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Missouri’s 2017-2018 deer-hunting seasons ended Jan. 15 with the Missouri Department of Conservation reporting a preliminary total harvest of 283,940 deer. Top counties for the overall season were Howell with 6,182 deer harvested, Franklin with 5,957 and Texas with 5,619. Ozark County hunters...
Jacob Penrod
Jacob Penrod, 17, a junior at Branson High School, has earned one of five positions on the Missouri State 4-H Shotgun Team, which will participate in the national competition set for June in Grand Island, Nebraska. Jacob, son of Don and Becky Penrod of Branson and grandson of Gainesville resident...
Agricultural producers who want to enhance their current conservation efforts are encouraged to apply for the Conservation Stewardship Program offered by USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service to help private landowners build their business while implementing conservation practices that help...
Missouri youth, archery and firearms turkey hunters can apply online Feb. 1-28 on the Missouri Department of Conservation website, mdc.mo.gov/springturkeyhunts, for 2018 spring turkey managed hunts, including those at Caney Mountain Conservation Area in Ozark County. Managed-hunt details and...
Public comments on the future of three Missouri State Parks properties, including Bryant Creek State Park in Douglas County just north of Rockbridge, are now available online at mostateparks.com. The three properties, which have not been developed and are currently closed, also include Ozark...
Missouri Ozarks Community Health is one of 13 Missouri medical practices that recently earned Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) recognition by the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
MOCH, which operates a clinic in Gainesville, was recognized, with the other honored practices, “for using...
A private pesticide applicator training session will be offered at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6, at the Howell County Extension Center, 1376 Bill Virdon Blvd. in West Plains.
The training will last about three hours. The cost is $25 per person.
Missouri law requires all purchasers and users of restricted...
The Reppell Diabetes Learning Center on the campus of Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home, Arkansas, will host a “Love Your Limbs: peripheral arterial disease awareness event” to be held at noon Monday, Jan. 29. The event is free, but reservations are required for the event, which...
Jami Lynn Vance, a 34-year-old Hartshorn woman charged in connection with the April 19, 2016, break-in and burglary at the Sweeton Pond Church in Dora, was among the criminal defendants who appeared before Circuit Judge Craig Carter during the Jan. 3 session of Ozark County Law Day.
Vance, who had...
During their regular meeting Monday, the Ozark County Commissioners acknowledged that all county offices have submitted their budget requests and said the county budget will be finalized this week. Ozark County County Clerk Brian Wise reported that the budget process is going “as smooth as it...