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LINN —   At the May 15 Osage County R-2 Board of Education meeting, Elementary School Principal Cammie Higgenbotham discussed the data from iReady. “(We’re) still not …
The seventh annual Freeburg Cruise-In was held at the Holy Family Parish and School parking lot in Freeburg on May 30 in conjunction with the Holy Family Parish and School BBQ. The car show, held in …
Koons Glass Company employees (above left) work on restoring the glass at the old Methodist Church in Bonnots Mill. The finished stained-glass window (above right) at the old Methodist Church in …
Commission News

Osage County to remain with Mid-America Bank

OSAGE COUNTY — Osage County commissioners elected to stay with Mid-America Bank after opening bank bids at 10 a.m. on June 1. Mid-America Bank presented an 11 page proposal, listing …

Commissioners discuss tree removal on private property

OSAGE COUNTY — Last week, Road and Bridge Foreman Justin Bridges said he’d received several phone calls about downed trees above bridges. “They’re on private property, of …

Public Administrator asks commissioners to approve Estates Management System software subscription, citing issues with predecessor

OSAGE COUNTY — At the May 15 Osage County commission meeting, Public Administrator Brenny Montgomery asked commissioners for money to subscribe to Estates Management System, by SEM …

Sports

Five Comets earn baseball All-State

Fatima finished the year as Class 3 state champions and five players earned Missouri High School Baseball Coaches Association All-State honors following recent voting. Junior Blake Kliethermes …

Osage Men’s League

Osage Men’s League action on Monday at Loose Creek featured teams making up games from last week as rain forced a postponement of the tournament. The finals will be held on Friday, and a full …

Fatima Bass Club duo earns fourth at Stockton Lake

Fatima Bass Club members Addison Bower and Colton Scheulen caught a combined 9.39 pounds with the largest bass weighing 2.84 pounds at the National Youth Fishing Association (NYFA) Stockton Lake …
Sports

Ty Brandt tops MSHSAA Class 2 Golf Tournament

Fatima High School (FHS) freshman golfer Ty Brandt ended his first season of high school golf by winning a state championship during the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) …

Peters, Massman among Fatima state track medalists

Elise Dickneite (below, left) reaches for the baton from Heidi Struemph during the Class 3 Girls 4x800-meter relay held during the MSHSAA Track and Field Championships in Jefferson City over Memorial …
Seven students from Osage County R-1 school (Chamois) and one from Osage County R-2 (Linn) competed at the 2025 NASP Championship. Pictured above, from left, back row: Jack schollmeyer, Brieanna Keilholz , Evert Mehmert, front row: Olivia Hord,  Hank Schollmeyer,  Carly Schollmeyer,  Emma Mehmert. From Linn Luke Scheulen (photo right).

Schollmeyer wins 2025 NASP Championship, boys’ division

OSAGE COUNTY — Chamois High School student Jack Schollmeyer took first place among male archers at the 2025 NASP Championship held in Myrtle Beach, S.C., June 5 - 7. Schollmeyer shot 297 …
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UD Around the World

UD Around the World

Members of the Stamp family recently traveled to the inside passage of Alaska to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of former Osage County residents Mike and Gloria Wildhaber. They explored …

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Opinion

Colors

I sat on my back porch one day last week watching the birds around the feeders in the back yard.   For thirty years I have never seen a red headed woodpecker come to those feeders until this …

Summer Hunting

         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 …

The Stealing of a Jug

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 …

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