Columbia College freshman Haslag 21st in javelin at NAIA nationals, shatters school record in qualifier

Columbia College freshman Easton Haslag of Loose Creek capped his stellar outdoor track season with a javelin throw of 52.37m on May 21-23 to finish 21st at the National Association of …
News
OSAGE COUNTY — In last week’s meeting, Presiding Commissioner Darryl Griffin said they had received the updated employee manual from County Attorney Amanda Grellner, and would be …
BONNOTS MILL — Bonnots Mill Community Betterment Association (BMCBA) members recently completed a project to restore the original stained glass windows and paint the former Methodist Church. …
FREEBURG — At their June 9 meeting, Freeburg trustees unanimously approved raising water and sewer rates by 30% and monthly trash rates by 10%. Freeburg will also start assessing a minimum …
TORONTO — For as long as he can remember, Will Robertson, 27, dreamed of getting the call to play in the majors, and after being drafted in the fourth round (117th overall) by Toronto in 2019, …
OSAGE COUNTY — Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Annual School Bus Inspection Program Results were recently released. Here’s how Osage County buses stacked up.  Osage County …
Commission News
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 …
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 …
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 …
LINN — Osage County Sheriff Michael Bonham notified commissioners on Tuesday morning he will have to temporarily close the Osage County Detention Center sometime within the next month due to …
OSAGE COUNTY — At the quarterly 911 Advisory Committee meeting earlier this month, Osage County Sheriff Michael Bonham and Osage Ambulance District EMS Chief Josh Krull asked the committee to …

Frederick Rehagen 1948-2025

Frederick O. Rehagen, 77, Westphalia, passed away Saturday, June 14, 2025, at Boone Hospital in Columbia surrounded by his loving family. He was born April 12, 1948, to the late Otto Rehagen and …

Bradley Prater 1964-2025

Bradley Dee Prater, 60, Freedom, passed away Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at his residence. He was born Oct. 30, 1964, to the late Basil and Lillian (Kixmueller) Prater in Jefferson City. He was …

Norbert Luebbert 1959-2025

Norbert Anthony Luebbert, 66, Freeburg, passed away Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at his residence surrounded by his family. He was born Feb. 13, 1959, to the late Adam Herman and Virginia Ann …

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 …
Photo oGallry

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 …
         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 …