Stories from Friday, May 22, 2020

The Stoddard County Health Center has confirmed one new case of COVID-19 Friday morning. This brings Stoddard County to 69 confirmed COVID-19 cases. Ben Godwin, director of the Stoddard County Health Center, said another resident at Crowley Ridge Care Center tested positive after another round of testing. The county is now at 69 cases with 38 active, 28 recovered and three deaths...

The Puxico City Board of Aldermen have reopened the City building and parks as of May 22, 2020. In making this decision, the board asked that everyone who uses the parks, the library, city hall and the museum take all the safety precautions, including social distancing, that are recommended by health officials during this COVID-19 pandemic...

In a special Dexter City Board meeting held at the Parks and Recreation gym, the board voted to implement a surcharge on the monthly sanitation bills. This is being done due to the inability to recycle due to the closure of the Sheltered Workshop caused by COVID-19. ...

BLOOMFIELD — The courts of the 35th Judicial Circuit, including Stoddard County, will begin reopening and conducting more in-person proceedings after Memorial Day. No administrative order has been issued by Presiding Circuit Judge Robert Mayer directing the courts to reopen; however, he recently sent a memorandum to attorneys practicing in the circuit regarding court operations and a notice to the Supreme Court...

Stoddard County Clerk Cecil Weeks has moved two polling locations for the June 2 election. The first change affects voters in rural Dexter and Pyle. The polling location is usually at the Sacred Heart Parish Center in Dexter. However, the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau has closed the facility to all events except humanitarian efforts, such as blood drives...