Belle/Bland News
BELLE — In a decision made during a closed session on Nov. 8, Belle aldermen voted 4-0 to proceed with a closed bidding process with Phelps Health in Rolla for the acquisition of new police …
BELLE — Caryl Koch’s Belle Elementary preschool classes answered the question How to catch a turkey? in preparation for Thanksgiving this week. The following answers are all original. …
BELLE — Emily Williams was appointed on Oct. 25 to the Belle Ward 1 alderman seat that was vacated in July by Jeanette Struemph. The new board member has a dynamic history that reflects a …
Vienna/Vichy News
VIENNA — Vienna Mayor Tim Schell asked at the Nov. 6 city meeting if there had been any update on the old hat factory site on Chestnut Street. Earlier this year, the Environmental …
VIENNA — The Maries County Advocate asked students at the Vienna Early Learning Center an important question ahead of Thanksgiving: “How do you cook a turkey?” Students in both the …
VIENNA — City Attorney Ross Bush met with the Vienna City Council during its Nov. 6 meeting to discuss the draft of the horse arena agreement that he made at the council’s request. …
Opinion

Does power corrupt in the Missouri House?

This column is prompted by the problems plaguing Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher who is facing calls by his colleagues to resign because of financial double-dipping by seeking reimbursement from …

Bypassing the free market results in failure

The world witnessed the failure of a planned economy with the collapse of the Soviet Union on Dec. 31, 1991. “The total number (of people) who died unnatural deaths under communist …

Road-runners, BBC and the Buffalo River

I keep track of all the birds I have seen on this wilderness ridge where I live and there is a huge list after living here more than 30 years. Several are very rare. The rarest of all showed up about …

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