole...
Members of the nonprofit responsible for the building at Main and Center Streets in downtown Willow Springs continue to struggle to fund repairs, heard the Board of Aldermen Thursday night. Members of Main Street Willow Springs, LLC have been expected to appear at virtually every city council...
State Budget Director Dan Haug announced today that net general revenue collections for January 2023 increased 55.1 percent compared to those for January 2022, from $882.1 million last year to $1.37 billion this year.
Net general revenue collections for 2023 fiscal year-to-date increased 15.6...