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Mountain View city officials met recently with representatives from KAJACS, Horner Shifrin, and Visu-Sewer to review ongoing progress on the Wastewater Collection System (sewer) improvement project. This significant infrastructure initiative will enhance public health, environmental quality, and...
Two business owners present during a recent meeting of the Mountain View board of aldermen were not pleased with the jump from $20 business licenses to $275, and they let it be known. In response, the aldermen will hold a work session on Wednesday, Jan. 7 at 1:00 p.m. to discuss business licenses...
Hayden Brannan and Meghan Garcia of Willow Springs, MO are the parents of a baby boy, Finnick Scott Brannan. He was born November 15, 2025, at 7:35 p.m. at Ozarks Healthcare. He weighed 6 pounds 13 ounces and was 21 inches long.
Ashtian and Emily Mann of West Plains, MO are the parents of...
A former Willow Springs basketball coach was inducted into the Missouri Sports of Hall of Fame. Mike Wilson, already a member of the Coaches Hall of Fame since 2018, was recently inducted with the Class of 2025 into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame.
"It's like a dream. I still can't believe...
The sign-up deadline to run for office in the city of Mountain View looms. The notice of candidate filing, however, may have gone unanswered and unnoticed by many in the area because the city failed to publish the notice properly and timely.
The city of Mountain View filed their "Notice Of...
There will be no January 7 edition of Howell County News. As many of you know, the owners have four small children. To be able to bring you the very best local news fifty weeks out of the year, we retreat and rest the first week of January and the first week of July.
We will be...
The search for a new superintendent at Willow Springs R-IV schools has found their choice near to hand. The school board named Dr. Jon Johnson as the district's next superintendent in a Friday morning press release.
Dr. Johnson has worked as principal of Willow Springs Middle...
Candidates have continued to file for local office, and there are three contested races in the county. In Willow Springs and West Plains, no one has filed to run for city government. In the Mountain View-Birch Tree school district, there are not enough candidates for the available seats.
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A West Plains father of four is dead, and a Marionville man remains in jail after a fatal crash on Highway 63 last Thursday. Jason A. Morgan, 40, was out on bond on persistent DWI offender charges when local law enforcement officers say he caused a wrong-way crash Thursday morning.
Morgan...
The American Legion Hall in Willow Springs was the scene of a Christmas surprise for 44 local children. On Saturday morning, Eleven Point Rural Fire Department hosted their annual gift giveaway handing out over 400 gifts.
Each year, the fire department chooses Willow Springs children who...