LINN — Social media has many useful functions but for JP Iven of Linn, 61, it played a big role in how he came to meet a fellow hunter from New York, who asked the Osage County taxidermist to …
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By Neal A. Johnson, UD Editor
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7/9/25
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VIENNA — The Maries County Commission on June 30 approved guidelines for how utility companies or individuals may use the county’s road right-of-way to bury lines.
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By Colin Willard, Advocate Staff Writer
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7/9/25
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MARIES COUNTY — A single-vehicle crash on Route E in Phelps County on July 5 injured a man from Vienna.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol report, the crash occurred at 8:50 …
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7/9/25
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Broadened programs can assist a wider range of energy customers
Ameren Missouri is reminding customers of several adjustments to its assistance programs for those needing help with energy bills …
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7/9/25
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VIENNA — Landowners adjacent to the Maries Road 213 bridge over Fly Creek have until July 15 to accept a deal before the state moves to condemn the bridge.
Missouri Department of …
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By Colin Willard, Advocate Staff Writer
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7/9/25
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VIENNA — The Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) is investigating the disappearance of $5,300 in cash that the Maries County Sheriff’s Office seized as evidence during a traffic stop.
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By Colin Willard, Advocate Staff Writer
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7/9/25
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VIENNA — The Maries County Commission heard questions from a handful of residents last week about its decision not to offer a property tax freeze to senior citizens.
Senate Bill 190, …
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By Colin Willard, Advocate Staff Writer
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7/2/25
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VIENNA — Inhabitants of the Maries County Jail more than 100 years ago were unlikely to have heard about the experimental new technology of the television when they carved their graffiti into …
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By Colin Willard, Advocate Staff Writer
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7/2/25
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JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe on Tuesday announced that 201 Missouri counties, cities, and towns have received the Missouri Blue Shield designation.
Sixty counties, 137 cities …
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7/2/25
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OWENSVILLE — Generational newspaper publishers Dennis and Connie Warden and their son, Jacob Warden, on June 26 purchased the Three Rivers Publishing publications — Cuba Free Press, Saint …
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By Roxie Murphy, Assistant Editor
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7/2/25
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Heitman appeals decision in Southern Court
BY Roxie Murphy
Assistant Editor
rmurphy@wardpub.com
BELLE — Maries County 25th Circuit Judge Brendon Fox on May 16 …
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By Roxie Murphy, Assistant Editor
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6/25/25
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VIENNA — Although the Maries County Commission voted earlier this month to end negotiations for a right-of-way agreement with solar energy developers in the county, discussions about solar …
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By Colin Willard, Advocate Staff Writer
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6/25/25
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VIENNA — The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) recently announced that it had awarded a construction contract to repair two bridges on each of Highway 42 and Route AA in Maries …
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By Colin Willard, Advocate Staff Writer
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6/18/25
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BY Edward Gehelert
Staff Writer
egehlert@wardpub.com
MARIES COUNTY — For Colin Willard, reporting the news for the city of Vienna in Maries County isn’t just a …
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By Edward Gehlert, Staff Writer
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6/18/25
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A decrease in overall teacher and staff resignations on May 27 was a welcome discovery for the Maries County R-2 Board of Education. Members of the board have worked diligently over the last three …
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By Roxie Murphy, Assistant Editor
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6/11/25
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VIENNA — Maries County continued on the path to adopting new flood risk maps following a recent open house for the public to ask questions about how the new maps will affect residents.
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By Colin Willard, Advocate Staff Writer
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6/11/25
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VIENNA — Maries County Sheriff Mark Morgan joined the county commission at its June 2 meeting to discuss some of his plans to continue shrinking sheriff’s office expenses.
Morgan …
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By Colin Willard, Advocate Staff Writer
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6/11/25
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BELLE — After failing to pass Ordinance 632, “Code of Conduct,” on May 13 with a split 3-2 vote, both aldermen who voted against the policy have proposed a new version of the bill.
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By Roxie Murphy, Assistant Editor
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6/4/25
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VIENNA — The Maries County Commission at its June 2 meeting voted to end right-of-way agreement negotiations with solar developers with no deal in place.
Over the last few months, the …
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By Colin Willard, Advocate Staff Writer
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6/4/25
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VIENNA — The Maries County Commission spoke with the county prosecutor and a local researcher to try to resolve questions about a former county road.
Resident Tom Swayden first posed the …
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By Colin Willard, Advocate Staff Writer
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6/4/25
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