Stories from Tuesday, November 10, 2015

By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor A Dexter woman sustained serious injuries and was airlifted from the scene of a wreck one-half mile west of Dexter shortly before 6 p.m. Monday. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 37-year-old Aaron K. Menley was eastbound on the highway when she struck a cotton module in the rear, trapping her for a time in the 2014 GMC Yukon she was driving. ...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Stoddard County Commission tabled action on awarding a contract for renovations to the County Jail after receiving only one bid on the project. The bid came from Langford Mechanical and Sheet Metal, Inc. and was for $79,350. Both Commissioners Carol Jarrell and Danny Talkington appeared visibly stunned when the bid was opened. ...

Several Stoddard County World War II and Korean War veterans were part of the most recent Honor Tour Missouri in late September. Rob Callahan of Poplar Bluff has organized the effort for several years, accompanying veterans on a fully paid tour of the monument in Washington , D.C., including the World War II memorial. ...

The Daughters of the American Revolution, the American Legion Auxiliary, the City of Dexter and Dexter Public Schools will once again be sponsoring the Veterans Day observance on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the Dexter Bearcat Event Center. The public is invited to the event, and the entire Dexter Schools student body will be in attendance. Herman Morse will be providing the keynote address. The ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - Bloomfield senior Andrew Northern became the latest Stoddard County athlete successfully recruited by Mineral Area College Monday afternoon. Northern signed a national letter of intent on Monday to play golf at the two-year college located in Park Hills, Missouri...

Jay Jarrell of Dexter, passed away Nov. 10, 2015, at SoutheastHEALTH in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete and will be under the direction of Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

Karen Sue Miller, daughter of the late Robert Dee Mann and Geneva Thrower Mann Robinson, was born on Sept. 28, 1943, in Poplar Bluff and died on Nov. 9, 2015, at her residence near Dexter at the age of 72. Mrs. Miller was a member of the United Methodist Church in Essex. ...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Bloomfield School Board discussed the impact of Proposition C on revenue to the district on Monday night and the possibility of going to the voters to seek a full waiver of Proposition C to raise revenue for the general operation of the school district...

A Dexter man was killed Tuesday morning and his passenger seriously injured when a pickup truck pulled into the couple's path as they were eastbound on Highway 60 about one-half mile west of Morehouse in Stoddard County. Killed was David N. Quoos, 73. Carol A. Quoos, also 73, sustained serious injuries and was airlifted to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Giradeau for treatment...