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Stratman earns All-State honors on baseball diamond

Already named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the Gasconade Valley Conference and the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) Class 3, District 8 Baseball Tournament played at …
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Jackson Bull Company provided rodeo fun for this years fair. The bulls seemed especially interested   in one of the local reporters. Explosions were provided by Rodeo Clown Shawn “Boom …
Live music held Saturday night at the fair featured Hat Trick with their headliner Bryan Martin, who’s vocal performance and onstage charisma melded with the band’s high energy to offer …
Rainy weather did not stop all the activities at the Belle Fair. A large crowd (left) gathered at the sale barn for the livestock sale.   Events that refused to be sidelined by the weather …
BELLE — Belle Board of Aldermen met briefly for its monthly meeting on June 10, voting only to pay bills before adjourning due to health-related concerns. Alderman Rebecca Withouse sent …
VIENNA — Maries R-1 Superintendent Teresa Messersmith shared an overview of the 2025-26 budget proposal during the May 28 Board of Education meeting. If the board approves the presented …
Commission News
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. …
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 …
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 …
VIENNA — The Maries County Commission on May 29 met with solar energy developers to continue working toward a right-of-way agreement ahead of construction plans for a commercial solar farm in …
Western District Commissioner Patrick Kleffner (left), Eastern District Commissioner Doug Drewel and Presiding Commissioner Victor Stratman eat popcorn while watching videos about solar farms during the May 22 meeting.
VIENNA — The Maries County Commission at its May 22 meeting approved a tax abatement for a recent Quaker Windows and Doors expansion in the county. Meramec Regional Planning Commission …

Anita Honse 1940-2025

Anita Louise Honse, 85, Jefferson City, passed away Friday, June 6, 2025, at the University Hospital in Columbia. She was born March 9, 1940, to the late Ralph and Lucy (Evans) Branson in …

Bobby Reeves 1945-2025

Bobby Joe “Bob” Reeves, 79, Jefferson City, passed away Thursday, June 5, 2025, in the SSM St. Mary’s   Hospital in Jefferson City. He was born Nov. 4, 1945, to the late …

Leslie Darr, Jr. 1950-2025

Leslie Singleton Darr, Jr., 75, Iberia, passed away Sunday, June 8, 2025, at Maries Manor in Vienna. He was born March 22, 1950, to the late Leslie S. Darr, Sr. and Halley Maxine (Dean) Darr …

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Schwartze, Willis named to respective All-Camp teams

Last Friday throughout Phelps County, Vienna’s Lady Eagle and Belle Tiger basketball teams competed in their respective Licking Summer Camp team tournaments. Vienna’s Aubrey Schwartze …

Belle, Vienna 12U baseball teams square off at Bland City Park

Future Belle Tigers and Vienna Eagles squared off in recent Osage League action at Bland City Park. Whether it was throwing, hitting or catching, there was plenty of action for Maries County baseball …

Eagle baseball trio earns All-District honors

On top of earning postseason honors from the Show-Me Central Conference (SMCC), three Vienna Eagle baseball players also were selected to the recently released Class 2, District 8 All-District Team. …
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Vienna High School state track highlights

Vienna High School’s Zeb Wiles (right, center) competed in the Class 1 Boys 4x100-meter relay for the Eagles during the MSHSAA State Track and Field Championships for Classes 1-3 held over …

Four Tigers earn All-GVC baseball accolades

For Bryce Gehlert’s Belle Tigers, winning an outright Gasconade Valley Conference (GVC) baseball title proved beneficial when it came to selecting members of the All-GVC Baseball Team. …

All-SMCC baseball honors for four Vienna Eagles

Switching conferences for the first time in nearly 40 years proved to be worth it for Dakota Mason’s Vienna Eagle baseball team. After recent voting by coaches from Show-Me Central …
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         I was walking along a wooded ridge top trail years ago when a young fox squirrel fell from a limb above me and landed with a thud not more than ten …
Charlie Curran, the eighty-eight year old Big Piney river-guide whom I wrote about recently, made a trip over to the Osceola area of Truman Lake with a friend, to fish for catfish.   He took …
In the last few years, Missouri’s population has grown at a rate of 1.5% per year. It is a much slower rate of growth than the national average of 2.6%. Author Tejvan Pettinger writes …
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