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Thousands of customers across the north of the county found themselves without reliable phone or internet access late last week. Beginning on Thursday in Mountain View, a widespread outage to Brightspeed customers knocked out service to residential and commercial customers alike. Brightspeed did...
A new face was installed on the Willow Springs Board of Aldermen Saturday morning. Tyler Morris has been appointed to replace David Collins as Ward II Aldermen.
Former Alderman Collins tendered his resignation from both the board and the Planning & Zoning Committee Thursday night.
“Due...
State Budget Director Dan Haug announced today that net general revenue collections for June 2023 declined (17.1) percent compared to those for June 2022, from $1.47 billion last year to $1.22 billion this year.
Net general revenue collections for 2023 fiscal year-to-date increased 2.7 percent...
The Mountain View Garden Club has chosen Garden Bed #37, belonging to Mr. J.L. Farmer, as the Community Garden, Bed of he Month for June. Farmer's garden bed is neat and well groomed and contains dill, squash, zucchini, peppers along with a variety of tomatoes. The Mountain View Garden Club is a...
Birthday Blessings is getting ready to do an items drive through their Gifting Hope Campaign in July.
Fane Young, a Birthday Blessings volunteer, finishes a birthday party bag for a foster teen living in a residential facility. The Missouri nonprofit supports nearly 225 foster kids in Howell,...
A Peace Valley man faces three felony charges of statutory sodomy for alleged inappropriate contact with a ten-year-old girl. Brenten Macias, 21, admitted to the contact in an interview with the Howell County Sheriff’s Office. He referred to incidents in 2020 when he would have been 17, and the...
All utility customers in Willow Springs experienced an outage in the early morning hours of June 30 prompted by a product recall that required an emergency repair.
The city made an announcement via Facebook at approximately 10:00 a.m. on June 28 and contacted this news outlet at 8:30 a.m.,...
Over 100 former Pirates and guests celebrated “Friends to See in ’23” at the annual Mountain View Alumni Association meeting on Saturday, July 1 at the First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall.
Attendees, dues and/or scholarship donations were received from:
Class of 1945: Moe Simpson; 1947:...
The Howell County Commission met on June 29, July 3, 6, and 10.
On July 3, the Commission was scheduled to approve a conflict-of-interest policy and to review and sign a Letter of Intent to Contribute for the Missouri Association of Counties.
On July 6, the commissioners signed a contract...
Fire membership dues increased, electric rates discussed, projects completed, and more were all part of lengthy discussions at the June 14 regular council meeting.
The city of Mountain View Rural Fire Membership Dues were increased from $40 annually to $80 with the passing of Bill 1369 as...