Stories from Sunday, September 22, 2013

Historic Downtown Dexter's Annual Fall Fest is right around the corner. On Saturday, Oct. 12, the stretch of Stoddard Street downtown will be closed off to accommodate crafters and artists as they display their wares and talents for the annual event...

CLAYCOMO, Mo. (AP) - President Barack Obama furiously responded Friday to congressional budget battles that could threaten a partial government shutdown, accusing Republicans voting against his health care law of focusing on politics and "holding the whole country hostage."...

The largest grant in the history of Three Rivers College will be built into an "earn while you learn" process designed to quickly create better opportunities for students. Three Rivers was awarded a $2.75 million Department of Labor grant to improve workforce development education in Southeast Missouri through the development of advanced manufacturing, advanced welding and precision agriculture programs...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo.--If you've ever chatted with Dan Durst, you will remember him. A meat man at Bloomfield Town and Country, Durst doesn't "sound" like a local because he isn't. Born and raised on a farm 20 miles north of Detroit, Mich., he spent his youth chasing pigs, chickens, cows, ducks and geese around the farm...

Aristotle is quoted as having once said, "Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies." For a group of friends from Dexter High School's Class of 1963, a common soul seems to exist in seven bodies. When the DHS Class of '63 gathered recently to mark their 50th year after graduation, seven members of the class decided the reunion would serve as their annual get-together as well, rather than meeting up in November as they have done for years...