Stories from Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Stoddard County Warranty Deeds County Recorder Kay Asbell Dec. 7-11, 2020 • Billy L. Zook to Brandon Newell and Hannah Newell. Section 25 Township 27 Range 10. • Haley Fox, Paul J. Fox and Haley Machado to Megan Wilson and Danny Wilson. Misty Acres Subdivision Lot 10...

BLOOMFIELD — Representatives from multiple small businesses voiced their disapproval of how Stoddard County has handled and distributed Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds during Monday’s commission meeting. The state of Missouri gave Stoddard County $3,405,212 of CARES Act money to distribute to small businesses and government and community entities...

The Puxico School Board took another step toward placing a possible bond issue on the April ballot when they approved the ballot language for the possible bond. The approval of the language does not put the bond on the ballot nor does it commit the board to a new building. It merely puts an option on the table. A final decision as to whether or not to proceed with the bond will be made at the January meeting...

At a regular meeting of the Puxico R-VIII School District Board of Education on Nov. 12, a parameters resolution was approved that designated a final terms committee consisting of Superintendent Cindy Crabb, school board president Chad Payne and Larry J. Hart, CEO of L.J. Hart & Company...

“There were so many joys in Mike’s life,” recalls Gail Clippard, his wife of 52 years. “He loved his church, his Sunday school class, camping, fishing, water-skiing, and wood-carving. He was a lover of history, folklore, and the life and customs of the Native American people. He was a great story-teller and could keep a room full of squirmy children enthralled with his presentations on American frontier life.”...